Yes, it’s true that a team at Google couldn’t decide between two blues, so they’re testing 41 shades between each blue to see which one performs better. I had a recent debate over whether a border should be 3, 4 or 5 pixels wide, and was asked to prove my case. I can’t operate in an environment like that. I’ve grown tired of debating such miniscule design decisions. There are more exciting design problems in this world to tackle.

Doug Bowman in Goodbye Google.

For all my armchair criticism of Google’s ghastly look & feel, clunky icons and incessant rejection of using the right HTML elements in the right places, I never would have imagined it could be this broken inside.

Best of luck to Doug. He was there at the forefront of the web standards community when I graduated into this world that defines my career and my life, and he was quite inspiring. His voice and contribution has been missed during the Google years. Via: stopdesign.com.