Comments on: more minimalism from google http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2009/12/11/more-minimalism-from-google/ Own less. Live more. Finding minimalism in a world of consumerism. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:04:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hessiess http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2009/12/11/more-minimalism-from-google/comment-page-1/#comment-13558 hessiess Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:35:30 +0000 http://www.becomingminimalist.com/?p=1613#comment-13558 While I agree that it adds to the minimalistic design of the site, it could also be a usability problem. There is no indication on the page that moving the mouse would un-hide those elements of the page. There are also a number of web users, including myself, who can't, due to a disability(RSI etc) or don't want to use the mouse(i.e. the massive speed boost and minimal GUI junk you get when switching completely to the keyboard). Though disabling JavaScript with Noscript makes Google look exactly as it always has done. On a side note, Firefox can be controlled very effectively, completely with the keyboard(excluding flash) using Vimperator. While I agree that it adds to the minimalistic design of the site, it could also be a usability problem. There is no indication on the page that moving the mouse would un-hide those elements of the page. There are also a number of web users, including myself, who can’t, due to a disability(RSI etc) or don’t want to use the mouse(i.e. the massive speed boost and minimal GUI junk you get when switching completely to the keyboard). Though disabling JavaScript with Noscript makes Google look exactly as it always has done.

On a side note, Firefox can be controlled very effectively, completely with the keyboard(excluding flash) using Vimperator.

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