[arron61]

lol i call that barely working. Barely moves and the user didn't do anything but load the site.

[cooldeal]

Here's more videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfTS1f8vqAo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z8vfzurnKw

[magicalist]

If that's how it really worked, I'm starting to get the strong sense that no one on a Windows Phone ever actually used maps.google.com.

That looks completely unusable. Considering they launched the new version over a year and a half ago[1] and there was no widespread discussion (at least reaching outside of windows phone blogs) about the pain of the "interaction" those videos show, I'm not really feeling like a lot was lost here.

I would love to see a survey of Windows Phone users and how many have ever even attempted to use it. I know if I'm using a phone that can run a web browser at all, I would never even think to not use the native mapping app.

Google was wrong on the principle, but was anyone actually in the forest to be harmed? In any case, everyone should think hard before the next time you feel compelled to make a joke about testing and Opera's marketshare.

[1] http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/05/google-maps-on-your...

[hudell]

" I'm starting to get the strong sense that no one on a Windows Phone ever actually used maps.google.com."

Probably nobody did. Nokia Maps it's actually even better than google maps. I don't know why somebody would want to use maps.google.com.

[itomek]

I second this, Nokia Maps is awesome and the many times I used it, it has not let me down and the experience was good. Also I've noticed that my Lumia can very quickly get a GPS signal vs iPhone and some Android phones I've used; this is very useful when you need a shortcut.

[gus_massa]

In the videos the position in the map is fixed. The video only shows only two uses of pinch to zoom, but it doesn't show any example of drag to move. (I don't have a Win8 phone to try :( )