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Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2012–2021), in 6 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Maps are slow to use on mobile devices and networksUnreviewed
20122026- Felt outdated and clunky to use compared to other map apps2019-01-16
- Maps are annoying and slow to use on mobile devices and networks2018-09-13
- Map rendering is so slow and laggy it is barely usable2012-02-27
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 8 complaints
- Map becomes unbearably unusable in Firefox on Linux due to acceleration bug2021-06-23
- Can't tilt camera fully top-down, scroll zoom is too slow, +/- keys don't zoom2020-12-08
- Felt outdated and clunky to use compared to other map apps2019-01-16
- Maps are annoying and slow to use on mobile devices and networks2018-09-13
- Chart doesn't update when panning or zooming the map in Firefox2018-09-13
- Street names are often out of view, so users must pan to find them2012-02-29
- Map rendering is so slow and laggy it is barely usable2012-02-27
- Pinch zoom stops working after new layers render, must restart gesture2012-02-27