When you do an image search, we find that it is typical that you will look through many pages of search results. So in the redesign of Google Image Search for mobile, available today for iPhone 3.0+ and Android 2.1 devices, we focused on making it easy to quickly see as many image thumbnails as possible:
The thumbnails are square to maximize the number of images we can get on the screen at one time so you can scan them quicklyYou can swipe to see the next or previous page of results, or tap the large, stationary 'Next' and 'Previous' page buttonsWe optimized for speed so that the images appear quickly when you browseWhen it comes to viewing the images, we now make them as large as possible by introducing a special image viewing page:
The black background emphasizes the image and the buttons fade after a few seconds so you can just see images with little distractionEasily browse through the images by swiping from picture to picture
To try this new version of Image Search, just go to www.google.com on your phone and tap on “Images.” The new experience is available in 38 languages worldwide. Whether you like to look through pictures of prom dresses, impressionist paintings or 猫 ジャンプ we hope you love this update to Image Search for mobile.
Posted by Leo Ting, Software Engineer, and Nick Fey, User Experience Designer
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The thumbnails are square to maximize the number of images we can get on the screen at one time so you can scan them quicklyYou can swipe to see the next or previous page of results, or tap the large, stationary 'Next' and 'Previous' page buttonsWe optimized for speed so that the images appear quickly when you browseWhen it comes to viewing the images, we now make them as large as possible by introducing a special image viewing page:
The black background emphasizes the image and the buttons fade after a few seconds so you can just see images with little distractionEasily browse through the images by swiping from picture to picture
To try this new version of Image Search, just go to www.google.com on your phone and tap on “Images.” The new experience is available in 38 languages worldwide. Whether you like to look through pictures of prom dresses, impressionist paintings or 猫 ジャンプ we hope you love this update to Image Search for mobile.
Posted by Leo Ting, Software Engineer, and Nick Fey, User Experience Designer
Source : ...