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A subtle layout bug in Google Search: When CJK text-wrapping meets float

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80 points kang_li | 4 comments | 19 Nov 24 16:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.838s | source
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zelon88 ◴[19 Nov 24 17:08 UTC] No.42185702[source]▶
Not surprising.

The homepage of Google has n-e-v-e-r had an error free console, which I find funny considering it's literally a white page with a logo and a lonely text field, and considering that Google expends so much effort trying to sling their design methodology onto everyone. "Do as I say, not as I do."

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ilrwbwrkhv ◴[19 Nov 24 18:53 UTC] No.42186865[source]▶
Well I hope nobody follows Google's design philosophy seriously. They are among the worst in the business.

I've said this for a long time, but the only reason Google search was successful is because they were lucky enough to just have a text area for the search box. If they had tried to do anything else, they would have drowned miserably because their design choices and decisions are so bad.

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immibis ◴[19 Nov 24 19:29 UTC] No.42187168[source]▶
In other words: they made good design decisions. If they hadn't made good design decisions, their design would be bad.
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1. ilrwbwrkhv ◴[19 Nov 24 20:06 UTC] No.42187547[source]▶
I think every other design that they have ever done apart from that Google search homepage has been horrible and bad. So that's why they lucked out on that first one.
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2. jfactorial ◴[19 Nov 24 21:23 UTC] No.42188231[source]▶
I would definitely read an in-depth exploration of Google's design failures from someone informed & opinionated on the topic. I found this looking for such a thing: https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/81965/what-are-the-di...
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3. ilrwbwrkhv ◴[19 Nov 24 21:48 UTC] No.42188457[source]▶
I've read a bunch of stuff about their design and why it's so bad, including this one. Bottom line is you cannot scientifically manage your way to design. That is why in the future we are going to see designers with aesthetic sense become more and more useful as AI sort of like starts doing everything.
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4. eviks ◴[20 Nov 24 04:13 UTC] No.42190765{3}[source]▶
The first 4 flaws from the link above can definitely be "scientifically" managed even by people without aesthetic sense.