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Re: The New Google Maps

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Post by spot »

w0utert wrote: post #22
criley wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's just an embedded youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=...

That's weird because I searched it on YouTube but it wasn't there before. Bit too early I guess... ;-) Not overly impressed by any of the new features though, looks like they just pushed their recommendation engine more to the front and brushed up the UI map rendering a bit, but that's about it. Still a lot better than any other map service though.

no the big change is getting rid of dividing the screen between a list of search results and the map itself.

Re: The New Google Maps

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Post by manacit »

onemorepassword wrote: post #25

"Request an invite". Dear god, Google still thinking it's a cute little startup. It really is the Microsoft story all over again.

Facebook has consistently done the same thing with all of their new features (Graph Search, Timeline, etc). I fail to see why this is so egregious?

Re: The New Google Maps

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Post by 0x0 »

untog wrote: post #15
0x0 wrote: post #6

So I used to have MapsGL enabled, and now I got a popup saying "MapsGL is going away". Well, then I clicked the "Classic" button and now I can't find any way to re-enable MapsGL :(

The WebGL version of maps is not this new version- presumably it was the early work which led to it. So it's not surprising that they are phasing out the 'old' WebGL maps. They weren't that great, anyway.

I miss the nice 3d perspective building outlines :(

Re: The New Google Maps

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Post by cscheid »

eridius wrote: post #28
kailuowang wrote: post #4

Google map was the one of the first web applications that revolutionized the web with Ajax. This new Google map could be another one that revolutionize the industry again with WebGL.

It's too bad WebGL isn't usable yet. It's still disabled by default in multiple popular browsers, and in the browsers that have it enabled, it's a security risk (which is precisely the reason why some browsers, such as Safari, don't enable it).

Which security risks are you talking about? In the spec or in the implementations?

Currently, the biggest security risk in WebGL is, indirectly, your graphics driver. As an example, the latest security problem with WebGL was in OS X and had to to with exposing uninitialized memory contents. Of course, it is true that graphics driver writers are only now warming up to the fact that a webpage shouldn't cause a kernel panic and that it shouldn't leak uninitialized memory. Still, the WebGL spec itself has fixed all of the early problems it had.

Sorry if you were aware of this distinction! I hear many people talking about WebGL security issues as they existed in the draft, and I think some clarification of the public opinion is in order.

Re: The New Google Maps

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Post by anxx »

I have a tangential question: What screen capture software is this?

It's unlike any other I've seen, because the screen looks like it is viewed from an upper left angle (like at 0:10). Really brings the video alive; I'd love to use this software to make some video tutorials.

Re: The New Google Maps

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Post by willy1234x1 »

manacit wrote: post #32
onemorepassword wrote: post #25

"Request an invite". Dear god, Google still thinking it's a cute little startup. It really is the Microsoft story all over again.

Facebook has consistently done the same thing with all of their new features (Graph Search, Timeline, etc). I fail to see why this is so egregious?

To add to that, Google has consistently done invite rollouts in their past like Gmail and Google+ to name a couple.

Re: The New Google Maps

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Post by duaneb »

onemorepassword wrote: post #25

"Request an invite". Dear god, Google still thinking it's a cute little startup. It really is the Microsoft story all over again.

Seems like a smart decision to me. I probably wouldn't have cared about GMail if thirteen year old me didn't want an invite more than anything. Anyway, it's still a gradual rollout, just with hype. Seems like a smart decision to me if they don't overuse the gimmick.

Re: The New Google Maps

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Post by bennesvig »

manacit wrote: post #32
onemorepassword wrote: post #25

"Request an invite". Dear god, Google still thinking it's a cute little startup. It really is the Microsoft story all over again.

Facebook has consistently done the same thing with all of their new features (Graph Search, Timeline, etc). I fail to see why this is so egregious?

Not having immediate access to something makes people automatically want it more (generally).
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