Comments on: Google adds Smart Navigation to Streetview http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/06/04/google-adds-smart-navigation-to-streetview/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Wed, 23 May 2012 23:11:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/06/04/google-adds-smart-navigation-to-streetview/comment-page-1/#comment-394898 Mike Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:03:05 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=3634#comment-394898 @Morgan As a very light user, I found the ability to move quickly a plus but I can see how frequent users that are looking for detail might find it frustrating. It seems that it would work better on those Streetviews that have more detail and it would make sense to give the user the ability to toggle it off. @Morgan

As a very light user, I found the ability to move quickly a plus but I can see how frequent users that are looking for detail might find it frustrating.

It seems that it would work better on those Streetviews that have more detail and it would make sense to give the user the ability to toggle it off.

]]> By: Morgan http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/06/04/google-adds-smart-navigation-to-streetview/comment-page-1/#comment-394854 Morgan Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:40:53 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=3634#comment-394854 The huge rectangle needs to be either much smaller or hidable when not needed. It's annoying, distracting, and very frustrating not to have a choice to hide it to have an unobstructed view while panning. The intention was good, and the ability to zoom down the road is nice, but the zoom-in feature is not as clear as it looks in the promo video. Every time I zoom in, it just gets blurrier and blurrier. So in addition to being annoying, it's basically worthless. I give up! It's not worth the aggravation. I'll check back periodically to see if it's more controllable. What a shame. I really enjoyed exploring with street view, but this irritating obstacle takes all the joy out of it. The huge rectangle needs to be either much smaller or hidable when not needed. It’s annoying, distracting, and very frustrating not to have a choice to hide it to have an unobstructed view while panning.

The intention was good, and the ability to zoom down the road is nice, but the zoom-in feature is not as clear as it looks in the promo video. Every time I zoom in, it just gets blurrier and blurrier. So in addition to being annoying, it’s basically worthless.

I give up! It’s not worth the aggravation. I’ll check back periodically to see if it’s more controllable. What a shame. I really enjoyed exploring with street view, but this irritating obstacle takes all the joy out of it.

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/06/04/google-adds-smart-navigation-to-streetview/comment-page-1/#comment-394761 Mike Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:41:38 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=3634#comment-394761 It appears to be the default mode and as far as I know there is no way to turn it off. It appears to be the default mode and as far as I know there is no way to turn it off.

]]> By: will http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/06/04/google-adds-smart-navigation-to-streetview/comment-page-1/#comment-394757 will Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:38:25 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=3634#comment-394757 Navigation upgrade sacrifices unobstructed view of image. So annoying. Can it be turned off? Or minimized? Navigation upgrade sacrifices unobstructed view of image. So annoying. Can it be turned off? Or minimized?

]]> By: panzermike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/06/04/google-adds-smart-navigation-to-streetview/comment-page-1/#comment-393885 panzermike Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:25:54 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=3634#comment-393885 Great idea. Despite all their glitches, maps simply rocks. Great idea. Despite all their glitches, maps simply rocks.

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