What We Want From Google in 2011
2010 is drawing to a close, and it’s time I talk about some of the things I wish Google does in 2011 and the next decade.
The year so far has been very active in terms of new product launches and technologies from Google. We saw a huge number of different apps from Google, and also some major changes in the search interface (and algorithm may be, who knows. )
Some of the products struck a chord while some didn’t get encouraging feedback from the tech community. All in all, it was an eventful year as far as Google is concerned, and I hope Google brings lots of new and amazing stuff in 2011.
Here’s what I wish Google does in 2011.
A Better Google TV
Google TV, which was launched with much fanfare, hasn’t got the kind of response which Google expected it’d get. The primary reason according to many tech analysts is the interface and its overall complexity. It isn’t that simple and easy to use as other Google products. I hope Google brings out a better and improved Google TV in 2011.
Smooth Google Apps Migration
Being a Google apps user, I am keeping a close watch on how the inclusion of other tools goes, something which Google apps users have been demanding for long. Google has already started the process, and apps like Google Analytics, Google Reader, and many more are being made available to Google apps users. But how well will the data migration happen for those with conflicting accounts? The first few weeks of 2011 will tell.
A Better Google Chrome
Google Chrome has been improving steadily with the inclusion of new features and enhanced performance. However, annoyances like Flash crashing it now and then still prevail. There’s good scope of improvement in this browser and I hope we get the requested feature enhancements and improvements in Chrome in 2011.
Get Rid Of Instant Previews in Search
Really Google, I hate this instant preview feature which you introduced in search sometime back. I know there are third-party scripts to get rid of that but I hope you decide to do away with it. It’s just useless and annoying.
Honeycomb and other great Android versions
A number of tech analysts around the world are predicting that 2011 will be the year of Android. Android has already gone mainstream with a huge number of smartphone users using it. But it still isn’t as polished as iOS. The Gingerbread version has arrived, and the upcoming Honeycomb version promises to change that. I hope Android spreads further and it gets a lot of new features and apps.
Hope you all enjoyed reading Google Tutor in 2010. Do keep you comments and feedback coming.
Here’s wishing you a happy new year. See you in the next decade! 
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My wish list from Google is a couple of what I’d think would be very simple things!
1. The ability to share contacts the way that you can share calendar events. Giving the authorized sharers the ability to change/update the data. Being able to mark some contacts private so they are not shared. Ideally, it would be great to have the permission down to each specific contact so that you could go in and choose who can view what contacts but I’d be elated just to have the ability to share and mark them public (for shared users only) or private.
2. I don’t like/use the extra task list in Google but I do mark to do’s on my calendar (and I use multiple calendars for contracted employees, etc). I’d like the ability to mark calendar events done so that they either go gray when checked off or simply show a strikethrough. And this would need to also translate to my Droid X Calendar sync. At this point for a workaround, I do go in front of the event and put alt + 251 so that I can get a ? mark in front of the event. But I can’t seem to make that happen from my Droid. It only makes a check mark if I do that from my PC.
Very fundamental requests I know but just putting them out there
Happy New Year!
Thanks to Google for everything it’s done in 2010 and before.
Here’s hoping for even more technological advance in 2011.
I agree with Google TV. I find it frustrating to use and coming from a company such as Google, I would expect more.
How about a user interface that actually respects the word “User” that actually provides GRANULAR UI options and GRANULAR UI behavior choices, from classic, clean, non-animated to all the busy, mouseover automated cpu-intensive pop-up nonsense you could ever want, i.e. LET THE USER DECIDE (regarding ALL UI behavior, not just 5% of it). I challenge anyone to explain how over the past 10 years, how hardcoding a UI the way the bored developers want it, instead of preserving familiarity with MANY options for user choice, is somehow called “progress.” Just plain arrogant.