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Re: Terra Bella

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Post by OberstKrueger » Sat, Mar 12, 2016, 7:17 PM UTC

dzhiurgis wrote: post #131

cpeterso wrote: post #80

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How does an unusable page like this even pass preliminary design review? Perhaps the page works well on the 16-core desktop computers with giant monitors common in the ivory tower.

iPhone 6S Plus - mobile safari crashed 3 times before I gave up

It doesn't crash on my iPhone 6 Plus, but it's practically unusable. 5-10 seconds of waiting for it to respond to trying to swipe down, and horrible frame rates while it does so.

Re: Terra Bella

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Post by gmanley » Sat, Mar 12, 2016, 9:23 PM UTC

dbcurtis wrote: post #43

Is there a readable version of the web site that doesn't have obnoxious scrolling? Someone needs to tell their designers about the Principle of Least Surprise. I'll look at this after they fix this so it doesn't give me a headache.

Opening it up in lynx did wonders.

Re: Terra Bella

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Post by dbmnt » Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 1:19 AM UTC

bitfury wrote: post #96

anyone know the breed of that dog on the "Meet our team" section ?

It looks most similar to a Siberian Husky to me, although the face is different. Possibly a mixed breed from the husky, or just a unique looking husky.

Re: Terra Bella

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Post by Raphmedia » Mon, Mar 14, 2016, 1:53 PM UTC

zxexz wrote: post #130

Raphmedia wrote: post #62

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There: http://pastebin.com/raw/kYpdLgYg

Wow. That was infinitely more readable. Better UX.

It's responsive too!

Re: Terra Bella

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Post by eunoia » Tue, Mar 22, 2016, 10:27 PM UTC

tzakrajs wrote: post #74

eunoia wrote: post #18

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I'm also curious about this. Isn't this exactly the kind of project Alphabet was created to wrap? i.e. something not related to Google's core business but still under the corporate umbrella?

Terra Bella is under Geo, which is where Maps resides. Seems like a pretty good fit to me, given that satellite imagery is presented in Maps. Why do you think Terra Bella should be in Alphabet?

That makes perfect sense actually. I was erroneously thinking of Terra Bella as a standalone project instead of as an extension to one of Google's core products.