Google Web Design Analyzed: Google Groups Beta

There were eye-popping findings in the source code and external CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) file of Google Groups Beta.

The source HTML was 95% tables: the only div was the footer
There were many nested tables in the body section
Many of the CSS definitions had been commented out (we guess this is since it’s a beta page)
The width of the page was not stretchable

What we will now do is check recent final versions (i.e., non-beta) of Google web sites to see if they too have a unprofessional design features like those above… if they do, it will be a while before we emerge from our state of shock!!!

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