Comments on: Google Maps Gets A Makeover http://cybernetnews.com/google-maps-gets-a-makeover/ Technology News Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ashleyhttp://cybernetnews.com/google-maps-gets-a-makeover/#comment-141455 Ashley Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:21:11 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14176#comment-141455 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-141381" rel="nofollow">wrd1 wrote:</a><blockquote>@Ashley: Looks like FF2.x supports, while IE6 and FF3.x do not. Anyone can check by pointing to the route and looking for a circle with the tag “Drag to change route”.</blockquote></div> We actually determined the anonymous commenter was still viewing the old version of Google Maps, so it's not a browser issue. Google rolls these features out slowly, so not everybody has them at the same time. wrd1 wrote:
@Ashley: Looks like FF2.x supports, while IE6 and FF3.x do not. Anyone can check by pointing to the route and looking for a circle with the tag “Drag to change route”.

We actually determined the anonymous commenter was still viewing the old version of Google Maps, so it’s not a browser issue. Google rolls these features out slowly, so not everybody has them at the same time.

]]> By: wrd1http://cybernetnews.com/google-maps-gets-a-makeover/#comment-141381 wrd1 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:51:28 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14176#comment-141381 @Ashley: Looks like FF2.x supports, while IE6 and FF3.x do not. Anyone can check by pointing to the route and looking for a circle with the tag "Drag to change route". @Ashley: Looks like FF2.x supports, while IE6 and FF3.x do not. Anyone can check by pointing to the route and looking for a circle with the tag “Drag to change route”.

]]> By: Ashleyhttp://cybernetnews.com/google-maps-gets-a-makeover/#comment-141351 Ashley Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:05:13 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14176#comment-141351 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-141345">Anonymous wrote:</a><blockquote>You can drag and drop waypoints in the directions panel (minimize the detailed directions first).</blockquote></div> We've tried everything and we can't get it to allow us to drop waypoints if there are more than two. We don't see how you can minimize the detailed directions either...?What browser are you using, out of curiosity? We are using Firefox 3, so we don't know if there's reduced functionality or not. <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-141343">AndyDrum wrote:</a><blockquote>I totally did the same thing Ashley did. Except I couldn’t find the changes because Google Maps on my computer still looks like the old Google Maps. Are they rolling this out?</blockquote></div> Knowing Google, they'll be rolling it out slowly... Anonymous wrote:
You can drag and drop waypoints in the directions panel (minimize the detailed directions first).

We’ve tried everything and we can’t get it to allow us to drop waypoints if there are more than two. We don’t see how you can minimize the detailed directions either…?

What browser are you using, out of curiosity? We are using Firefox 3, so we don’t know if there’s reduced functionality or not.

AndyDrum wrote:
I totally did the same thing Ashley did. Except I couldn’t find the changes because Google Maps on my computer still looks like the old Google Maps. Are they rolling this out?

Knowing Google, they’ll be rolling it out slowly…

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://cybernetnews.com/google-maps-gets-a-makeover/#comment-141345 Anonymous Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:15:39 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14176#comment-141345 You can drag and drop waypoints in the directions panel (minimize the detailed directions first). You can drag and drop waypoints in the directions panel (minimize the detailed directions first).

]]> By: AndyDrumhttp://cybernetnews.com/google-maps-gets-a-makeover/#comment-141343 AndyDrum Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:49:02 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14176#comment-141343 I totally did the same thing Ashley did. Except I couldn't find the changes because Google Maps on my computer still looks like the old Google Maps. Are they rolling this out? I totally did the same thing Ashley did. Except I couldn’t find the changes because Google Maps on my computer still looks like the old Google Maps. Are they rolling this out?

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