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 @briankrebs Today, I noticed that they have largely stopped giving you a "maps" button when searching for an address. They still show the small map thing to the right, but you can't click through to maps any more either. Nothing happens when you click the mini-map. I don't know how many layers have to fail for that to make it into prod... 20 comments
  @RichiH @briankrebs This is an example of why I stopped using google search but still use google maps, I just access it through DDG. Typing the address into DDG with a "!gm" at the end takes it straight to google maps. A nice functionality, that I guess google never bothered to build into their own search π @sidereal @reinouts @sidereal @briankrebs aye. It's not as good as Google routing sadly. For normal maps, I am trying to use OSM more again.  @reinouts @sidereal @RichiH @briankrebs I use OSMAnd , based on OpenStreetMap. It has cycling and public transport as options, and it works offline. https://osmand.net/ @merospit   @Iwillyeah @reinouts Or it jumps onto the sidewalk and then inside some store you have no interest in. @roadskater @reinouts it can't be that way for most people or it would never survive. What's wrong with our set ups? @reinouts @RichiH @briankrebs Weird, I remember back circa 2016 Apple Maps was actually really good for public transport, like, better than Google Maps when I was visiting NYC (it would even tell you what part of the platform/train to wait on for the smoothest transfers!). That might have been an NYC only feature I guess, though. Overall I use Apple Maps, GMaps, Google Earth pro, and OSM (really OpenStreetBrowser is better than OSM) about equal, none are perfect but they all have their place. @sidereal I am not sure what they talking about, but Apple has transit directions for almost all cities I have visited. Maybe they are talking specifically about the feature that DuckDuckGo uses.  @Jennifer @sidereal @RichiH @briankrebs I do use google sometimes, when DDG fails to finds a good answer to my query, which sadly it does about once a fortnight in my experience.  @RichiH @briankrebs  @RichiH @briankrebs I have found that you can expand the mini map, and then find an "open in maps" button, but it's frustrating that it takes longer to get there now. I can't guarantee that you see the same thing I do, because Google A/B tests stuff or rolls it out slowly, so maybe we see different things and maybe at some point one of us will still see the same thing as the other. |
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@briankrebs At a long-term 100% like rate to my replies, at some point you're legally/morally required to follow me back :p