Comments on: For Such Smart Tools, GoogleApps Have Pretty Stupid Menus http://cogdogblog.com/2008/03/23/google-menus/ Alan Levine's space for barking about and playing with technology Sat, 26 May 2012 17:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alan Levine aka CogDog http://cogdogblog.com/2008/03/23/google-menus/comment-page-1/#comment-55002 Alan Levine aka CogDog Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:29:41 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2008/03/23/google-menus/#comment-55002 Maybe, Teemu, but that's more or less a hack not the point- its about software makers, content designers thinking first about the people who use their efforts. Its a mindset that ought to permeate everything. Maybe, Teemu, but that’s more or less a hack not the point- its about software makers, content designers thinking first about the people who use their efforts. Its a mindset that ought to permeate everything.

]]> By: Teemu Arina http://cogdogblog.com/2008/03/23/google-menus/comment-page-1/#comment-55001 Teemu Arina Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:29:58 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2008/03/23/google-menus/#comment-55001 Maybe a Greasemonkey script would do it for you. Maybe a Greasemonkey script would do it for you.

]]> By: Chris Duke http://cogdogblog.com/2008/03/23/google-menus/comment-page-1/#comment-54982 Chris Duke Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:19:22 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2008/03/23/google-menus/#comment-54982 I'm also a self professed Google hack. I've been expecting for the better part of a year (since the JotSpot acquisition) tools from Google more easily capable of supporting an online classroom space. My current frustration with Google is making "Sites" available only through Google Apps for domains rather than as a standalone tool. -Chris I’m also a self professed Google hack. I’ve been expecting for the better part of a year (since the JotSpot acquisition) tools from Google more easily capable of supporting an online classroom space. My current frustration with Google is making “Sites” available only through Google Apps for domains rather than as a standalone tool.

-Chris

]]> By: Alan Levine aka CogDog http://cogdogblog.com/2008/03/23/google-menus/comment-page-1/#comment-54981 Alan Levine aka CogDog Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:44:52 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2008/03/23/google-menus/#comment-54981 Well yes, but I fail to see your DA role. My observation is that Google makes decisions which menus items to give me and they are static hard coded. I dont use shopping, I dont use news all that much. it would not take too much code effort to make menus a user setting or to do something more clever. Heck even MS bloatware know I use some menu items more often than others. All I content is that this interface, small issue it really is on the scale of thing, is not user-centric. Well yes, but I fail to see your DA role. My observation is that Google makes decisions which menus items to give me and they are static hard coded. I dont use shopping, I dont use news all that much.

it would not take too much code effort to make menus a user setting or to do something more clever. Heck even MS bloatware know I use some menu items more often than others.

All I content is that this interface, small issue it really is on the scale of thing, is not user-centric.

]]> By: Arthus Erea http://cogdogblog.com/2008/03/23/google-menus/comment-page-1/#comment-54978 Arthus Erea Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:37:16 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2008/03/23/google-menus/#comment-54978 I'm here to play the devil's advocate. From Google's view, I think they seperate apps from search: search is their bread and butter, while apps are those cool little projects (which I love) off to the side. Inherintly, they assume users will seperate these which sort of makes sense. When I am in Gmail, it makes plenty of sense for me to want to jump to Google Calendar. Meanwhile, when I am doing a search (which both Maps and iGoogle are) it would make sense to give me links to other search services (with the query already filled in). I’m here to play the devil’s advocate.

From Google’s view, I think they seperate apps from search: search is their bread and butter, while apps are those cool little projects (which I love) off to the side. Inherintly, they assume users will seperate these which sort of makes sense. When I am in Gmail, it makes plenty of sense for me to want to jump to Google Calendar. Meanwhile, when I am doing a search (which both Maps and iGoogle are) it would make sense to give me links to other search services (with the query already filled in).

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