I couldnt agree more. A very odd move, that I would assume is purely marketing driven.
-- ME2 On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to agree that this is a bad idea on Google's part. I liked > Eric's Brouwer remark about following the competition. Google has > noted for bucking trends and thinking outside the box; this is a > blatant copy-cat move. Bing hasn't been an overwhelmingly phenomenal > success, and I'm pretty sure whatever success Bing has had isn't a > result of the background picture. Meanwhile, Google's clean home page > was practically a trademark in itself. I'm shaking my head, asking > "What they were thinking?". > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Steve Ens <[email protected]> wrote: > > That kind of looks "bingish" to me. > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Eric Brouwer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > If you're following the competition, you aren't leading any more. > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: > > sad, as the simple, clean interface was one of the things I liked. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
