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If you have a copy of Jakob Neilsen's "Designing Web Usability" to hand there is a detailed critique of the MapQuest user interface of the time. In comparison G
by smackay 14y ago
If you have a copy of Jakob Neilsen's "Designing Web Usability" to hand there is a detailed critique of the MapQuest user interface of the time. In comparison Google Maps really was a breakthrough in usability.
- rsl7 14y agoit was a breakthrough, except for scroll wheel zoom. I think that is the worst UI concept I have ever encountered.
- tgrass 14y agoI work as a civil engineer and would be miserable without scroll wheel zoom in CAD. I automatically use it in maps. I assume your concern is that it can scroll the page and the map. If that's the case, then the wheel zoom is not the poor UI, but using it on a page that exceeds the screen length is.
- crazygringo 14y agoA breakthrough in usability, I couldn't agree more. But a technological breakthrough (which is what the author was caling it)? Not so much.