Google X - Google with OS X Appletude - Killed and Resurrected   3/18/2005 - 1,140 views, 4 Comments

Summary: If you blinked you might have missed it. Google's labs had put up "Google X", a Google search home page which emulated Apple's Mac OS X look and feel, particularly with respect to the dock function. When you used the Google ...

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If you blinked you might have missed it. Google’s labs had put up “Google X”, a Google search home page which emulated Apple’s Mac OS X look and feel, particularly with respect to the dock function. When you used the Google X interface, above the search box were cute little dock icons, and when you moused over them, just like with the OS X dock icons, they were magnified. Very cute, very Apple. Which is probably why the Google X page was taken down yesterday, a scant week after it went up, and only a few days after most became aware of it.

But lament not, even if you never got a chance to see the original Google X. Because it has been resurrected by at least one interpid Google X enthusiast.

So now, thanks to the miracle of Google’s own caching (oh, the irony!), you can check out Google X.

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4 Comments »

  1. The mystery continues ? Why did they pull it and why are they silent ?

    The Indian Blogger

    Comment by amit agarwal — 3/19/2005 @ 1:53 am

  2. Maybe another case of Apple’s Legal Dept trying to keep busy.

    Comment by ZacOz — 3/20/2005 @ 4:52 am

  3. Sweet….and such irony on top of it all…..How long will it last though?

    Comment by Jonathan — 3/23/2005 @ 4:21 pm

  4. I like it! The OSX look has much more appeal than the plain text.

    Bring it back!

    Comment by Jeff — 4/4/2007 @ 8:12 am

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