A Quick History of Google
An evening with Googles Marissa Mayer
From a while ago but still interesting. Some of the better points:
- The prime reason the Google home page is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn’t know HTML and just wanted a quick interface
- The infamous “I feel lucky” is nearly never used. However, in trials it
was found that removing it would somehow reduce the Google experience.
Users wanted it kept. It was a comfort button.- Gmail was used internally for nearly 2years prior to launch to the
public. They discovered there was approximately 6 types of email users,
and Gmail has been designed to accommodate these 6. [no mention of what the 6 types are…]
