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[+Mephistopheles]

Once more the Google UI has changed for me: Instead of the start menu introduced by the end of last year the black bar is back, albeit with a slightly different design as before. Tested while logged in and logged out in Safari, Firefox, IE 9 and Chrome 18. Screenshot:



Does anybody else see this change?

[etempest]

I do, I prefer the black bar vs the upper left drop down menu they were trying out.
(Chrome - Current, Windows 7)

[mps69]

Yeah noticed this yesterday, they have changed the order of the items too. Gmail used to be second, now for me at least while in Greader it's the seventh item.
I do have to say it not too bad, I've seen worse.
There is a difference between mine and yours. Yours shows Mail, mind shows GMail.

[still1]

Edit: nevermind...

[+littleneutrino]

as i am an avid user of iGoogle, the black bar had never disappeared for me.

[threetonesun]

Mine seems to change every week. It's getting quite annoying.

[+Glassed Silver]

Same here. Black bar!

Can't stand that start menu thingy... It just adds clicks to things you commonly click.
I switch between images, product search, web and sometimes others WAY to often to find hiding these remotely useful to me.

Glassed Silver:mac

[+c3ntury]

littleneutrino, on 09 February 2012 - 20:37, said:

as i am an avid user of iGoogle, the black bar had never disappeared for me.

Really? I never liked the widget-esque interface myself.

[djdanster]

I'm still with the black bar at the top. I maybe saw the new design for a day or two in mid January.

[Hum]

It's a conspiracy

[+Glassed Silver]

Hum, on 09 February 2012 - 20:44, said:

It's a conspiracy

Oh Hum!

Glassed Silver:mac

[+Majesticmerc]

Yep the black bar is back for me too! I do much prefer it to the drop down thing. I hope they've come to their senses!

[+ViperAFK]

the black bar is way better. current one just wastes screen space for no reason and is awkward to use.

[+Jdawg683]

i never lost the black bar on my desktop at home, but did lose it on my work laptop. however, it's back today (or at least i just noticed it)

[chicken-royal]

Same here. Never had the new drop down menu on .com domains, but had it on .co.uk ones - though now Google Reader still seems to have some of the new drop down menu and the black bar. (on reader.google.co.uk)

All a bit strange!