Comment Clean interface (Score 1) 172
It was about speed of loading. Google had a blank white page with a search box. Altavista had gone the horrible "portlet"-style approach of gluing loads of things together. Google's page loaded quickly, Altavista's did not.
True! Suddenly I didn't have to search for the search box among a cacophony of blinking and bleeping cascades of disturbance. It was like walking the red light district and then stepping into the library. And the search results were presented just as soberly.
Aaah! Peace! I immediately fell in love. <3
