Monthly Archives: July 2006

Google Maps Updated

General, Google Tools, Site Design

Maybe I missed it when it was first released, but Google Maps in the UK has had a bit of a revamp. Some of the imrpovements I’ve noticed have been :

  • Double clicking on a map zooms into the clicked location
  • Scroll wheel functions to zoom in / out.
  • Zooming retains the previously loaded images until the new ones load.
  • UI layout tweaks. The links from the right hand side of the search bar have now been moved to a more “tabbed” look underneath it

On the whole, I like the new features. The navigational controls are more intuitive, although I am going to have to unlearn some of the old behaviours. The scroll wheel functionality appears to me to be back-to-front. Certainly, in Google Earth scrolling the wheel down zooms in, and up zooms out. The implementation in Maps, though, is the opposite.

Shorthand for Geeks

General

Surely there should be some kind of law against this kind of thing [1], but it appears not. *sigh*

[1] I removed the hyperlink because it appears there is a malicious script on that site. If you have good AV, you can go to http://lizrevision.com/lol/sms-shorthand-for-geeks-using-server-response-codes but don’t say I didn’t warn you!