[nysauhem]

I personally find this article misleading (ignoring the fact that it is criticizing a 9-month old change).

"No way to reconfigure this change."

Having the ability to change such a trivial setting would be terribly annoying. This type of "add a setting for that" thinking is probably what led to Facebook's privacy preferences.

"Top 10 mistakes in web design"

This article is quoted to support the reconfiguration point, but in fact the "mistake" that is mentioned is to disable the zoom-in and zoom-out of a browser (which DOES in fact work on Google's page) and not some sort of font-size preference.

"Violating Design Convention" "Inconsistent Marketing Message" "Branding Mistakes"

The only argument offered for these points is that the author simply does not like the new look, and that "people are now criticizing the design"