Google began rolling out a new look and feel for search results on both its desktop and mobile platforms Wednesday. For the desktop, it has added navigation options to the left-hand side of the results page, listing the most relevant search tools and refinements for a user’s query. For the mobile platform, iPhone and Android device users can now tap on a button to the left of the search box on the results page to see a new search options menu and select any item in the menu to refine a given search.
The majority of the feedback on Google's own forums has been primarily negative:
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Google Gives Desktop and Mobile Search Pages the Ol' Nip/Tuck
Posted by: Richard Adhikari May 6, 2010 11:29 AMGoogle began rolling out a new look and feel for search results on both its desktop and mobile platforms Wednesday. For the desktop, it has added navigation options to the left-hand side of the results page, listing the most relevant search tools and refinements for a user’s query. For the mobile platform, iPhone and Android device users can now tap on a button to the left of the search box on the results page to see a new search options menu and select any item in the menu to refine a given search.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web+Search/thread?tid=4269aafc4ea789e0&hl=en
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web+Search/thread?tid=2b617300e762035c&hl=en
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web+Search/thread?tid=468a085df5512b33&hl=en