The Steve Rubel Stream - Filed under 'UI'

15 Nov 2009

Google Fast Flip Nearing Launch?

Google Fast Flip appears to be nearing a full integration into Google News. I wasn't able to replicate this in other browsers so right now this appears to just be a cookie test. Stories from Google Fast Flip started appearing at the bottom of my page - even when I logged out of my account.

In addition, Google News searches now show links to Fast Flip results at the bottom of the page. This is visible to all users.

Update 11/16/2009 - Chris from Google News notes in a comment below that this is indeed a test.

10 Sep 2009

Facebook Goes Light, Seesmic Goes Dark

Two sites. One, Facebook, goes light (in the US and India only for now). The other, Seesmic Web, goes dark. Which one do you like better? It seems like there's a splintering approach to web UI's lately, one light one dark. One simple, another more complex. I just want to skin the web.

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Facebook_Goes_Light_Seesmic_Go.zip (642 KB)

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