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Amusingly does not work for safari on iPhone. Ok ok I have the maps app and that’s what they want me to use but if I am on mobile now and I want to click to ch

Amusingly does not work for safari on iPhone. Ok ok I have the maps app and that’s what they want me to use but if I am on mobile now and I want to click to check it out right now… well, maybe I won’t come back to try it later, guys?? Feels a little like they rushed it to meet some Q3 launch timeline?

Tagbert 2y ago
that's why they put up disclaimers saying that it is beta and does not work on mobile. > Support for additional languages, browsers, and platforms will be expanded over time.
cqqxo4zV46cp 2y ago
It’s a beta. It says beta on the site. It says beta in the HN post title.
- NBJack 2y ago
  It's a beta that is.... approximately 19 years behind the competition. A beta that is kinda embarrassingly less cooked than multiple commercial and open source offerings which, mysteriously, provided both desktop and mobile web versions without fuss on effectively day one. It screams that Apple has under invested in this solution. This is more of an alpha released to the public. If they consider lack of mobile browser support feature complete (the industry standard state before beta), they are in deep shit.
  - 4fterd4rk 2y ago
    They provided both desktop and mobile web versions on day one... this is a beta. This is NOT day one. I'm betting that the other offerings you provided had similar restrictions while they were still in beta, but you don't know that because you're comparing a BETA product to a final product. What is it about Apple that brings out the most shrill and uninformed opinions, even on a website that skews toward software developers?
  - scarface_74 2y ago
    Exactly who is Apple “competing with”? You might as well say they are 19 years behind in creating a search engine. It’s something they just didn’t care about doing until now.
    - astrange 2y ago
      Apple has a search engine. It's built into Spotlight and the Safari address bar.
      - scarface_74 2y ago
        Calling what Apple has a fully featured search engine is a little bit of stretch compared to Google or Bing. This is a third party front end to Apple’s search engine https://luke.lol/search/ https://luke.lol/search/ Apple isn’t exactly trying to make a competitor to Google.

Tagbert 2y ago

that's why they put up disclaimers saying that it is beta and does not work on mobile. > Support for additional languages, browsers, and platforms will be expanded over time.

cqqxo4zV46cp 2y ago

It’s a beta. It says beta on the site. It says beta in the HN post title.

NBJack 2y ago
It's a beta that is.... approximately 19 years behind the competition. A beta that is kinda embarrassingly less cooked than multiple commercial and open source offerings which, mysteriously, provided both desktop and mobile web versions without fuss on effectively day one. It screams that Apple has under invested in this solution. This is more of an alpha released to the public. If they consider lack of mobile browser support feature complete (the industry standard state before beta), they are in deep shit.
- 4fterd4rk 2y ago
  They provided both desktop and mobile web versions on day one... this is a beta. This is NOT day one. I'm betting that the other offerings you provided had similar restrictions while they were still in beta, but you don't know that because you're comparing a BETA product to a final product. What is it about Apple that brings out the most shrill and uninformed opinions, even on a website that skews toward software developers?
- scarface_74 2y ago
  Exactly who is Apple “competing with”? You might as well say they are 19 years behind in creating a search engine. It’s something they just didn’t care about doing until now.
  - astrange 2y ago
    Apple has a search engine. It's built into Spotlight and the Safari address bar.
    - scarface_74 2y ago
      Calling what Apple has a fully featured search engine is a little bit of stretch compared to Google or Bing. This is a third party front end to Apple’s search engine https://luke.lol/search/ https://luke.lol/search/ Apple isn’t exactly trying to make a competitor to Google.