The + operator has been replaced.

Re:The + operator has been replaced. by katovatzschyn on Friday October 21, 2011 @06:23PM (#3141983)

> but if you're branding an operator, brand it everywhere.

And this behavior is what provoked the statement that the engineers are no longer in control- branding trumping usability.

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Re:The + operator has been replaced. by ericd on Saturday October 22, 2011 @03:54AM (#3143116)

But, consistency is an important part of usability.

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Re:The + operator has been replaced. by nhebb on Saturday October 22, 2011 @04:23AM (#3143161)

Consistency cuts both ways. There is the branding consistency of the + symbol, and then there is the consistency of how + worked for searches last week vs. this week. My vote is that consistency in usage trumps consistency in branding.

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Re:The + operator has been replaced. by ericd on Saturday October 22, 2011 @04:43AM (#3143188)

Google+ probably gets much more usage than the + search operator. I'm sad that that part is becoming harder, but if they have a use for + that's integral for a future piece that relates to Google+, the needs of the many and all that.

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Re:The + operator has been replaced. by brador on Saturday October 22, 2011 @09:27AM (#3143474)

I just tried Bing, + works on there it seems.

I can't believe it's been almost 10 years of using Google. Default search changed to Bing on all Laptops. I'm done. Fuck Google.

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Re:The + operator has been replaced. by tsm on Saturday October 22, 2011 @12:40PM (#3143808)

Have you tried DDG? http://duckduckgo.com/about.html

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