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by deanCommie
2818 days ago
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OK, hang on, i'm with you that the initial redesign had less features, and was slower, but people forget that Google Maps used to have 2 buttons - Maps and Satelite view.
Then they added Terrain Then they added a little Street View guy By making a pullout hamburger menu on the side, they were able to add:
* Traffic
* Google earth/globe integration
* Notifications
* Location Sharing
* Your maps (used to be an entirely different site)
* Your contributions
* Your timelines
* Multiple sharing options
* Transit - including schedule exploring
* Bicycle - including topographical elevation changes And that's before you get to languages, tours, tips and tricks, settings, history, and ability to provide missing data. Oh and every location, with contact information, photos, and menus. You don't have to like the design aesthetic, and you can complain that all these features made the product unusably slow, but the re-design was NECESSARY to add the new features. |
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