Google changes buttons and search bar size - was Weird UI bug

[Stridder44]

I'm not sure if anyone else is experiencing this, but Google's search bar/button are way bigger than they have been in the past. It just started happening yesterday (perhaps after installing iTunes 9?). Here's some shots to better understand what I mean.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a209/Stridder44/Screenshot2009-09-10at15349PM.png

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a209/Stridder44/Screenshot2009-09-10at14700PM.png

Firefox seems to be doing the same thing. I'm guessing this is a problem on my end, but I have no idea what's going on or how to fix it.

[xUKHCx]

Google looks the way same to me. Not that I ever go directly to the google home page.

[Chrysaor]

Its not a bug, its a feature.

[Stridder44]

Google looks the way same to me. Not that I ever go directly to the google home page.

Right, it's just that mine looks way bigger for some reason (buttons, text, and search bar).

[macrem]

does "command" + "0" change anything?

[xUKHCx]

Right, it's just that mine looks way bigger for some reason (buttons, text, and search bar).

Sorry wasn't expressily clear, mine looks the same way as yours Firefox, Opera, Safari.

[Stridder44]

Sorry wasn't expressily clear, mine looks the same way as yours Firefox, Opera, Safari.

Ok, so maybe I'm not the only one who's noticing this.

By the way I'm running 10.6.1.


does "command" + "0" change anything?

Nope, it doesn't seem to do anything at all in fact.

[glenncal]

It's something that Google changed and should soon enough appear on all users' google pages (http://blogoscoped.com/forum/160098.html)

[Europe calling]

It's not a mac specific change. Today at the office i noticed it on PC's as well.

[Stridder44]

It's something that Google changed and should soon enough appear on all user's google's pages (http://blogoscoped.com/forum/160098.html)


Thank you! I thought I was going crazy.

Some of the text in the search box is annoyingly large though. I preferred the old way.

[D A]

I thought something was broken when I searched on Google a little earlier, damn Google don't change things unannounced!

[simonshek]

I thought something was broken when I searched on Google a little earlier, damn Google don't change things unannounced!http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/now-s-u-p-e-r-sized.html
Use google before yelling..

[TuffLuffJimmy]

The quickest google search will reveal that google changed their homepage.

[iPoTmon]

Yeah mine is also big. I was little scared.

[DrBroccoli]

The buttons can be restored via Glimmer Blocker, and probably the text size too, I just haven't figured that one out!

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1620876/Screen%20shot%202009-09-10%20at%204.49.52%20PM.png
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1620876/Screen%20shot%202009-09-10%20at%204.49.44%20PM.png
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1620876/Screen%20shot%202009-09-10%20at%204.49.38%20PM.png

[Nermal]

I saw this too and immediately went into my font size options to try to figure out what the problem is. Not a good move on Google's part.

[user1234]

Hey!

Google went all ugly in Safari yesterday. It looks all linux. I have asked a few friends who doesn't have the problem. An image showing the problem is attached. The buttons are square and ugly, and the text is not what is should be. It only happens on google.com, not on other sites (like macrumors).

Anybody else have this problem? What could it be? I have deleted all google related cookies and cleared the cache.

[xUKHCx]

I've merged these two threads together, user1234 see above google has made the changes to their site.

[user1234]

I've merged these two threads together, user1234 see above google has made the changes to their site.

Oh! I thought I looked around for this before I posted. Sorry!

So Google changed this? Why make it ugly? weird. And also weird that my friends still see the old page. Good to know it's not my computer though. A few weird things have happened since I upgraded to Snow Leopard (Logic freezes, old mail being marked as new, system clock set back to 1:01, 01/01/2001).

Thanks.

[haiggy]

Anyone else notice this?
Everything is HUGE on their site now... including the suggestions box. Do they think we all have terrible eye sight?

Do not like.

[jmann]

I like having the font a bit larger. :) I don't mind.

[Brendon Bauer]

I was thinking I accidentally made the text size larger but Command-0 wasn't working lol. Very odd indeed! :p

[Unspoken Demise]

I like having the font a bit larger. :) I don't mind.

+1 I thought I had changed my text size, but nope, it was Google. Sneaky Google. I like it. I dont mind.

[ergdegdeg]

I like it, too. Why make the font so small if there is not enough to fill the entire page anyway? The larger font is easier to read regardless of your eye-sight.

[haiggy]

I like it, too. Why make the font so small if there is not enough to fill the entire page anyway? The larger font is easier to read regardless of your eye-sight.

Fair enough, maybe it's the buttons I'm not digging lol
But yeah at first I thought I had changed something to do with the size but nope, it's default now!

[Tilpots]

Thought I screwed something up as well.:D

The big buttons are a bit of overkill, but whatever...

[ejb190]

I noticed the change this morning as well. Works for me!
Not like they need to shrink the font to get everything to fit on the page!

[redAPPLE]

it has been a long time since i typed in 'google.com'. i use the built-in search field in safari and firefox...

[eastercat]

it has been a long time since i typed in 'google.com'. i use the built-in search field in safari and firefox...
+1 But I do miss those themed days where they decorate the logo.
IIRC, they did one for Charles Darwin's b-day. Of course, the religious types went nuts. They claimed that Google was trying to promote an atheist point of view by celebrating Darwin's b-day. :rolleyes:

[xeex]

The buttons can be restored via Glimmer Blocker, and probably the text size too, I just haven't figured that one out!

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1620876/Screen%20shot%202009-09-10%20at%204.49.52%20PM.png
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1620876/Screen%20shot%202009-09-10%20at%204.49.44%20PM.png
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1620876/Screen%20shot%202009-09-10%20at%204.49.38%20PM.png

If you succeed, I would appreciate if you could share this with us.
Hate the text size.

[macbook yes]

It is a "feature". They announced it the other day and sad they were so excited to launch it. I despise it.

[clevin]

another example of safari not using cocoa object to draw buttons.

[TuffLuffJimmy]

another example of safari not using cocoa object to draw buttons.

:confused::confused::confused:

No it isn't. This is google providing its own buttons. If you read the google blog post Google wanted the buttons to be the same across all platforms.

[Foxglove9]

I noticed it right after I installed Snow Leopard so I thought it screwed up my fonts somehow. But I guess that large font shows for everyone. And no, I don't really like it that large but it doesn't annoy me either.

I'm thinking maybe they did it for all these new 7-10" netbook owners (including myself).

[mrkramer]

I'd thought I'd messed up some setting too. It's really annoying.

[celticpride678]

Same thing here, Thought I screwed something up. Still debating whether or not I like it or not. :D

[dmr727]

I don't like it. I feel like I'm searching from a game console or something.

[joeyneedshelp]

so What?

[SanderH]

http://lifehacker.com/5357599/un+supersize-google-search-with-a-user-script

[clevin]

:confused::confused::confused:

No it isn't. This is google providing its own buttons. If you read the google blog post Google wanted the buttons to be the same across all platforms.

lol, check before making that statement. see my pics. Safari is not drawing buttons using cocoa style, it is not a secret, why even question it? its not like this is first time anybody said it?

on the other hand, that button looks exactly the same when you zoom in the page with firefox 3.5, before this change from google.

[TuffLuffJimmy]

lol, check before making that statement. see my pics. Safari is not drawing buttons using cocoa style, it is not a secret, why even question it? its not like this is first time anybody said it?

on the other hand, that button looks exactly the same when you zoom in the page with firefox 3.5, before this change from google.

:confused:
I still don't get it. Google themselves said they changed the buttons to look the same on all platforms. To me that says Safari doesn't have a choice on how it draws the buttons.

[todd2000]

lol, check before making that statement. see my pics. Safari is not drawing buttons using cocoa style, it is not a secret, why even question it? its not like this is first time anybody said it?

on the other hand, that button looks exactly the same when you zoom in the page with firefox 3.5, before this change from google.

Im a little confused. Safari and Firefox both have the same buttons on a Mac, so why is this a Safari problem?

See Screenshots below. I did load it on a PC and it looked like your screenshot, but I guess Macs just render them differently.

And I don't quite understand your comment about zooming? What are you trying to say?

[clevin]

Im a little confused. Safari and Firefox both have the same buttons on a Mac, so why is this a Safari problem?

And I don't quite understand your comment about zooming? What are you trying to say?

Its a bit complicated, I have to say, and you might need to search cocoa at this forum to get more context of this discussion.

:confused:
I still don't get it. Google themselves said they changed the buttons to look the same on all platforms. To me that says Safari doesn't have a choice on how it draws the buttons.

i dont know why google said that, since it obviously looks different on different platforms.

What Im saying, is that, safari doesn't use cocoa style buttons, which is absolutely not questionable, for a good reason: website buttons need to be flexible and can be defined by CSS, so to use a mandated cocoa style button would break most related CSS style.

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Its a bit complicated, I have to say, and you might need to search cocoa at this forum to get more context of this discussion.



i dont know why google said that, since it obviously looks different on different platforms.

What Im saying, is that, safari doesn't use cocoa style buttons, which is absolutely not questionable, for a good reason: website buttons need to be flexible and can be defined by CSS, so to use a mandated cocoa style button would break most related CSS style.

So why are you kicking Safari in the teeth when your beloved Firefox does the same thing?

You're better at Firefox troubleshooting with newbies than you are at forming an argument. Why don't you just stick to your strengths?

[clevin]

So why are you kicking Safari in the teeth when your beloved Firefox does the same thing?


of course not, Im just being reminded that numerous people, in the past year after firefox 3.0 was released, still bashing firefox "not cocoa" and using "buttons" as an example, or excuses.

forgive me being vengeful, but I just can't resist the opportunity here.

About what I should say, and what I should not say, sorry, thats not really an issue in discussion here and should never be.

[michael.lauden]

there is one thing i have learned. don't bother having a conversation about firefox and safari on MR. it is the new Mac vs. PC thread. especially with certain users

[mrsir2009]

It's like that on my Mac as well. Google have just made Google look a bit better =):D