Okay, Google's hiring star designers like Doug Bowman for its actual products, not as ad creatives. But let's hope they make the new Google Checkout as pretty as this commercial.

Highlight: When, twenty seconds after complaining about "lots of forms, not to mention those user names and passwords" on other stores, the announcer shows the form (with a user name and password) for Google Checkout.

Google Checkout Video Tour [Google Video]

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