2014
Google Is About To Take Over Your Whole Life, And You Won't Even Notice | Co.Design | business + design
by sbrothier
GOOGLE'S NEW DESIGN ETHOS, LIVING ON AND BEYOND EVERY SCREEN, COULD MAKE GOOGLE AN AMORPHOUS PROBLEM SOLVER OF UNIMAGINABLE SCALE.
2013
Redesigning Google: how Larry Page engineered a beautiful revolution | The Verge
by sbrothier
Great design is not something anybody has traditionally expected from Google. Infamously, the company used to focus on A/B testing tiny, incremental changes like 41 different shades of blue for links instead of trusting its designers to create and execute on an overall vision. The “design philosophy that lives or dies strictly by the sword of data” led its very first visual designer, Douglas Bowman, to leave in 2009.
2011
Ajout du bouton +1 à votre site - API du bouton +1 - Google Code
by sbrothier & 1 other
Le bouton +1 est en fait une manière très simple de dire "ça, c'est génial" ou "vous devriez regarder ça". Il permet aux internautes de recommander vos pages dans les résultats de recherche Google afin que votre site se démarque. En savoir plus sur le bouton +1
Helvetical » I am Ad Taylor
by sbrothier & 1 other
I know I am not alone in my love/hate relationship for Google’s apps, the functionality is brilliant but the UI is ugly. Google Calendar is most definitely not the exception to the rule, it hurts my eyes.
2010
2009
Google Browser Size
by philippej & 11 others (via)
"Google Browser Size is a visualization of browser window sizes for people who visit Google and your own web site"
jquery week-calendar
by Xavier Lacot & 4 others
The jquery-week-calendar plugin provides a simple and flexible way of including a weekly calendar in your application. It is built on top of jquery and jquery ui and is inspired by other online weekly calendars such as google calendar.
Official Google Blog: The evolution of Gmail labels
by sbrothier & 1 other
I love labels in Gmail. Most email programs use folders, which only let me put mail in one place at a time. With labels, I can organize mail in multiple ways. Combined with filters to automatically label incoming messages, Gmail offers powerful ways to organize email.
2008
Official Google Blog: What makes a design "Googley"?
by kuroyagi & 1 other
"A small team gathered to discuss these questions and define the Googley Design Principles:
1. Focus on people—their lives, their work, their dreams.
2. Every millisecond counts.
3. Simplicity is powerful.
4. Engage beginners and attract experts.
5. Dare to innovate.
6. Design for the world.
7. Plan for today's and tomorrow's business.
8. Delight the eye without distracting the mind.
9. Be worthy of people's trust.
10. Add a human touch."
2007
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