Google Will Eat Itself (2005)

Re:Google Will Eat Itself (2005) by RicoElectrico on Monday June 13, 2022 @09:19AM (#31725141)

Google Maps started to devolve into a mess post-Marissa Mayer. [1] I wonder why this isn't talked about more widely. Early 2010s Google Maps were unparalleled with regards to UX - not a cluttered mess we have right now.

Google was technologically a few years ahead of everybody - they had vector map tiles in late 2010 while Mapbox released their version only in 2014. HERE also used vector tiles at best from 2013 (app release date, so a lower bound, not sure what tech they started with)

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20238332

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Re:Google Will Eat Itself (2005) by AlbertCory on Monday June 13, 2022 @11:26AM (#31726916)

I had an office right around the corner from her two offices (one for her assistant) in GWC-1.

She had a pretty short tenure, and was mainly focused on "Google Local" (remember that? didn't think so) and not Maps. Giving her serious credit for the Maps UX is seriously wrong.

She also acquired Zagat, and in fact that was the only time I actually spoke to her.

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