Another experiment in the line of the fading homepage

<<Google has added an element to their latest homepage test that instructs people what to do after they've entered a keyword. The sentence "Press enter to search," now appears under the box where you type in your keywords – where the old submit buttons used to be.>>

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/googlehomepagetest103009.png

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/091030-013426

If the "Enter" key of my keyboard is broken, then I can't google anymore. Good idea Google, good idea...

streamlined. i like it. but what about touchscreens?

Touchscreens could be a problem indeed. The idea is like searchmash and I use enter a lot when searching.

TOMHTML When you enter key is broken, you just have to fix it :-) or you could use alt+013 on your numpad / laptop (if available), shortcut for Enter.

alt+013 = x↕↙↘
:)

I Like the old screen much more.

Way back in Google's early days, if you searched by clicking on the button with the mouse, you would get a hint at the top of the results saying something like "Tip: you can press ENTER after your search term instead of clicking the button".

Page2RSS noticed something else: "This space intentionally left blank."

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_J7sG-Fm0a5Q/SusXew7MgtI/AAAAAAAABlI/lGvThTlnUEQ/experiment_google.jpg