I Woke up this mornin’… Got myself some coffee… Everything I had was gone, Gosh Darn Shame…
(sang to the sopranos theme song)
Seriously, I woke up, grabbed some coffee, read my email, then as always went to Google+ for my dose of news and tech.
Then I thought it was April Fools. Checked the date. Thought I was on Facebook. Nope. Thought I had started my Windows 2000 machine. Nope….
Then I realized I WAS on Google+, take a look:
The New Google+ Plus Layout:
Now take a look at my Facebook page:
Then Office 2000:
They look just a little bit familiar don’t they? Good God Google? What have you done?
Do you like the old school look? Here you go, you can get it here:
Go thru my page, log in by allowing the app, and you are done. Want a custom vanity URL, for only $15 you get a branded URL and a branded RSS feed just like I do. The free version does the same thing, but based on your 21 digit Google+ ID.
Here’s the result of this carnage…
- Everything published about Google+ is now trash…
- Everything on YouTube about Google+ is now trash…
- No publisher will trust any author to write about G+ now, and I can’t trust Google enough to write a book myself
- How many Chrome Extensions for Google+ will break?
- Every blogger in the world is going to compare the layout to Facebook, back to Google bashing we go :[
- Mark Zuckerberg just threw up from launghing so hard at Google+ and I don’t blame him!
Seriously, you all know I am a Google Plus fanboy going back to 2008 when I began to talk right here, on GooglingSocial.com about what Google had in store for us. This is not my beautiful home, this is not my beautiful wife. This is FACEBOOK!
Tell us what you really think, Chris?
Personally, I think its an improvement. It needed work, and I think its okay. Not perfect, but okay.
It will take a bit of getting used to, but I think for the majority of users, it is a bit more approachable now, and while the Facebook comparisons will be unavoidable, that was going to happen no matter what they did with the interface, right?
JC, now the stream goes by so fast, that it is impossible to keep up with a highly active stream like mine. Commenting on that same stream? I have seen strippers bounce around less. Engagement is bound to go down. The reason for social sites is human interaction, this seems more about Google+ than about Google+ users.
Sounds awful…I: mean the part about having to rewrite everything before even getting to publishing.
Google removed the arrows (up and down), just like in the new Gmail, and I hate it.