Announcing the full roll-out of the updated Google Maps for desktop
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Announcing the full roll-out of the updated Google Maps for desktop
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Re: Announcing the full roll-out of the updated Google Maps for desktop
#2Classic maps was usable and feature rich. New maps is terrible on both fronts.
Re: Announcing the full roll-out of the updated Google Maps for desktop
#3Wow, some of the user feedback in that thread is brutal.
Re: Announcing the full roll-out of the updated Google Maps for desktop
#4I am curious if this will affect maps built using the API. I have a few sites and apps using the API that were created a number of years ago.
Haven't been able to find any comments that mention the API, so I'm hopeful it will be a transparent switch.
Re: Announcing the full roll-out of the updated Google Maps for desktop
#5I guess I'm among the minority of people who use google maps just to look up directions, see traffic, and look up nearby businesses, and that's enough for me. The one feature I don't see though is the ability do traffic estimations which was convenient.
I know the team will get there, I cannot fully support their decision to disable old maps but I can understand it. Most of flame in that thread is unfortunate and unnecessary and reminds me of this comic where in the first panel someone introduces a new feature, the customer complains and moans, and say the first version was good enough, then the next panel they introduce yet another version and it's the same behavior as the first panel, they want the one that is just about to get taken from them, always and forever.
Re: Announcing the full roll-out of the updated Google Maps for desktop
#6Classic maps was usable and feature rich. New maps is terrible on both fronts.
I use google maps for about 15-20 minutes a day, every day. I didn't even realize we had been upgraded to a new version - Just took a quick peek, and the 4-5 things I do (Satellite, Transit, Traffic, Address Lookup, Driving Directions, Street View) - all seem to work pretty much the same on both maps - the newer interface seems to be more modern to me.
I have to believe, based on my what I would consider my own moderate google maps power users perspective, that fewer than 1% of google maps users will have any issues with this change.
Re: Announcing the full roll-out of the updated Google Maps for desktop
#7I didn't realize it wasn't completely rolled out. I've been using it for _years_.
Re: Announcing the full roll-out of the updated Google Maps for desktop
#8I guess I'm among the minority of people who use google maps just to look up directions, see traffic, and look up nearby businesses, and that's enough for me. The one feature I don't see though is the ability do traffic estimations which was convenient. I know the team will get there, I cannot fully support their decision to disable old maps but I can understand it. Most of flame in that thread is unfortunate and unn…
The new googles maps has traffic estimates, can show traffic, and it's pretty straightforward to even change your departure times (and show what the traffic will look like when you do).
It pops up when you query directions.
Re: Announcing the full roll-out of the updated Google Maps for desktop
#9I guess I'm among the minority of people who use google maps just to look up directions, see traffic, and look up nearby businesses, and that's enough for me. The one feature I don't see though is the ability do traffic estimations which was convenient. I know the team will get there, I cannot fully support their decision to disable old maps but I can understand it. Most of flame in that thread is unfortunate and unn…
The biggest complaint I'm seeing is that a specific feature is removed from the new version.
I too previously had a complaint about the peg man being removed. It was impossible to find the street view I needed without that.
Re: Announcing the full roll-out of the updated Google Maps for desktop
#10I guess I'm among the minority of people who use google maps just to look up directions, see traffic, and look up nearby businesses, and that's enough for me. The one feature I don't see though is the ability do traffic estimations which was convenient. I know the team will get there, I cannot fully support their decision to disable old maps but I can understand it. Most of flame in that thread is unfortunate and unn…
You're in the majority. That's how these product managers make these decisions, they look at the data and if a feature is used The problem with that is a statistical logic one. The majority of people will use a rare <1% feature occasionally. When the feature isn't there the user finally realizes how dumbed down the product is and that it doesn't fit their needs. Even if it fit their need for years it let them down when they needed it most. The PM will respond that it wasn't worth it to have the feature uglyfying the interface for years just so it was available that one time.