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This kind of thing interests me as a geek, its clearly pretty cool, but I dont think it adds that much to the standard street view. As a user, the standard str

This kind of thing interests me as a geek, its clearly pretty cool, but I dont think it adds that much to the standard street view. As a user, the standard street view is 80% of what I want, they have added another 5% on top of that which is nice, but oddly enough I dont feel (at the moment) as if it is actually that compelling. Its a weird perspective, I love the tech, but I dont think I will ever care enough to go out of my way to use it.

encoderer 16y ago
Fair enough,but from my POV, street view has a hardly-usable UI. The way you have to click, render, click, render, click, render, Street View works the way MapQuest worked before Google Maps was built. Street Slide is to Street View what Google Maps was to MapQuest.
- bandushrew 16y ago
  That is absolutely true, of course. The thing is that I very rarely actually want to scroll right along a street, I usually only want to get a visual of the place that I am going. Now, there have been times where I was interested in going exploring, but not as a matter of utility - just because the street view ui begged me to and I was interested in how it worked. Having said that, I believe that there is a definite place for something that lets me zoom along in 3d land to explore the entire street - because I would love to be able to explore Paris for example - but that really requires a free form of movement that this solution still doesn't speak to.
  - fuzzythinker 16y ago
    Maybe that is precisely why you didn't want to use it -- google's street view interface was not right for you.
    - bandushrew 16y ago
      yeah, it could be. I do use street view, but just because I find it useful to have a visual of the entrance and location of the place I am going. But I agree, aside from the playful inclination to go and explore, its never been a big thing for me.
  - arethuza 16y ago
    "I very rarely actually want to scroll right along a street" I do that all the time for country roads to plan cycle routes - the current Google interface leaves a lot to be desired.
awongh 16y ago
I have to disagree, I think google street view has some really big usability issues, and that anything that helps you navigate the "bubble" data set more easily is a good thing. It adds a lot. I feel like I'm constantly trying to use streetview in exactly the way that this thing is doing it; for example if Im looking for a particular location I was at, and I know the street, but I forget the cross street, I want to be able to scan down block after block to find what I'm l ooking for.... esp. since I don't tend to think in terms of address- more in terms of relations of streets and landmarks.
- bandushrew 16y ago
  interesting, I can see how that would be frustrating. I tend to use the map view for that kind of thing, with the right level of zoom seeing the names of cross roads and that kind of detail is easy and quick. To each their own however, clearly this will be loved by many.

encoderer 16y ago

Fair enough,but from my POV, street view has a hardly-usable UI. The way you have to click, render, click, render, click, render, Street View works the way MapQuest worked before Google Maps was built. Street Slide is to Street View what Google Maps was to MapQuest.

bandushrew 16y ago
That is absolutely true, of course. The thing is that I very rarely actually want to scroll right along a street, I usually only want to get a visual of the place that I am going. Now, there have been times where I was interested in going exploring, but not as a matter of utility - just because the street view ui begged me to and I was interested in how it worked. Having said that, I believe that there is a definite place for something that lets me zoom along in 3d land to explore the entire street - because I would love to be able to explore Paris for example - but that really requires a free form of movement that this solution still doesn't speak to.
- fuzzythinker 16y ago
  Maybe that is precisely why you didn't want to use it -- google's street view interface was not right for you.
  - bandushrew 16y ago
    yeah, it could be. I do use street view, but just because I find it useful to have a visual of the entrance and location of the place I am going. But I agree, aside from the playful inclination to go and explore, its never been a big thing for me.
- arethuza 16y ago
  "I very rarely actually want to scroll right along a street" I do that all the time for country roads to plan cycle routes - the current Google interface leaves a lot to be desired.

awongh 16y ago

I have to disagree, I think google street view has some really big usability issues, and that anything that helps you navigate the "bubble" data set more easily is a good thing. It adds a lot. I feel like I'm constantly trying to use streetview in exactly the way that this thing is doing it; for example if Im looking for a particular location I was at, and I know the street, but I forget the cross street, I want to be able to scan down block after block to find what I'm l ooking for.... esp. since I don't tend to think in terms of address- more in terms of relations of streets and landmarks.

bandushrew 16y ago
interesting, I can see how that would be frustrating. I tend to use the map view for that kind of thing, with the right level of zoom seeing the names of cross roads and that kind of detail is easy and quick. To each their own however, clearly this will be loved by many.