Earlier this spring Google introduced the black navigation bar; now they’ve updated the bar to take up less space and be more useful.
Although the black bar is useful in-so-far as it gives you quick access to Google services (useful, of course, only if you use those services) the new navigation bar–seen in the video above–includes an improved layout. Rather than use the bar space to spread out links which the user may or may not use the service links are now tucked into a mouse-over menu accessed by hovering on the Google logo. The majority of the space previously just taken up by links and the black bar itself is now a a search box.
If you don’t already see the new interface, look for it to appear in your Google account within the next few days. Click the link below to read the official announcement.
The Next Stage In Our Redesign [The Official Google Blog]