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Google is a multinational company which evolved from a search engine.
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Is there a known reason why Google favors paid content over free?
This is something I've always wondered about. Maybe I'm too old and got stuck in Berner Lee's Internet dream, but it truly shocks me that between a free and a paid version of the same content, Google ...
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Using a single button for sign-in and sign-up
What's the best label to put on the OAuth button (google/facebook) which allows both registration and signing in?
We really see little sense of having two separate buttons which does exactly same ...
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interview users best practices
I'm aware that I can't mention specific software brands or platforms, or even discuss software bugs, so I'm going to try to frame my question from a methodological perspective.
I used a well-known ...
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Is there any research on the effectiveness of Google One tap sign up and sign in implementation for sites/apps? [closed]
I'm having a hard time finding anything related to if Google's One tap sign up and sign (https://developers.google.com/identity/gsi/web) in really helps or drives sign-in/up. Not even finding much ...
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Sign in with Google Button for Sign Up
Our app will use the Sign in with Google button for Sign up and Log in. After gathering information, the end result of the sign up is to log the user into a different area than the Log in button - ...
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Custom Google and Apple Signup/in buttons
I want to modify the default sign up and sign in buttons of Google and Apple for an iOS project keeping the changes as per their guidelines.
By default, these are like this:
And I want to use it like ...
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What's the reason behind this Google Chrome feature? [closed]
Not that long ago I updated my Google Chrome browser to the 12.0.7 etc version and I notices a new feature.
If you hover on the tabs, there is a slight glow around your cursor, something like this (...
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Using a Google Spreadsheet to feed input to a web application
I am building a mathematical web application, that gets as input a large matrix of numbers, and does some mathematical calculations on it. The common ways to feed input into such an application are:
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Click on logo no longer brings user to the homepage of a website, good?
The latest Google webpage redesign brings us a feature ( or a bug?): Clicking on the logo no longer brings user to the homepage of the website. This behavior is consistent across different Google ...
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What was the design language used by Google prior to modern Material design?
You can still find it in very few places. Like Google Groups (see example). But even that, understandably, is getting a redesign, one that hides quite a bit of functionality and seems to dispose ...
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Why is Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" button still next to the search bar?
I'm sure that Google must put a lot of thought into the display of its homepage. With such a minimalistic design, every element matters.
So what's up with the "I'm feeling lucky" button? Why is ...
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is enable Google reCAPTCHA for e-commerce good or not?
I am opening anew e-commerce website, my question is is enable Google reCAPTCHA user friendly or not?
actually,I am planing to disable reCAPTCH for users for the first three months that will make ...
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Why does front page of Google.com give no feedback when trying to search when nothing's entered?
Carry out the following experiment:
Go to google.com,
Leave the "search" field empty,
Click "Google search"
I was having a discussion with my friend about how applications should ...
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What is this Google Apps popout menu called?
What is this menu called in UX/UI parlance?
I want to implement this type of menu in my UI (ASP.NET MVC 5). My default styling is done with Bootstrap 3+.
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User signs up using their Facebook account logs and then logs in with their (same email) Google account. Now what?
Our web app (a personal calendar-management tool) offers both Facebook and Google as social login providers. Sometimes a user who originally signed up using a Facebook account tries to log in using ...
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Cumulative Layout Shift is becoming a ranking factor - (Thought and what it means?)
Has anyone heard of the Cumulative Layout Shift becoming a ranking factor?
I need to prepare for it, but really trying to work out what it all means from a design point of view, it seems it is aimed ...
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Why are Google search results aligned to the left? [closed]
While doing some research on search results patterns I realised Google still to this day shows the results list on the left on desktop while the remaining 99% of websites are aligned to the center of ...
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The "Hey Google" interaction - Dark UX Pattern?
Let's understand what we are talking about here -
1) On android phones - the moment you say, "Hey/Ok Google", Google starts acting based on your voice commands, i.e. becomes voice-activated.
2) On ...
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Why is Google using this anti-pattern sign in feature? [closed]
Google has a feature "Sign in with Google" that auto appears on any site that supports it.
This seems to have harmful UX repocussions?
If Apple, Facebook, and others follow the same pattern we'll ...
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How to do address autocomplete right?
I'm working on a webshop that wants to introduct automatic address completion using googles Place Automcomplete API. My main focus is usability and getting it right isn't exactly easy. My main ...
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Chips and Button Sizes in Google Material Design
If the minimum tap area is 48x48dp (reference: material design accessibility), then what is the logic behind chips being 32dp in height (specs here) and buttons being 36dp in height (specs here)?
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How to clarify ambiguity of the left arrow in google search autosuggestions?
Until recently I found the arrow next to each of the suggested keywords are tappable and will prepopulate the string to the search box for users to further refine the keyword before performing the ...
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Why is the Google Search Results page not responsive? [closed]
As every web developer/designer, I read many articles about why responsive web design is important. We are also often told, that you can learn a lot by observing the UI (and optionally the code itself)...
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Video without a scrubber [closed]
In google's machine learning crash course they have embedded youtube videos without scrubbers if you need to seek through the video you have to use the buttons below the video. Why are they doing this?...
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Why does Google Calendar use a RED 'Loading...' overlay
I've noticed that Google Calendar uses a red Loading... overlay in the top righthand corner on Ajax actions (e.g. opening a calendar item):
I know that Google, being Google, have redefined the usual ...
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How do I improve the QR code scanning experience?
Many people see QR codes, but many people don't know how to use them since an additional app is required. Sometimes TWO apps are required such as Zxing.
[2018 update: As of iOS 11, the iPhone's ...
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Why has Google increased radius of UI elements? [closed]
It has been like a month I have noticed Google is testing UI elements such as inputs and buttons that are curvier. As you see in the screenshot, theinput has much more radius than the previous one.
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Fullname vs username and how to ask for username after Social Login
I am building a mobile application where users can post/rate songs they like.
I have three ways of registering: email+password, facebook login and google login.
From my personal experience, some ...
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If the hamburger menu is bad UX why do Google still use it [closed]
A lot of Google's applications make use of the hamburger menu, including the FABs without descriptive text for the icons.
Why do they still keep at it since most UX researches/analytics have proved ...
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Should android app with maps have zoom in/out buttons
I am working on an android app that uses google maps. The app uses google maps to help users select a location.
Should i add buttons for zoom in and zoom out on the map? I find that the default ...
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Calendar recurrences on the last day of the month
I noticed a difference in how Google Calendar and Outlook handle recurring appointments, specifically ones that are on the end of the month. If you try to schedule an appointment on the 31st of every ...
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Google new Task application inconsistent UI
Visual design is part of user experience design, hence its safe to ask question related to visual inconsistency on this platform.
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Purpose of Google Results Speed Indicator
What purpose does the speed indicator (the 0.44 seconds in the image below) serve the user when using Google search?
Does this have a specific use to a specific user of Google or is it just Google ...
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Why are different cursors used when hovering over buttons in Gmail?
In the Gmail interface they are not consistent in which cursor they use on button/link hover.
They use the "hand" pointer for:
Links in the sidebar(mail, contacts, inbox, starred etc..)
The mails ...
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Why is the Google Maps Places Autocomplete API so uncommon in signup forms, but so common in search?
When looking at signup forms, the standard is always to break it down in address, house number, city, zip code, country; all in separate input fields for the user. But when you look at search on ...
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Lack of ability to delete goals in Google Analytics - is this poor UX?
If you set up goals in Google Analytics there is no method to delete them, although you can deactivate them (i.e. switch them off) instead. This is documented on various sites such as http://www....
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Why Google Search bar and logo is not vertically center in large screen? [closed]
Its comes to my mind when i do googling on a large screen Desktop. the logo and search bar area is Horizontally Center (Near about, not so measurable)
but not Vertically Center in case of large ...
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Google travel distance vs. straight line distance
I have an mid-sized(ish) app that plots a user's home address on a map, along with a number of locations. Those other locations are also displayed in a list. Each location has the distance from home ...
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Is Apple's or Google's meaning of the three-horizontal-bar icon more popular?
Apple and Google are going head-to-head to define meaning of the three-horizontal-bars icon:
In iOS this icon means "drag me to rearrange items in a list" while Google Chrome's version means "click ...
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Why google is not following material design on gmail? [closed]
Almost every app in gsuite including google drive, keep, classroom etc. are on material guidelines including the forum but why not Gmail?
Is there a particular reason for this?
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Emphasize the word "Google" without using their logo [closed]
I've requested permission from Google to use the above presentation. I suspect they'll say no, since they generally don't allow use of the logo. It's a two-week wait, so in the meantime, what's an ...
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Font 'Roboto' mandatory in Google's material design?
Is using the font 'Roboto' mandatory in Google's material design – or can I use different fonts in a material design based website?
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Embedded Google Maps or static stylized map
Embedding Google Maps on your website doesn't always have the right effect on the design. With some effort you can stylize Google Maps, but I have bad experiences with that.
To me, the only real ...
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Google Maps Link Name
We have an application that provides an address to a commercial property. There's a use case in which users will need to view the property in google maps. I was wondering if there's a standard link ...
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What is the rationale for google analytics removing icons next to bold numbers?
I am wondering if Google provided a rationale in their design guidelines for what seems to have been a change in their interface design for the Google Analytics mobile app.
The difference (I could be ...
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Gmail vs Google Inbox. How bad would it be if Google kills Gmail now? [closed]
What's the difference between GMAIL and INBOX and why does google develop both of them? (even due they are both mail agents)
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Why does Google add o's to their name to signify result pages? [closed]
Why have the word Google spelled with ten o's? Why have it there at all?
The red letter o signifies the page you are on in correlation to the page number below it, but why have that connection in the ...
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Google Chrome's setting/option icon a variation of the hamburger menu?
I noticed on a recent Google Chrome update that the setting/option icon changed from the wrench to three dots, which I thought was interesting as this seemed to related to the 'more' symbol but turned ...
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What does the google search homepage ( https://www.google.co.in/?gws_rd=ssl ) lack in design? [closed]
Google has kept its homepage clean with minimum possible buttons, but what still this homepage lacks from design point of view? Or what else could be added to it or removed to make it a better design?
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Should I rely on Google Translate?
The majority of my users access my website with Google Chrome. Google Chrome has Google Translate built-in, which lets you translate webpages. Instead of manually creating separate website locales for ...
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