{"id":47588,"date":"2012-04-11T16:40:09","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T14:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=47588"},"modified":"2012-04-11T17:02:09","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T15:02:09","slug":"google-gets-interface-overhaul-new-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/47588-google-gets-interface-overhaul-new-features.html","title":{"rendered":"Google+ gets interface overhaul, new features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Google\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/314567-Google\">Google<\/a> unveiled a major update to Google+ today (11 April 2012), with changes to the main navigation interface, hangouts, profile pages, and the addition of various features.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/toward-simpler-more-beautiful-google.html\" target=\"_blank\">blog post describing the changes<\/a>, Google+ head <a title=\"Vic Gondotra\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/360986-Vic-Gondotra\">Vic Gundotra<\/a> said that they are \u201cintroducing a more functional and flexible version of Google+.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gundotra highlighted three main changes in the way users will navigate Google+, achieved by moving the static icons at the top to a ribbon on the left reminiscent of old versions of Outlook:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can drag apps up or down to create the order you want;<\/li>\n<li>You can hover over certain apps to reveal a set of quick actions;<\/li>\n<li>You can show or hide apps by moving them in and out of \u201cMore\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A3Atj57r15U\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Google+ will also be receiving a bunch of new features to \u201cinspire you to connect with others,\u201d Gundotra said. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full bleed photos and videos that\u2019ll make you really proud to post;<\/li>\n<li>A stream of conversation \u201ccards\u201d that make it easier to scan and join discussions;<\/li>\n<li>An activity drawer that highlights the community around your content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zxbs5uqEjc0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Google also updated its Hangouts feature, with Gundotra highlighting the following changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An always-updated list of invitations from the people in your circles;<\/li>\n<li>Quick access to every public and On Air hangout, for those times when you want to meet someone new, or watch a live broadcast;<\/li>\n<li>A rotating billboard of popular hangouts, pro tips and other items you don\u2019t want to miss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gundotra said that they will be rolling out these changes over the next few days. \u201cSo please check back if you don\u2019t see them yet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google announced major changes to Google+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":42505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[167,35,7391],"class_list":["post-47588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-google","tag-headline","tag-vic-gundotra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47590,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47588\/revisions\/47590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}