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Wider Google?
Friday, May. 13 2005 | Author: ScrivsMatt thinks that Google has a wider search box now, but I am not quite sure since I use Firefox’s search bar. Can anyone confirm?
If they do I don’t think it’s a usability issue, but a way to add more tabs in the future without looking like they are crowding things up.
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9 Responses for "Wider Google?"
May 13th, 2005 at 10:50 am
1Looks the same as always to me, but I did some extra investigation. A comparison of today’s search box size to that of March 2003 shows them to be the same.
May 13th, 2005 at 11:04 am
2I do know that a few weeks ago they moved the placement of the Google logo. It is closer to the top of the page now…and farther away from the search box and links. That may give the impression that it is longer. Whitespace can play tricks on the eye.
May 13th, 2005 at 12:02 pm
3They got rid of the “New” that was next to Local and it caused the search box to appear wider in relation to the text above.
May 13th, 2005 at 12:23 pm
4the dead fruitfly on my monitor hasn’t moved.
May 13th, 2005 at 2:56 pm
5In 2003 the search bar size was 256. Today, the search bar size is still 256.
All hail the internet archive.
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://google.com
I think we just found the only practical use for it.
May 13th, 2005 at 3:27 pm
6Practical?
May 13th, 2005 at 5:45 pm
7Looks the same to me both IE and FireFox.
May 13th, 2005 at 6:22 pm
8Jeremy: I just noticed that it was! I keep it as my homepage and always a tab in firefox but I usually use the search bar thats in firefox.
May 16th, 2005 at 2:06 am
9Google search box wider or not, it’s not an issue. It’s searches are always W-I-D-E-R !! :)
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