Yikes ... Google re-imagined as Yahoo!
As the fawning coverage of Apple's iPhone shows, design certainly matters. Simplicity, very in; feature creep, not so much. Another case in point: these days, Google can seemingly do no wrong, while Yahoo! is beat up for just about everything. One of the main complaints about Yahoo!, of course, is that it tries to shove all of its services down users' throats through its portal start page. Despite gathering a dizzying array of portal-like services, Google has kept its stripped-down, search-focused homepage. But what if the companies went Freaky Friday? Google Watch has constructed the cringe-worthy result with a peek at Google à la Yahoo!. (We've done our best to show it here.) It's reminiscent of the funny video of what would happen if Microsoft designed the packaging for iPod. (Via Valleywag.)
—Posted by Brian Morrissey
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January 12, 2007 in Morrissey | Permalink
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Oh no the link won't work! Maybe I'll Google it. HAR HAR HAR.
Posted by: Johanna | Jan 12, 2007 9:40:49 AM
The link should work...thanks for pointing it out.
Posted by: Catharine P. Taylor | Jan 12, 2007 9:50:26 AM
Ah there we go. Maybe my browser was acting up. thanks!
Posted by: Johanna | Jan 12, 2007 10:34:47 AM
This is almost as funny as when apple did the video spoof about what the ipod would look like if Microsoft made it.
http://www.metoa.com/Blog/
Posted by: bm | Jan 14, 2007 8:52:18 PM
Microsoft made that video spoofing themselves and showed it internally.
Posted by: m$ | Jan 15, 2007 11:58:37 AM
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