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Now that you mention it maps hasn't really improved since streetview. Search is worse. Gmail hasn't really changed much. I guess after it's launched new feat

by wolco 7y ago

Now that you mention it maps hasn't really improved since streetview. Search is worse. Gmail hasn't really changed much. I guess after it's launched new features are too difficult to add for google.

eridius 7y ago
Building new stuff is always more attractive to engineers than maintaining and incrementally improving existing stuff. Google suffers from this problem somewhat worse than most companies, where its best engineers jump to new projects and the existing products languish because it's not attractive to work on.
glennpratt 7y ago
What? All of these products probably have a miles long changelog. I mean, I can assume you don't care for the change, but it's there. Streetview was launched in 2007.
- radicalriddler 7y ago
  Did they not see Google Maps change to a globe late last year? Revolutionary! Take that Flat Earthers!
  - asutekku 7y ago
    I mean, in the end it is just a map. If it works, don’t break it. However just recently they added an AR navigation to the mobile apps.
  - ComputerGuru 7y ago
    It’s still Mercator on mobile (iOS at least). How hard is it to push this change?
wlesieutre 7y ago
How about the AR navigation on phones? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/08/google-maps-ar-navigation-comes-to-iphones-and-android-devices/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/08/google-maps-ar-navig...
alanh 7y ago
The Apple Maps 'street view' equivalent (coming in iOS 13) has a transition animation (for moving down the street) that absolutely knocks the socks off Google's. It was surprising to see just how strikingly better it is. I don't think Google changed it in that time.
tlunter 7y ago
Recommend taking a look at this blog post: https://www.justinobeirne.com/google-maps-moat https://www.justinobeirne.com/google-maps-moat the author has updated a couple times. The changes are subtle and are amazing for your benefit. Not seeing the change is them getting better at easing you into the new functionality, not them stagnating.

by wolco 7y ago

Now that you mention it maps hasn't really improved since streetview. Search is worse. Gmail hasn't really changed much. I guess after it's launched new features are too difficult to add for google.

eridius 7y ago

Building new stuff is always more attractive to engineers than maintaining and incrementally improving existing stuff. Google suffers from this problem somewhat worse than most companies, where its best engineers jump to new projects and the existing products languish because it's not attractive to work on.

glennpratt 7y ago

What? All of these products probably have a miles long changelog. I mean, I can assume you don't care for the change, but it's there. Streetview was launched in 2007.

radicalriddler 7y ago
Did they not see Google Maps change to a globe late last year? Revolutionary! Take that Flat Earthers!
- asutekku 7y ago
  I mean, in the end it is just a map. If it works, don’t break it. However just recently they added an AR navigation to the mobile apps.
- ComputerGuru 7y ago
  It’s still Mercator on mobile (iOS at least). How hard is it to push this change?

wlesieutre 7y ago

How about the AR navigation on phones? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/08/google-maps-ar-navigation-comes-to-iphones-and-android-devices/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/08/google-maps-ar-navig...

alanh 7y ago

The Apple Maps 'street view' equivalent (coming in iOS 13) has a transition animation (for moving down the street) that absolutely knocks the socks off Google's. It was surprising to see just how strikingly better it is. I don't think Google changed it in that time.

tlunter 7y ago

Recommend taking a look at this blog post: https://www.justinobeirne.com/google-maps-moat https://www.justinobeirne.com/google-maps-moat the author has updated a couple times. The changes are subtle and are amazing for your benefit. Not seeing the change is them getting better at easing you into the new functionality, not them stagnating.