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Post number 1539

tomalak — Wed, 03 May 2000 13:21:07 -0800

Instead of Yahoo's LSD design, AltaVista's new Raging Search site is Google's GLS (Goofy Logo, Search).

By: tomalak

tomalak — Wed, 03 May 2000 13:24:24 -0800

The current AV site and the new Raging Search site seem to generate the same results. That is minus the banner ads and links to AV-sites.

By: baylink

baylink — Wed, 03 May 2000 13:53:21 -0800

Comes complete with swoosh!

By: harmful

harmful — Wed, 03 May 2000 13:55:16 -0800

Oh, joy. Another lovely swirly. Well, at least it's orange.

By: williamtry

williamtry — Wed, 03 May 2000 14:04:49 -0800

Bit of a cliche now really isn't it. They should know by now that in this tech-industry there is rarely any room for the 'me-too's.

By: Zeldman

Zeldman — Wed, 03 May 2000 14:14:16 -0800

oh come on, now. it has the spiral-swoosh hybrid. it has the mac OSX gummy drop i-dot. it's beveled. it has drop shadows. it has highlights. it has orange for 1998. it has purple for 1995. it uses a compressed sans-serif typeface. it has everything. what more could you want? you people are cruel. well, anyway, it's better than the google logo. um, that has to be worth a point or two. if you're looking for truly hideous, 1990-style what-does-this-filter-do? type treatments ... and you KNOW you are ... drag yourself away from the monitor and watch "wheel of fortune" on ABC-TV. you really won't believe your eyes. i've been watching it for several days, now, and they really do keep topping themselves. i needn't point out that this is a major, mainstream, network tv program with a budget. so theoretically, a senior art director with six-figure salary is at least SUPERVISING the work, if not grinding it out herself.

By: grant

grant — Wed, 03 May 2000 14:32:43 -0800

I'm so embarrassed. I mentioned Raging Search in my blog last night and didn't even make the connection to the spiral logo. And such a prime candidate for the critique page too. I must be slipping.

By: Zeldman

Zeldman — Wed, 03 May 2000 14:36:47 -0800

you're slipping, splorpy.

By: harmful

harmful — Thu, 04 May 2000 10:25:52 -0800

Cruel? Damn, I was going for vicious.

By: Calebos

Calebos — Fri, 05 May 2000 08:58:26 -0800

If you want altavista without the "portalness", just use the text-only version: http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?text