Google Revamps Homepage for Mobile Phones

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Google debuted a new look for itsmobile homepage Wednesday, unveiling a hidden sidebar. Now, when users tap the three-line menu button in the upper-left corner, a sidebar with popular Google products emerges. In order of appearance, there are Images, Maps,YouTube, News,Gmail, Documents,Calendar,Translate,Books,Blogger,Reader,Finance, Photos and Video. At the very bottom, a button for 'all products' lists a larger range of Google products. Those who haveGoogle+ will also see notifications from the social network, as well as the share button. The new homepage helps users 'get to other Google products faster,' the Internet company tweeted. Get to other Google products faster fromgoogle.com on mobile by tapping the menu button on the top leftgoo.gl/lnlaS - A Googler (@google)October 11, 2012 Google announced the redesignin a post on its Google+ page. So far, response to the update has been positive. 'Much better,' writes commenter Joshua Kiley. 'This unified look across Google products makes them easier to use, since you don't have to relearn the interface with each new product.' Many other comments lamented the lack of the hidden sidebar on Google's web homepage. It currently has a black bar listing products at the top of the site. 'Remember how nice it was when the web version had this? Then we went back to the ugly black bar,' writes Brian Polito. What do you think of Google's revamped mobile homepage? Tell us in the comments below. Image courtesy of iStock,Hillary Fox window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return; var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName(' script').parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}; _msla('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js','twitter_jssdk'); Read more:http://mashable.com/2012/10/11/google-homepage-mobile/ Google Revamps Homepage for Mobile Phones To read more on this topic click here

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