Will Doug Bowman Make Google Beautiful?

diggnation alert: "Good news folks¦ Doug Bowman, uber designer has joined Google which means, a likely end to the mishmash, drab and boring user interfaces from Google. Yeah!"

I'm not sure if this is wise on the part of Google. I'm thinking it's going to be tricky -- jazzed up = slow loading vs. simple interface = saved precious time. One can imagine the buzz this has churned up with opposite camps saying leave well enough alone and hooray (well maybe not exactly in those words, let's just say they were a bit more "emphatic," took the liberty of saving you from the more colorful language used) with equal fervor. But I say let's give the guy (Bowman) a break eh? Let's come out with a verdict a posteriori.

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