Google‘s new user interface places their different search-type links at the top of the results page instead of inside tabs lower down, and it’s having a significant effect on me. I didn’t realize how often I switched from Web to Groups to News until the new placement proved to me how application of Fitt’s Law can make a difference. When I’m clicking through Google results my mouse cursor is moving in the area of the results links. The tabs used to be directly above those. Having to now move up that little extra distance to the top of the page and to a slightly smaller target, is a small annoyance that is building up into a big headache every time I try to change to another search type. I’ll probably be used to it in a few days, but I currently don’t view it as an improvement.