Shoutbox

I agree it's pointless, but it's not removing any functionality or anything, what's to complain about? Secondly, if you're that worried about it, why not save yourself the aggro/annoyance AND the time and just search from your address bar. Personally, I've not seen the Google homepage in ages.




Also note that pointless/useless is the wrong word, there is likely a fair few reasons Google made the change, which should be obvious.