Google Takes Minimalism To The Extreme With New Fade-In Homepage
December 02, 2009 at 17:55 PM EST
Back in October, we reported on a new design Google was testing out for its homepage. In short, the design takes Google's minimalist approach to an extreme, removing everything from the homepage except for the Google logo, the search box, and the two buttons beneath it. Upon moving your mouse the rest of the site's UI elements fade back into view. At the time I thought it was just one of Google's many experiments that never get launched to the public, but it seems like they're taking this one seriously: Google has just announced that they're rolling out the fade-in design to everyone.