Google has been addictive with its services and has been on the minds of most of the users online, but changes is inevitable and Google is no exception to the saying. Google is on its way to change its unique navigation bar, which has been the key for users, placed at the top of Google.com pages. The company said in an official blog post published Tuesday, that the bar has been axed to get a drop-down menu nested under the Google logo. The navigation bar would be removed for each and every Google product, including Google search, Gmail, Google+, etc.
The news was posted by Google technical lead Eddie Kessler, who noted a couple of points, but had no detailing as to how would the change take effect or how it would be rolled out. Noting the past Google redesigns of this nature, it can be assumed that users of Gmail, search, the Google+ social network, and other Google services can probably expect a transition period. This period would be yet again for those, who wish to bid adieu to the navigation bar and might involve a time frame for them to get used to the new system, before it is permanently imposed on the users.
Kessler briefed a note which read, "making navigation and sharing super simple for people is a key part of our efforts to transform the overall Google experience." Again, he did not fail to mention that the new Google bar is part of an effort to enable users to "navigate quickly between [Google] services," he explained—and probably more instrumentally. His efforts to convince the users, even had a point noted, wherein he said that the new menu will better enable Googlers to "share the right stuff with the right people easily on Google+."
A promotional video for the change over is posted below:
From the social point of view, one might see that the search engine giant's efforts are still to promote Google+, which has already seen a lot of marketing muscle being worked out by Google. This would increase the competitiveness even in the social world, as Facebook is the leader and Google+ is Google's most viable effort yet to challenge Facebook with a sticky social networking platform.
Facebook, on its part might had seen this coming, as the social networking site opted to partner Bing for its user's search related queries.
However, for this news, its the black navigation bar, which is going out and would be replaced by a drop-down menu. Will it raise eyebrows or will it make Googlers happy, this is still to be seen. The reactions and attractions might be known soon, as Google lovers and Google critics are never too late to give a detailed emphasis of a change related to Google.
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