Small visual upgrade for Google Analytics

This just in and not yet published on the official blog:

Google Anaytics redesigned the grey boxes with access to filters and user management. they also threw in an option to directly add a new profile.
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New Google Analytics bottom menu

I for one find it more user friendly and more visible.

On another note, Google is trying harder to plug their Website Optimizer tool for multivariate testing

google website optimizer

Enjoy! 🙂

The New Link Between Designer and Developer

Excerpt:
The idea of a “good” experience has never been as mainstream as it is now, and that is part of the appeal of Rich Internet Applications. We now have the tools to bring that kind of rich experience to the web. We can have the sophistication of the desktop and the power of the web. The roles of designers and developers become increasingly closer.

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