But some key Google properties have really undergone some quite derpy design and/or functionality changes of late and I don't know what fitting analogy to make out of it...
Is it like the artist who can't seem to finish his painting because he can't figure out when to call the last paint stroke the final one?
Or maybe the cook who keeps adding this spice and that seasoning to the stew, only to end up with an inedible mess?
Actually I think it's most like that woman we all know who keeps telling her date "Just another minute..." as she's still getting ready for the night on the town, her date impatiently pacing outside the bathroom door as she applies touch-up after touch-up to her makeup, only to end up looking like a freaky old drag queen.
First it was changing the menu bar on the classic and iGoogle homepages from a white background (appropriately matching the classic background) to black. Why? No one seems to know.
Then YouTube's look and whole operation changed dramatically. And IMHO, for the worse.
The styling and graphics look a bit more Web 2.0 (finally) but it's not that great. The functionality is the worse though. Recommendations are seemingly no longer an option on your homepage and the main ad at the top is ginormous (like IMDBs annoying one) and, no doubt designed to distract you. The new channel layout looks slicker but offers far less optimization and confusing functionality.
And they seem to be convincing everyone to monetize their accounts. So now even stupid low-popularity vlogs have pre-show mandatory advertisements. Hope they enjoy their meager pennies they earn. Ugh! YouTube used to be all about sharing!
Next it was this site, Blogger. No real surprise, Google has changed the look and feel of Blogger a lot since they bought it a few years ago. I know, as you can see I've been blogging here for almost seven years. An eon on the internet.
But the newest are seemingly-irrational changes...
The look and function of the new Blogger Dashboard. It's unaesthetic and it doesn't seem to offer any new or improved functionality. In fact, it's changed too much and I'm unfamiliar with it. I'm afraid I'll click on the wrong thing and in one fell swoop wipe out this blog. I'd probably want to kill myself if that happened.
And this irritating tooltip-like floating bubble that appears wherever you place the pointer. It just says "Composition Editor". (I guess to let you know your composing on that option rather than the HTML editor) It gets in the way and you've got to move your mouse so the pointer is away from the text cursor or the bubble obscures where you'll be typing. Frustrating!
The latest is a (for now) optional "update" to the iGoogle layout and themes display. No improvement whatsoever. Again, just more confusion and irritating bugs. The gadgets are still very ugly, too many are ad based and many just don't work right.
Please Google. It's time to wash your face off and step away from the mirror!