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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