by Jovie Cabais | Jul 3, 2011 | Tech Updates
Google has finally unveiled Google+, the company’s social layer that turns all of the search engine into one giant social network. Google+, which begins rolling out a very limited field test, is the culmination of a year-long project led by Vic Gundotra, Google’s senior vice president of social. The project, is Google’s answer to Facebook. The search giant’s new social project will be omnipresent on its products, thanks to a complete redesign of the navigation bar. The familiar gray strip at the top of every Google page will turn black, and come with several new options for accessing your Google+ profile, viewing notifications and instantly sharing content. The notification system is similar to how Facebook handles notifications, complete with a red number that increases with each additional notice. Here are some of its Pro’s and Con’s Pro: -Sleek User Interface Many Google+ users commented on the sleekness of its UI. It’s clean, it’s easy-to-use and its not cluttered. This is because of Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original designers of the Apple Macintosh GUI. Google gave him free reign in designing the Google+ UI. The UI is better than most Google products. It’s not only clean and easy to understand, but it has character and flavor (you’ll notice it when adding or removing people from circles). Their bet on Hertzfeld paid off. Con: – Noise in the Stream Google+ is designed to minimize noise in the stream through the use of circles, but it’s still too noisy for most users. The big issue is that posts are pushed to the top whenever...
