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None of the map tiles are retina-optimized, it looks terribly blurry on my iPhone. Also it doesn't try to autocomplete addresses as I type them in, I find that

None of the map tiles are retina-optimized, it looks terribly blurry on my iPhone. Also it doesn't try to autocomplete addresses as I type them in, I find that super helpful on all other map apps. Absolutely nothing makes me want to use this again.

liotier 14y ago
What does "retina-optimized" mean ? Apple's love of closed systems has not yet extended to requiring specially processed images for optimal display on Apple hardware...
- mongol 14y ago
  It means that Apple marketing worked on flyosity.
- sliverstorm 14y ago
  retina-optimized We've got marketing departments to thank for that one. Leave it to them to invent another word for "high resolution". Although, I suppose there probably was a need for a new word. "HD" has been strongly tied to 720p/1080p, so people associate "HD" with those qualities. They needed something that was more HD, without resorting to the silly name progression that was used in radio. (HF, VHF, UHF, etc)
  - liotier 14y ago
    There are quite a few standard denominations for resolution : ★VGA, ★XGA, Q★XGA etc. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_display_resolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_display_resolution for the whole collection. And then there is the ★HD family : nHD, qHD, HD (720p), FHD (1080p), QHD, QFHD (4K), UHD... Those are established and provide a somewhat logical progression from HD. But then I may just underestimate Apple's need for branding and the prevalence of NIH at the marketing department.
    - sliverstorm 14y ago
      VGA/XGA/QXGA is good technical denominations, but good luck marketing an abstract acronym. "HD" works as a marketing term because, somewhere along the line, everyone knew it was short for "High-Definition". I consider myself a techie, and even I didn't know that "VGA" was "Video Graphics Array", and "XGA" is "eXtended Graphics Array". Nor would those phrases mean anything to the layman, even if they did know.

liotier 14y ago

What does "retina-optimized" mean ? Apple's love of closed systems has not yet extended to requiring specially processed images for optimal display on Apple hardware...

mongol 14y ago
It means that Apple marketing worked on flyosity.
sliverstorm 14y ago
retina-optimized We've got marketing departments to thank for that one. Leave it to them to invent another word for "high resolution". Although, I suppose there probably was a need for a new word. "HD" has been strongly tied to 720p/1080p, so people associate "HD" with those qualities. They needed something that was more HD, without resorting to the silly name progression that was used in radio. (HF, VHF, UHF, etc)
- liotier 14y ago
  There are quite a few standard denominations for resolution : ★VGA, ★XGA, Q★XGA etc. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_display_resolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_display_resolution for the whole collection. And then there is the ★HD family : nHD, qHD, HD (720p), FHD (1080p), QHD, QFHD (4K), UHD... Those are established and provide a somewhat logical progression from HD. But then I may just underestimate Apple's need for branding and the prevalence of NIH at the marketing department.
  - sliverstorm 14y ago
    VGA/XGA/QXGA is good technical denominations, but good luck marketing an abstract acronym. "HD" works as a marketing term because, somewhere along the line, everyone knew it was short for "High-Definition". I consider myself a techie, and even I didn't know that "VGA" was "Video Graphics Array", and "XGA" is "eXtended Graphics Array". Nor would those phrases mean anything to the layman, even if they did know.