Some questions for the employees behind Google Docs

• Why is the toolbar a different color?


• Why is it oval when the buttons it features are square?

• Are you aware that this is ugly?


• Seriously, what is the logic behind the oval / rectangle divide?


• Do you think it’s important for us to notice the toolbar?


• You know it’s kind of distracting to make it a different color, right?


• How many committee meetings went into that toolbar?


• Is anyone working on a Chrome extension to make Google Docs look less hideous?


• Are you evaluated for how many products you successfully ship, or are you evaluated on whether the products are good?


• How many people made this toolbar decision?


• Is this an act of aggression against your users?


• Do you resent us?


• Or,...

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