MatthewHSE - 12:55 pm on Mar 29, 2004 (gmt 0)

The new look is okay, but I think it needs just a little more work. For instance, IMHO, that top light blue band needs to have a border on both the top and the bottom, and the top and bottom blue bands need to go clear to the edges of the screen.

Nice how AdWords now look a little more like normal search results; may result in more clicks for advertisers.

At higher resolutions, the search results should fill up all the white space up to the AdWords results. Or, at the very least, AdWords should be bumped to the left so that any white space is at the far right of the page, like many other sites that aren't a liquid layout.

Call me crazy, but a think a few of the Google colored balls as light background images on the bottom and middle of the homepage would add to the attractiveness of the page. Kind of like the Deskbar background. Speaking of which, I would have thought the Deskbar would be mentioned on the Toolbar pages by now.

Is the "Search Within Results" new, or has that been around for awhile? I haven't noticed it before. Great feature for narrowing results!

On the whole, I can take it or leave it. I use Google for speed and results, and really don't notice the interface much. Curious as to why Google thought a new design was necessary.