Till now we loved Google because of its simple and clean approach. This search engine has been known for removing every extra word from its search interface from its homepage and results page. But, by now you must have noticed the new design which shows a couple of extra options on the left hand side of the results page.
There are a couple of options through which you can either narrow or widen the search results displayed. This interface looks a lot similar to Bing which has the search results displayed at the center and on the left panel there is a menu to help the user narrow his search.

We are open to change but at this point the menu looks a bit redundant. Probably Google is experimenting with this new design and once it will get a fair idea of how users are using these options, it will remove the redundant menu items.
Users are used to find these options on the top menu and with the left panel may be Google is trying to make life a little easier. It is definitely going to take some time before we get used to the new Google user interface.
Update: Access the Old Google Interface

May 7th, 2010
Saurabh Dutta 
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