One designer thinks the now-legendary Spartan homepage for Google.com needs a little centering and a lot more color than it has now. Andy Rutledge has some thoughts about Google.
site, Rutledge makes a modest proposal:
First of all, everything is centered; that's where the action is. Furthermore, all of the search elements are grouped together and made very conspicuous by occupying the attention-grabbing white area of the page. This way, search gets prime billing.
Color is used to provide context in this design. The search mechanism is in the most prominent and attention-commanding area of the page. Other elements are placed outside of this space. The subtle use of color allows for relevant structure and interactive feedback when hovering on links. I chose blue for the primary color, but others might be as or more effective.
Reaction, judging by the comments on New Coke.
The response was even more strident and widespread than Sony's recent flirtation with PR Disaster of the Year over rootkit technology on its music CDs. And this was almost a decade before here.")
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David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business. 
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