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Three design changes to Blogger homepage. Two major changes in 2004 and late 2010; one minor revision in mid 2008. I like the old ones better: 2004 > 2008 > 2010. The latest design looks kind of geeky, and it looks harder and colder. It’s less touching than the 2004 classic - yes I think that was a classic.

And here’s what Google promises to give us in the future:

(source: Blogger Buzz)

Just don’t like them. It looks too cold, and too technology oriented. I wouldn’t know the second picture is not Google Docs but the new post editor for Blogger, if I did not see them on Blogger Buzz site. It reminds me of Microsoft Word or something else… more like I’m working on a paper, not a personal blog.

The same affection may explain why I want its name “Blogger” to be kept. There are some rumors saying that Google is going to rename Blogger as something like “Google Blogs.” I will say no to the new name if Google really do so in the future. “Google Blogs” just sounds lame, don’t you think?

The new look of Google Calendar, and all the next-generation appearance of Google products, are really good. That’s a huge move for Google toward a more easy to use interface.

Google Web Fonts introduces “text=”

9-bits:

Users can now embed only the letters they need from a typeface, which will greatly improve load time. While I prefer TypeKit on most web design projects, Google definitely knocks it out of the park with simplicity (if you can put up with the limited selection).

Google 翻譯原來是這樣翻譯的：日文→英文→中文。不過那個從英文到中文的地方到底是出了什麼問題啊!!!!

素直になれなくて → Hard to honest → 以誠實硬???

不過這個搜尋電影院，自動就幫你找好時刻表的功能，倒是非常方便，值得讚賞。