I don't think I needed a sidebar from Google

GMail has changed the way that I think about email, and Google Maps changed the way I think about online maps…just as Google changed the way I think about search.
Google’s new sidebar has not changed the way I think about sidebars.
I had the same reaction to Google’s new sidebar that I hand when I first saw Netscape’s sidebar–why would I want this thing taking up my screen space? Compared to the elegant Google Mail Notifier, Google Search feels like an exercise in what can be done, instead of what needs to be done.
Originally published on my blog at JupiterResearch.