Google has announced a slew of Maps features in recent weeks, like Immersive View for routes and transit filters. New Google Maps colors...
  • @TercesEnglish
    38•7 months ago

    To me it seems like this change is centered around navigation using a car. Streets are much more prominent, while details in nature are lost. The greens are much more muted and barely recognisable. And they also get lost between the stronger color for roads.

    So for navigation I don’t mind it, but for just looking things or orientating myself, I really hate it.

  • Carighan MaconarEnglish
    16•7 months ago

    I like them, tbh.

    Took getting used to for a few days but roads and other features stand out better. Just “browsing” is worse because of the stark colors with high saturation, but navigation and finding things works better as a result, too.

  • BanditMcDougalEnglish
    16•7 months ago

    My initial reaction is “fucking gross”, but that’s only because Google Maps has taught me what map colors should be. I’m old enought to have used a book-based atlas even before Yahoo Maps was popular, but young enough I don’t remember what that coloring was.

    While I do find it harder to understand what is going on with the map, esp while driving, I’d be interested in reading more into why they made the change. So fucking help me God if this is just some graphic artists idea of what looks better…

    • @baatliwalaOPEnglish
      3•7 months ago

      I remember TomTom was starting to pick up in my country with their dedicated GPS units for cars and then the iPhone came and destroyed them all

  • @Mr_BlottEnglish
    5•7 months ago

    Just come back from a road trip using Maps and I was close to smashing my phone to pieces, it was so fucking bad now.

    Unreliable guidance, constant wrong turns, permanently thinking I was facing the other direction while walking, even while actually moving

    Would be very happy to pay someone else for a decent guidance system but can’t seem to find one that actually works!!

    • Carighan MaconarEnglish
      10•7 months ago

      That sounds like your phone is on the way out more than Google Maps having an issue, tbh.

      I had this before after a system update on my Fairphone 4 completely broke the orientation sensor which in turn made navigation absolutely horrible. It was only fixed months later by another big update.

      • @Mr_BlottEnglish
        3•7 months ago

        I dunno, can’t figure it out because Komoot works perfectly, accurate to about a metre

  • @FinishingDutchEnglish
    5•7 months ago

    It’s going to take some getting used to. As someone with a visual disability, I generally absolutely hate when developers mess with UI’s and color choices. This isn’t TOO bad, though I would still prefer darker rather than lighter tints.

  • CrisEnglish
    3•6 months ago

    Is the alternative routes being a slightly desaturated blue also a part of this color change, or is that just some garbage they’re a/b testing? Cause thats like a ui/ux sin.

    I’m operating a fucking car, I need to be able to see where my turn is and discriminate between the path I’m on, and the path I could choose instead you assholes

  • @[email protected]English
    2•7 months ago

    I don’t mind the colors so much, what the f*** is up with that elephant jumping up on the screen? I’ve seen it across multiple devices what the f***