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News that wasn't: OMG, Google just made the search box bigger!
Yesterday, people were tripping over themselves writing about big news from Google. TechCrunch almost got it right, snidely calling it "the mother of all updates." Unfortunately, that's where the humor ended.
The rest of the post -- like nearly everything else that was written up about the change -- was a pretty dry look at the mind-numbingly dull addition of a few extra pixels in width to Google's search box.
A few pixels means bigger? Come on. That's wussy stuff. On the Real Man's scale of bigness, the search box would have been embiggened to look like the mother of an input area in the image above. You want search front and center? Don't muck about with a measly 100 extra pixels, go all the way.
I use Google, and I enjoy reading news about changes to their products and services -- when it's actually news.
Obvious omission: Mick Dundee weighs on in big vs. BIG after the break (video).
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Subscribe to commentsSebastianSep 10th 2009 11:38AM
I can't wait until they make it multi-line...
I can only assume that the average Google user (i.e. not power users like you or I, Lee) types in very long and wordy search phrases, like:
'Where can I find nice, pointy, girly shoes that make me look more like Eliza Dushku in that episode of Dollhouse from around Easter-time last year.'
RocketboySep 10th 2009 12:40PM
Does this mean there's going to be a massive update to Bing.com as well?
tonezSep 10th 2009 12:44PM
I've switched to Bing.com Best search engine yet.
QuikboySep 10th 2009 5:02PM
I concur!
NerdlingerSep 10th 2009 1:03PM
Well thank you for joining the other blogs in posting this non-news.
KrazyCalvinSep 10th 2009 2:03PM
I'm always alright when I'm with you, google.
diggSep 11th 2009 12:40PM
This little bit of CSS will revert the search box back to its original size:
http://www.sonassi.com/blog/2009/09/11/return-google-search-to-smaller-sized-boxes/
chrisSep 15th 2009 2:27PM
yup, I switched to bing too. Google apparently tracks all of your shit.