All previous posts about Google becoming a portal got me thinking...
http://blogoscoped.com/forum/80070.html
Would it be at all possible to be serious about it? In the end, I decided it's quite impossible to take it seriously. Take it how you want... but I was a bit bored...
"INTRODUCING GOOGLE SPRINGBOARD (Test)"....
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2745/springboardsa0.png
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nice "Mockup", but i don´t think so. i think a gmail like design is more probable. (my own opinion!) |
Isn't that what the personalized Home page is supposed to be? |
Nice mockup, but this page wouldn't be minimalist enough for me... too cluttered! But you set out to "portalize" it so it's a success, I'm no big fan of portals :)
I think, as Johnweb mentioned, Google's moves in that direction are their Personalized Homepage. In the end they have to become more than just a 90s portal, they may want to replace the Windows Desktop/ the OS/ MS Office itself. Right now, my Windows desktop shows a couple of icons – the stuff you show to the left might be analogous, though I'd definitely label them or else it's "mystery meat navigation" – as well as a hidden but expandable task bar with more icons. Something like this might work online as well (I'm not a big fan of the Personalized Homepage at the moment, also because of its tabs, and non-minimalist approach). |
Yeah thanks for the compliments. It wasn't meant to be a totally serious one... not completely refined. |
Cool one Joe!!!
i really liked it :) |
erm, although i wrote "i think a gmail like design", i hate portals; at least at google or a other search engine; sometime a portal isn´t bad; but only unusual! |