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Essentially all the folders and organization for Google Docs happens through Google Drive. So you have to keep switching between the two. Why is the Google Drive interface not embedded in Google Docs instead of that dumb list of documents?
macOS takes the same approach with Finder however. Managing files in macOS is a huge pain if you want to keep it in some nicely organized tree. Its optimized for just searching to find what you're looking for. It presents all files in a flat list by default. Apple's primary business model is not search, so there could be some evidence that more people just prefer search over tags/folders/icons etc.
Flip side - Google Keep. To search for a note you have to press the search box twice . First time you just get types of things - if you want to search free text you have to press again. I'd argue that UI encourages using tags over search. It's honestly my only major annoyance about Google Keep.
Could we use this as a place to suggest alternatives to Google Maps? I have tried OpenStreetMaps (albeit 5+years ago) and couldn't search for an address. So if that's improved I'd like to know. I don't need/want "find X near me" or fluff like "what restaurant's are open right now?". All I want is navigation between current location and target address.
Similarly, when I switched from Google Maps to Apple Maps, the favorites UI was enough better that I started using it more and relying on search less.
There’s definitely a pattern of Google underperforming in ways that make you fall back on Google Search, sending Google data, and viewing Google ads.
This would be fine if Google Drive/Docs search wasn't unusably bad
Flip side - Google Keep. To search for a note you have to press the search box twice . First time you just get types of things - if you want to search free text you have to press again. I'd argue that UI encourages using tags over search. It's honestly my only major annoyance about Google Keep.
Isn't keep an abandoned project? I use it daily and it doesn't seem to have gotten an update in years (if ever since launch). >It's honestly my only major annoyance about Google Keep. I definitely have more annoyances - it can be slow, it has only minimum features, you can't change the ordering etc.
That's probably why it doesn't suck as badly as most other Google products.
> you can't change the ordering etc.
Of notes? Of checkbox items? In both cases: you most definitely can. I just did that, both in the browser and in the app.
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I use Google maps for navigation between locations and it works great, not sure what your problem with it is, but if you want an alternate Waze works better imo.
I like Waze too, but just wanted to point out that they are also owned by Ggogle.
Could we use this as a place to suggest alternatives to Google Maps? I have tried OpenStreetMaps (albeit 5+years ago) and couldn't search for an address. So if that's improved I'd like to know. I don't need/want "find X near me" or fluff like "what restaurant's are open right now?". All I want is navigation between current location and target address.
I use Google maps for navigation between locations and it works great, not sure what your problem with it is, but if you want an alternate Waze works better imo.
There is also a lot of clutter.
These are traits that have all gotten worse over the years. I'd prefer the UI of the first-gen Google Maps then what we have today.
I have no complaints about the actual navigation, there has been quirks over the years but nothing that stands out in my mind.
Google also debuted a new Driving Mode on Google Maps that... entirely changes the UI of of the app and several parts of the phone interface itself. I have never had to look at my phone while driving more in my entire life. It's my fault for using the phone, but it very nearly caused 2 accidents for me this weekend as I tried to get google maps to update or display a particular UI. I truly wonder what is going on ove…
Not to mention Google Maps gives you about 1/2" x 1/2" of actual map - the rest of your screen is full of other junk.