The Google Search toolbar

Illustration1 The Google Search toolbar Here I want to comment the Google Search Toolbar. With the explosive growth of the information, people are more and more depending on the searching machine. Of course it brings us a lot of convenience and its functions are so strong. But in my opinion, its UI is not perfect.

a) When a green hand firstly meets this toolbar, he has no idea what it can do other than the searching. Because he only knows input some words in the text edit box.

 b) This bar is under the address box and itself is a long and narrow line. This must occupy some place of the browser. That is to say the place for web page is small. In this situation, user only can see less information from the web page.

c) Another problem is that the region is full of all kind of command. So this is easily make the user confused about the repeated function such as the ‘web bookmarks’ , ‘Block pop-up box’ and so on. And this function repeat is not needed.

d) And there are some function is used only on special case, and it is not frequently used when surfing the internet. But the button is occupied a not small place. Such as the ‘spelling’ is used only when writing the Email. But the most of the time when we open the browser is watch web.

 

        Those defects are founded when I use it and I also ask some of my friends and schoolmate about their opinion. Then I think about some solutions about it. Here they are:

     i. It may design to a suspended form, so user can decide about whether use some of its function. In this situation, when surfing web he want to search information, he can restore it. When write some article or Email, he can use spelling check. So this easy for different user.

     ii. Another improvement is that is must plus the Maximize, Minimize, Restore control. When it is not need it can be in minimum. So this can save place for the web page. In another word, this is convenient for the user.