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I'm surprised they went forward with the fullscreen Google Maps experience. I can't believe how awful the performance is. I can't count how many times I've followed a link, including ones off this blog post, where the map will hang (on some js query I'm assuming) and won't respond to user input or do anything until the page is reloaded. I also can't believe how tricky the UI is. Finding directions from one place to a…
I'm surprised they went forward with the fullscreen Google Maps experience. I can't believe how awful the performance is. I can't count how many times I've followed a link, including ones off this blog post, where the map will hang (on some js query I'm assuming) and won't respond to user input or do anything until the page is reloaded. I also can't believe how tricky the UI is. Finding directions from one place to a…
Are you using the same Google Maps as everyone else? At least for me, the experience has never been better or easier to use. I absolutely love the new desktop maps and the performance has been better in my experience, not worse.
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> I hope one day Google gives users the ability to filter Google News and Google search results by date. Haven't those options been in "search tools" for a long time (starting back when the search tools were more prominent), and in advanced options even before that?
Google News allows search by date, but unless there is an option I am unaware of it is capped at the last 30 days. Also, I think the filter is based on the date something was crawled, which is not necessarily the date of publication. Edit: I can set the range past 30 days, the actual function is a little tricky for older articles because again I believe it is based on crawl date not publication date. Example I set da…
I'm surprised they went forward with the fullscreen Google Maps experience. I can't believe how awful the performance is. I can't count how many times I've followed a link, including ones off this blog post, where the map will hang (on some js query I'm assuming) and won't respond to user input or do anything until the page is reloaded. I also can't believe how tricky the UI is. Finding directions from one place to a…
I miss being able to type "from:X to:Y" to get directions.
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I do agree that the new maps are sometimes frustrating. However, I feel the need to point out two things with respect to your particular objections to it. 1. "Gear > My Places" appears to do basically the same thing as "Help > Return to Classic Google Maps", which has a significantly more obvious name. 2. In the new Google Maps, the Print and Link buttons are mostly redundant. If you want to print the map, use your b…
Thanks, but the example I listed (wanting to link to a specific location, not printing) was just that - an example. I find that there are many things that IMHO should be "obvious" yet there is no obvious way to do them. This is my primary frustration. Googling "how to do X" results in the old way which no longer works. This is my secondary frustration.
For 3rd-party posts there's not much Google can do about this (besides avoiding major UI changes), but I'm often frustrated by finding the wild-goose-chase obsolete information actually located on google.com, in un-updated help pages. One thing they could do to at least make it easier for people to recognize that is to date help pages with the last-updated date, so I can tell at a glance whether a given page is from 2014 or 2010.
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Typing just "X to Y" usually works for me.
Thanks! That does seem to work as expected :)
It's frustrating to see feature announcements for features that aren't live yet - especially when they aren't framed as a "coming soon" feature. If you're doing a slow roll-out, or announcing an upcoming feature, be explicit about that. Without setting expectations, you've completely lost the point of announcing. I won't just remember to check back later, and I won't share the news with anyone else since there's noth…