Comments on: Google Chrome Launched Today: Design and UI Review http://www.designartculture.com/2008/09/02/google-chrome-launched-today-design-and-ui-review/ Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: John Mindiola III http://www.designartculture.com/2008/09/02/google-chrome-launched-today-design-and-ui-review/comment-page-1/#comment-885 John Mindiola III Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:31:44 +0000 http://www.designartculture.com/?p=152#comment-885 Oh boy. Um, I'm not a fan at all of the Google aesthetic. I mean, yes, I Google everything under the sun, but damn their stuff is ugly. This Chrome browser had me desiring Firefox's soft, smooth tans and silvers more than ever before. Some of these features are nice, like the disappearing status bar, but is it really that great? I think you have to ask yourself what's better: more of the site viewable, but with items appearing and disappearing all the time, or less of the site viewable, but knowing that that view is uninterrupted. I'd take the latter every time. The fact that you compared the Chrome browser to the iPod is atrocious. I know that on the web, usability and speed reign, but I'll take slightly slower loading times if it's easier to look at and more intuitively similar to the rest of the apps I'm running. Okay, this is all just my opinion. Oh boy. Um, I’m not a fan at all of the Google aesthetic. I mean, yes, I Google everything under the sun, but damn their stuff is ugly. This Chrome browser had me desiring Firefox’s soft, smooth tans and silvers more than ever before. Some of these features are nice, like the disappearing status bar, but is it really that great? I think you have to ask yourself what’s better: more of the site viewable, but with items appearing and disappearing all the time, or less of the site viewable, but knowing that that view is uninterrupted. I’d take the latter every time.

The fact that you compared the Chrome browser to the iPod is atrocious. I know that on the web, usability and speed reign, but I’ll take slightly slower loading times if it’s easier to look at and more intuitively similar to the rest of the apps I’m running. Okay, this is all just my opinion.

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