I really want to know why Google maps is slow on a $3500 laptop with a huge Nvidia card.
Google Maps has become an eyesore
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#12https://archive.is/os2JU (link without unclosable eyesore autoplaying video. Talk about irony)
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#13Google Maps is actually one of the few Google properties that has not got bad. I appreciate their reviews since they don't have Yelp's problem of extorting businesses.
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#14What I don't understand is where there seem to be two versions of google maps. Sometimes I can get streetview, but if I access it about half the time I can't.
There are two web versions of Google Maps. There's the horrible one that you can reach from the search results page if you made a specifically commercial-local request, like [1]. There is the same thing on proper Google Maps[2].
1: https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&tbs=lf:1,lf_ui:9&tbm=lcl&...
2: https://www.google.com/maps/search/lunch+downtown+berkeley/@...
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#15I find that it is often difficult/immpossible to get a sense of scale.
The width and detail of streets is adjusted such that it is not obvious if I'm looking at things a few hundred metres apart, or a few kilometers! And there is no scale indication on the screen! I guess they want a "clean" look but it's not so helpful.
Take a look at Garmin aviation maps. You're offered only a specific set of scales (not an infinitely adjustable range), there is always an indication of scale, and the detail appropriately hints at the scale.
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#16so true. on mobile the interface of waze is just cleaner.
It's interesting that Google has kept the Waze brand around. I expected them to merge it into maps when they bought it.
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#17Every time I use Google Maps, I feel so helpless, and frankly, stupid. On Desktop, I simply can't figure it out how to switch to A-B route mode, nor how to trigger street view. I literally just click randomly in a more and more frustrated way until suddenly the option appears. And on Android I just avoid the app. I hate that I couldn't turn off the automatic compass. Every time I finally manage to orient myself when…
> nor how to trigger street view
You need to drag the "man" icon and drop it on the map.
I had to google that.
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#18Every time I use Google Maps, I feel so helpless, and frankly, stupid. On Desktop, I simply can't figure it out how to switch to A-B route mode, nor how to trigger street view. I literally just click randomly in a more and more frustrated way until suddenly the option appears. And on Android I just avoid the app. I hate that I couldn't turn off the automatic compass. Every time I finally manage to orient myself when…
> nor how to trigger street view You need to drag the "man" icon and drop it on the map. I had to google that.
Win win for Google :-]
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#19The lack of street names unless you hit the zoom level just right (or seemingly never) reinforces the adage that systems focus on perpetuating themselves not providing the service they were built for.
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#20It's inflammatory, but this website is worse. There's some video playing of a stranger eating mustard skittles taking up the bottom quarter of the screen.
Wow, I tried disabling ublock and it is pretty bad. There are exactly 0 words of the body of the article visible when first loading the page on a 1440p monitor, two thirds of the screen are ads...