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> Especially Google Now, while certainly interesting, seems to be useless to me so far (or I just don't get it?). this is interesting, because for my usage, Go
by sogrady 14y ago
> Especially Google Now, while certainly interesting, seems to be useless to me so far (or I just don't get it?).
this is interesting, because for my usage, Google Now was one of the most useful additions in Jelly Bean. i use it all the time, and love the notifications about nearby public transit, time and distance notifications for appointments from my calendar and so on.
it's pretty basic at present, but it's already useful for me day to day and if they were to open the API could be dramatically more so.
> Do yourself a favor though and install Firefox Beta. Give it a shot against Chrome - for me the experience is so much better that I'd wish for a way to uninstall Chrome.
several people have said this as well, so i will definitely be giving it a shot.
- Roritharr 14y agoI guess you are living in one of the rare places on earth where google maps works for public transit. It's sometimes really frustrating to use technology in a place that is not the San Francisco...
- ry0ohki 14y agoWorks fine in the megalopolis that is Pittsburgh
- weenis 14y agoWorks great in Seattle as well.
- njs12345 14y agoFor me, it's not as good as OneBusAway (although obviously the UI is much better); the bus times are a bit off for the bus I get to work.
- sogrady 14y agoworked for me in Boston, Portland, ME and Portland, OR
- mikeevans 14y agoWorks in Washington DC too.
- runjake 14y agoWorks fine in my town of 3,000 people that is 15 minutes outside a "metro" area of 200k people.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoThe transit info works well here in Louisville (except for TARC being incredibly incompetent and/or unfunded, but Google can only do so much)
- lemieux 14y agoIt works in Montreal, Canada.
- Aldor 14y agoI know everyone else is saying this, but it also works in NYC and a lot of the tri-state outside of the city.