In days of past, Google was once considered the pinnacle of interface design. The "less is more" paradigm. Google had a logo, a box to type stuff in, and two buttons. That was basically it.
Those days are sadly, long gone. It's not often I see the actual Google front page. As a predominantly Firefox user, I see Google's Firefox start page. I was horrified when I saw a friend navigate to Google's front page, only to be confronted with this:
What has Google come to? "iGoogle"? Popup floating divs? Front page cluttered with widgets you probably don't care about?
Perhaps it's time someone founded the "next" Google.