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Over 9 months ago, Google previewed the new Google Maps, since then many have opted to use it but if you haven't and don't want to, you are out of luck. Google announced that the old version (current version) of Google Maps is going to be replace by the new Google Maps in the next "coming weeks." Like it or not, you won't be able to use the old Google Maps.
Truth is, the new Google Maps, over the past 9 months, has really grown and added a lot (not all) of the missing features from the old Google Maps and even more.
I personally use to go back to the old Google Maps as a user to use some features but now I rarely ever need to go back to the old Google Maps.
Here is a video on the new Google Maps:
Here are some stories we published on it over the past several months:
- Google Maps To Get Shiny New Look & Feel
- Gaining Access To The New Google Maps
- Google Maps Preview Available To All
- Google Maps Brings Share & Embed Feature To New Version
- Pegman Returns To Google Maps & Google Makes A Big Deal Of It
- How To Search Nearby In The New Google Maps
- Google Maps With Flight Directions
Of course, once it goes live to all, you will be hearing many complaints in the forums and on the blogs.
Forum discussion at Google Maps Help & Google+.
Comments:
Ray
02/20/2014 02:06 pm
damn :(
choto
02/21/2014 02:08 pm
Bad news, the old Google Maps rocks! The new one sucks.
Chuck
02/21/2014 07:23 pm
Wow, the new Google Maps blows. How shall I count the ways?: 1. Way to rearrange the entire UI so that it bears no resemblance to what preceded it. 2. You removed the default address I had assigned to my Maps account. Am gonna love re-typing that in every time I need directions instead of just having it there, ready to go. 3. Using Firefox, it's impossible to click-and-drag to change the route that Google Maps perceived. That means when I need directions from my home to some location in greater Cincinnati, I can't remove the 6 steps THAT I ALREADY KNOW that explain how to get on I-75. Awesome! 4. For a double penalty, if I print directions, I have to print the 6 steps explaining how to get to I-75 even if I don't want them. Way to remove the ability to click-and-drag to change the route. 5. Oh, clever (not). If I click on the little gear wheel in the bottom right of the UI, and then click on My Places, it takes me back to the old Google Maps UI, complete with my saved home address, the ability to "drag to change route," and to print in a more condensed form with small line spacings. The URL is https://www.google.com/maps/mm?authuser=0&hl=en
Anom Ymous
02/21/2014 08:38 pm
Hate the new google maps. Awful, awful, awful. I may stop using it altogether and go to the dreaded (cough) mapquest which is also terrible, but not as bad as the new google maps.
chuck-it
02/23/2014 10:37 am
New google maps are ghasltly!!!!!!!!
Nico
02/24/2014 03:43 pm
can't embed a course with various location it only embed points A->B not A-B-C...Z like the old interface, a disaster..
ron
02/25/2014 04:09 am
I hate it. I need to print maps and with the new version I can't...I hate it
Truthism321
02/25/2014 12:13 pm
It is heartbreaking what is happening to Google ... they just completely screwed up my Maps experience ... I'm not just saying "oh things are hard to find", they're not ... simple searches that I used to do for "OBVIOUS" places no longer work ... they just don't. HATE IT.
daveatx
02/26/2014 01:20 am
Why, Why, WHY must we change things that don't need changing, like moving the controls from top left to bottom right? What POSSIBLE reason is there for doing that??? Yes, improve Google maps - I get it - go for it. But the changes should make sense and not just be CHANGE FOR THE SAKE OF CHANGE. It's idiotic.
silicon28
02/26/2014 09:30 pm
Is Google trying to chase people away like Facebook has managed to do? This "improvement" is useless and stupid. Do we have to stop using Google and go back to mapquest for them to realize what a mistake this was? Dumb...
elnoren
02/27/2014 06:28 pm
Hate it.... just hate it. WHY do they have to tamper with what works? do Bing have maps? going to try and find out. Starting to really detest google- wish there was an alternative. They won't listen, though. >;-(
hateupgrades
02/27/2014 06:28 pm
I hate that box on the map, you can't even move it or close it/reopen when needed, move it back and also put a search bar where you can search the internet without searching an address, did google even bother checking to see how people actually used this app before they upgraded it?
CmonMann
02/28/2014 12:07 am
link to old version og google maps - https://www.google.com/maps?output=classic
Bunk666
02/28/2014 02:27 am
Why don' they cover up the whole map instead of half of it with boxes and overlays ??
Ryan D
03/01/2014 09:00 am
Thanks. I cannot upvote this enough!
RW
03/01/2014 04:08 pm
Another horrible "improvement" to a product that was fine, made by some twit without a clue. Don't know about the mobile app version of the new google maps but the PC version is horrendous. It can't seem to fill the entire screen and stays within your browser, the street view is now all stretched and blurry at the sides and looks highly unprofessional when before it had realistic panoramic views, the entire view is cluttered with ugly overlays that for some bizarre reason you're not allowed to hide etc... Its now far less immersive making it far less fun to explore places with and far more unpleasant for actual navigation uses, far uglier and far less user friendly. You would think an update would make google maps more amazing, like the abilty to move through the streets in a smooth, realistic way. But no instead it seems to have drastically downgraded to what looks more like a poor imitation of google maps.
CM
03/01/2014 06:36 pm
Imagine my surprise when I went to Google Maps for the first time in several months and saw the "improved" page. Google is now just as good as Microsoft -- let's take a complex product that our customer base has finally mastered, and mess with it so much it's unrecognizable. Smart. If the new "look" weren't enough, now I can't print a map at all from Firefox. Just get a blank page. Swell.
Robert Misner
03/02/2014 06:42 am
Change aversion is a serious problem. You should just get used to the new features. They're pleasant, if not a little bit of a system hog.
Neal Ekengren
03/03/2014 02:12 am
god. the new one really does suck. there are numerous bugs. my list of map points brings popup info for other locations. changing an icon gives me double icons. the navigation is not intuitive. crap crap crap. google is the new microsoft. google maps used to be so awesome. now it really is unusable for me.
gil
03/03/2014 11:33 am
Huge thanks to you!
Guest
03/03/2014 12:45 pm
Boy it is terrible. Gone from a great product to a terrible one overnight. It is so bad I thought it must be my computer and did a full reboot. Can't understand the reasons for this debacle. Google is highly profitable, well staffed, experienced and professional - the best in my opinion - yet this is worse than anything Microsoft has put out.
Guest
03/03/2014 12:47 pm
It is not change - anybody can handle a product update. Google maps has gone from highly functional to totally dysfunctional.
Robert Misner
03/03/2014 12:54 pm
I'm not sure you're using the same Google Maps that I am. I use it several times a week and I have never had an issue with it.
Bubba
03/03/2014 01:39 pm
From your response I'm guessing all you ever do is type in the occasional address and never use the advanced features, because many are still broken or missing. You might find it pleasant to be handed a product that's less efficient and has less features than the one it's supposed to be an upgrade for, I don't. As a developer I can tell you this is a poorly managed, premature roll out that is actually a downgrade of a mature product. I have had the same printing issue as CM more than once. Try making a personal map or importing a list of map points or sending the map somewhere. I'm not averse to change but I am averse to a company shoving a piece of half finished beta-ware with less features down my throat and telling me it's an improvement and I should just get used to it ;)
Zack
03/03/2014 09:50 pm
I want to punch my screen. The new Google maps makes me want to switch to Bing. And that's not saying much...
wooster_sores
03/04/2014 01:55 pm
Another goatee beard f***up.
Jackie
03/04/2014 05:08 pm
Does not make my job easy at all.. may need to find a new program
NotAnUpgrade;ADisaster
03/05/2014 04:46 am
I agree. Instead of letting us actually look at the map, they want us to look at Google boxes and their forced Google+ integration. I predict their next update will be a bunch of Google+ boxes, with a little map down in the corner. Also, it freezes every browser on every computer I use - my home and work desktops and my Macbook. But, they ruined Picasaweb and have not listened to their users, so no reason they will listen to this, either. I know I'm counting down the days until classic Google maps is no longer available...
Christine
03/05/2014 09:04 am
That just a waste of resources for such an "upgrade". The "NEW" version of google map is very terrible. I cannot stand that for 4 mins, it just can't help. When I use the street view to see my route, I cannot see the route anymore in the small box at the left bottom corner. Then how can I know my route to view the street view?????? Just cannot believe it. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE STOP THE NEW VERSION AND BACK TO THE PREVIOUS VERSION. WE WILL THANK YOU AND KEEP USING IT. IF NOT, ITS REALLY TIME TO CIND ANOTHER MAPS.
Christine
03/05/2014 09:07 am
same here...counting down....sad!
r
03/05/2014 12:02 pm
I thought it was me....GOOGLE MAPS STINKS>>>>>IF IT AINT BROKE WHY FIX...THE YOUNGER TECH GENERATION THINK THEY KNOW EVERYTHING....I'M GOING BACK TO MAPQUEST or ANOTHER SITE....DO YOU TEST AT ALL....A PAIN THATS WHAT YOU ARE.
GrumpyOne
03/06/2014 03:06 am
Awful is all I can say. Never thought that I'd go back to Mapquest, but I have...
GrumpyOne
03/06/2014 03:08 am
Either that or he's a paid google dweeb...
Beavus B'head
03/06/2014 03:59 am
Thats the problem with todays technology. Almost everything I use on the internet eventually gets changed for NO REASON AT ALL! I personally think its just the "map people" finding ways to justify their jobs. They probably e-mail millions of complaints so they can stay on staff.
Beavus B'head
03/06/2014 04:01 am
They have to find a way to stay on staff.
Beavus B'head
03/06/2014 04:03 am
Remember when Coke came out with "New Coke"? It sucked, but when they went back it made them twice as popular. same thing.
Beavus B'head
03/06/2014 04:04 am
Not to mention the "route" with the blue line covers up the street names!!!
Beavus B'head
03/06/2014 04:05 am
You must not have used the old maps. They were awesome, this one sucks!
Beavus B'head
03/06/2014 04:06 am
After Obamacare, programmers know they can put out a bad product with no repercussions.
Beavus B'head
03/06/2014 04:13 am
maybe they just hired the Obamacare crew?
GrumpyOne
03/06/2014 05:11 am
Make that the "wrecking" crew!
Brian
03/06/2014 05:51 pm
Thought I'd never say this, but I'm officially a Bing user now (when it comes to maps).
Petrica
03/07/2014 07:05 am
Thank you so much for the link!!! I have really tried very hard to accept the new version , but just couldn't. So non-friendly
TullyToo
03/07/2014 12:42 pm
Please, please bring back the PRINT feature...where I can type in my own notes.
CmonMann
03/07/2014 03:07 pm
glad it was helpful! I am having a lot of difficulty using the new UI - not very intuitive
CmonMann
03/07/2014 03:07 pm
My pleasure - spread it around!
CmonMann
03/07/2014 03:08 pm
That's very kind, glad it was helpful
LindaFromNewYork
03/09/2014 08:33 pm
The new maps SUCKS. if it ain't broke...don't fix it. I used like to be able to "drive" some of the route and see the building or the house I was going to . Someone below mentioned Bing maps. So I guess that is what I will try to use. Yeah googlemaps made an assinine decision. Idiots.
Josh
03/10/2014 07:39 pm
It wasn't until the government got their dirty little hands on Google that everything about Google started to suck. Horribly.
mwakio
03/11/2014 04:12 am
I agree. The new Google Maps sucks. I tried to print directions and it just spit out a bunch of useless symbols. Useless. I hope they don't F*&c up Google Earth too.
Jesus Manson
03/11/2014 05:28 am
Yup, fuck this stupid bullshit. Every single thing is difficult and slow. If I wanted to win a bar fight I'd spend at least a good 30 seconds trying to work this shit and I'll be so pissed off I could kick anyone's ass.
Jesus Manson
03/11/2014 05:36 am
Honestly, I couldn't wait to start seeing comments like this spread like wildfire all over the web. What a fucking joke this Giggle Maps bullshit is. I live in Toronto, and I typed in my address and my destination point "Pizza Pizza" so I could grab a bite to eat on the way to work. It suggested "Pizza Nova". So I clicked, "Did you mean another 'Pizza Pizza'?" I thought to myself, "Well, actually, I just meant plain old fucking Pizza Pizza, bitch!" After I clicked on it, it then suggested pizza hut--it didn't bring up any Pizza Pizza at all. I was going to type more about why I hate this piece of shit but I honestly think I'm going to have a fucking heart attack. I need to step away from this fucking thing now and meditate. I agree with some other dude here: even Bing takes the cake over this joke of an upgrade...Giggle Maps.
whateverbro
03/11/2014 08:50 pm
The new Google maps sucks. I really enjoyed the old one and I can't really think of any improvements I would have made. There is an excess of clutter on the new maps, such as the drop downs in the top left, and all the photos across the bottom. The old way of viewing photos was far better because it actually showed you where in the field it was taken. Also, how do you make PegMan shut up? We've been introduced years ago but now he keeps going on and on saying 'Hello'.
Craig
03/14/2014 04:30 pm
I don't give a shit because I have Apple Maps on my iPhone and MacBook.
kellymbray
03/15/2014 07:46 am
When you zoom in to look at something using the earth view instead of a smooth crisp picture you get what looks like a bad cut and paste job with large black gaps and smeared pictures. Change aversion has nothing to do with. Crappy functionality does.
unhappy directions
03/15/2014 01:14 pm
Yep. Don't like the clutter or the new way of listing directions.
RUFKM?
03/16/2014 10:55 am
When major corporations try to fix something that isn't broke, you get things like this (and somebody at said corporation gets a promotion)
Not_Amazed
03/16/2014 11:49 pm
The "new" maps are outdated. For my area, in a major city, the maps are now 3+ years old...probably closer to 4 years old. We also lost a large area of "Street View".
slee
03/19/2014 03:57 pm
New Google maps sucks!!!! I'm going to Apple maps - what the hell was Google thinking?!!
T
03/19/2014 04:27 pm
Why are they always "changing" stuff around to have an excuse to be occupied? Some things were good the way they were: non "personalized search", non-mandatory tracking, Youtube with normal comments, Google Maps, etc. I'm looking for alternatives; I'm getting sick and tired of the "googleverse" which is getting a tighter grip around our necks.
Choy
03/19/2014 04:52 pm
I used to be able to type in "barber" then I could click "did you mean a different barber?" and then all the dots would appear on the map where I could find a barber. Those dots no longer appear. I often search for things purely based on location. It would appear they took that away from me.
Youcankeepyourplan
03/20/2014 02:17 pm
I hate it
truth_machine
03/22/2014 05:49 am
This thing sucks. It's hyper-interactive but doesn't have the fundamental feature of telling me what's near a location. Gawdawful. It's like the youtube comments system, which gets worse with every change.
truth_machine
03/22/2014 05:53 am
That's just stupid.
casey
03/24/2014 06:26 pm
This the worst. I'm over it
myxklptk
03/26/2014 01:04 pm
You can still get the old Google maps back... for now. I don't like the new maps and I don't want to have to learn how to use them when the old maps work fine. Too many people subscribe to the notion that everything has to be "new" all the time. I'm too old for all this crap!
1watching1
03/27/2014 01:37 am
It sucks. The search bar on upper left won't go away.
chris
03/27/2014 02:46 pm
Don't worry, luckily it still populates results 10000 miles away when you begin typing. I hate it when i get things relevant to what i need. Thanks google for not allowing any of the fluff to be turned off. I love that fact that the search window in the top left is always annoying and that a drop down menu from that takes even more space. I even love the pollution bar at the bottom of the screen that show me many things i will never use.
Fingolfin Rhûndagnir
03/28/2014 02:26 am
Absolutely horrible. Very slow even on a relatively new computer, always defaults to the Dallas/Forth Worth area, and completely freezes if left alone for a few minutes. How could they POSSIBLY think this was ready to go live?
Angie
03/28/2014 05:00 pm
confusing. difficult to view. not user friendly
William_JD
03/29/2014 12:30 am
You can't zoom in or pull out.
William_JD
03/29/2014 12:38 am
Haha - very droll.
Bardaling
03/29/2014 04:45 am
Used to be able to easily email a link to an address. The entire 'upgraded' interface is horrible. Will start looking for a new map tool for the first time in 10 years.
joe_g99
03/30/2014 10:14 am
The new maps is rubbish, it looks nicer and has cool animations but if you want to do anymore than look at it and 'oooo' its rubbish, its slower and is missing half the functionality of the old map's, I'm all for progress but replacing actual functionality with pointless animations is just a dev/designer circle jerk that forgot to involve the actual use cases
BobT
03/30/2014 09:27 pm
I heartily agree --- the new version sucks!! Need to look for another tool! Don't fix if it isn't broken!!
Donna
04/02/2014 03:29 pm
This new map is dreadful. Can't navigate, can't see, can't zoom in to get the real info, can't change travel. The directions are LUDICROUS. Most horrible. Upper left bar DOES not go away. No embedding. Printing simple directions uses three pages. I can't say enough about the lack of user qualities. Already using mapquest, even though it is way below the old google map standards. Even town maps are better. Jeez.
dmm1047
04/03/2014 03:01 am
The new map is terrible, Gone is the marker to show where the address is. Some street views aren't even the same street we're looking for. The new system seems to show less side roads. You can't readily tell if you're headed north or south. Why can't anyone leave well enough alone. This stinks.
dmm1047
04/03/2014 03:04 am
Imagine that someone actually got pay to F--K this up.
Melissa Watts
04/03/2014 10:52 am
"Change aversion is a serious problem." So are unemployed fat guys with mustaches, Misner.
Robert Misner
04/03/2014 11:32 am
Burn
hrdwrkr
04/03/2014 05:00 pm
#1 gripe I have is that I can no longer paste a 3 line address into the search and have it auto-reformatted to 1 line that was accepted by the search and resulted in exactly what I need.
Stan Ian
04/03/2014 09:34 pm
Absolutely horrible. Bring back the old google maps.
Рон Джамин
04/04/2014 06:15 pm
This map is unusable. I've resorted to using Bing. How can a company screw up so badly on one of their most used products. They did the same thing with YouTube and the Google+ crapola. I'm beginning to hate Google as much as Microshaft.
irakundji
04/07/2014 06:31 am
***hahaha***** not 1 comment in 83 from anyone that says "I love what Google has done with the new Maps"!!! Is anyone at Google listening?!? it sucks! sluggish and all around not user friendly! If you want, I can give you a few pages of the functions I was use to on the old Maps that just simply doesn't work in the new one. And I'll do it for free! If only in exchange that you bring back the old Maps, or at least let me use it, these other guys....they can go to Bing! hahaha
irakundji
04/07/2014 06:34 am
I've found the answer girlies! And I just switched back! " There is a way to revert back to the old Google Maps on your computer. Just go to Google Maps and Click the Help button (white question mark in a blue circle) at the bottom. Click Return to classic Google Maps."
irakundji
04/07/2014 06:35 am
I'll swallow my words and shove it up my a**, i guest someone at Google was listening!
irakundji
04/07/2014 06:36 am
i like Google again!
disgusted with google
04/07/2014 02:26 pm
I hate the new maps, it sucks, typical google like microsoft, the control everything you do, it is really designed for the stupidist people on the planet.
Stophy
04/07/2014 02:51 pm
Riveting article...
January girl
04/08/2014 12:12 am
Agree with lots of other comments about functionality - but BY FAR what I miss is Satellite Maps!!! Google Earth is just dreadful and not a useable alternative. Aside from slowing even my new, fast computer on a decent broadband connection, its main claim to fame still seems to be you can see 3D maps. Whoopee. I use a combo of Satellite and Street View on the old maps and find what I want ASAP, even allowing for some being out-of-date. If they bring back Satellite Maps to the new Google Maps and fix some of the other bugs and bad useability mentioned by others here, I may be able to force myself to find it acceptable. For now, Not A Chance.
duh
04/11/2014 12:32 am
then make one that's better!
duh
04/11/2014 12:32 am
then make one that's better!!
joe_g99
04/11/2014 02:14 pm
What? why would I want that headache when all I have to do too use a better map is click the question mark and select the old version, failing that bing is a perfectly acceptable alternative
Denis Markovich
04/13/2014 10:15 pm
Google Maps simply sucks.
Fritz Krefeld
04/14/2014 05:24 am
I agree, Google has a head swelled to the size of a planet. They've royally screwed up Maps and are shoving it down our throats whether we like it or not. Note: I'm not against change - I love it in general - but the new maps is a real pain in the rear. Slow, bloated, sluggish, the road lines obscure items I want to see, etc. etc. I have also switched to Bing maps. Way to go, Sergei! Whatever happened to "Don't be evil" ? Long gone I guess. Along a similar vein, I no longer use ANY Google products, paid or free. Why, you didn't ask? Because the moment Google realizes they're not going to get 90% market share for whatever product under discussion, they simply drop the product. They've screwed tens millions of people this way, multiple times.
Elliott Wall
04/14/2014 05:55 am
Hah, I just found this thread. I just went to look something up on streetview and I have *aaabsolutely* no idea how to do it. I'm astounded at how badly Google blunders things. It actually forced me to launch Apple's map app for the first time, but of course it's also astoundingly bad. Now tomorrow I suppose I get to drive past the interesting place I wanted to refer someone to just take a picture which I can send via email— this would then have officially been a reversion to a pre-2008 type, pre google maps workflow, which sounds refreshing to me right now, actually
Paul
04/14/2014 08:40 am
the new "globe" street view does not have a mileage scale. Useless !!
kwixote
04/15/2014 02:13 pm
This version is far inferior to the previous. There is no way to print a map, which is the main thing I do with Google maps...
Foobar
04/16/2014 09:34 pm
I agree this version is much worse than the previous one. No way to print. Plenty of UI tools that get in the way. Less map space (very painful on my MBA). Slower. Hey, google, could you stop "improving" what works, please ????
8o88y
04/17/2014 02:55 am
S-L-O-W-E-R, indeed. Sometimes it won't work at all for me. Change for the sake of change. "Fixing" what wasn't broken.
8o88y
04/17/2014 03:01 am
Thank you for posting that.
8o88y
04/17/2014 03:07 am
I was wondering whether they made the change just to force people to have massive bandwidth to make it work, just to sell more Google fiber. When people make changes that don't make any sense, one has to begin looking for ulterior motives, for SOME reason to justify it.
salim
04/18/2014 06:16 am
i think Google map new version has a lot of limitation more than previous.so bring back old version (with white search box and zooming option of full screen) as early as possible.remember so called change of idea cannot be accepted and it might brought a disaster for popularity of Google map.
Tulio Troche
04/18/2014 01:07 pm
This new version of the google maps is pretty, sure. But It has so many limitations compared to the old one. I used to be able to add a ton of addresses to my route easily and move them around quickly without thinking to be out of the door in 5 minutes. Now it takes me at least 20 minutes to do all my route because i have to stop and link multiple routes together and figure out which is which (no more A,B,C labels). I've gone to MapQuest for now, i hate using it, but it's better than google maps for now.
Filippo Gregoretti
04/18/2014 02:18 pm
What I hate about this version, you cannot launch a search before the whole stone-age javascript engine is loaded. That means pressing return several times with no effect.
Hate New Google Maps
04/18/2014 07:18 pm
Surely Google must have test-driven the new maps before they released? I guess their focus group is based at the San Diego zoo. But which cage?
NickRepublic
04/20/2014 06:54 am
Nearly spewed my Coke over my monitor when I read that. VERY funny and VERY true. I'm with you. Never thought the height of a tree would get in my way when looking at a "flat" map.
Preston McCullough
04/20/2014 06:57 am
I agree. The new Google Maps sucks! No scrolling. When you hit zoom, a little satellite box in the corner zooms in and out; no way to zoom out and see the location in relation to nearby areas that are familiar. A mysterious box appears that takes up about a third of your top left screen, telling you about restaurants, that you can't get rid of. It's really completely useless!
NickRepublic
04/20/2014 07:03 am
Dear Google, Statement 1: Your new Maps suck. Statement 2: You've had nine months to beta-test this and you still haven't found a way to bring back the multiple destination/multiple route options. Statement 3: This limited functionality is unacceptable in a supposedly sophisticated software platform even in beta. Any questions? Refer to Statement 1. Signed, NewGoogleMapsSuck915.
NickRepublic
04/20/2014 07:05 am
Not to mention, the zoom function wasn't held up by a blasted tree or small hill of all things!
Pavel Stroganov
04/21/2014 01:57 am
While you can actually add multiple destinations, it's non-intuitive, buggy, and irritating. You apparently have to enter your starting point, then click a light grey plus sign. Maybe Google should have spent less on lobbyists and more on beta-testing one of their core products!
Smoken
04/23/2014 02:55 pm
I'm sick of Google constantly tweeking everything. Can't they leave gmail alone for a couple of years. It's email! There's only so much you can do to make it easier. It hasn't changed for 20 years. Stop the endless tweaking!! And bring back the old google maps!!
Dar
04/24/2014 09:08 pm
Thank you!!! The Drag Route "feature" of the new Google Maps does not work on Firefox with Windows 7. Until they restore that functionality, I will continue using the old version.
Dar
04/24/2014 09:09 pm
Google previously made one that was better.
Jesus Manson
04/25/2014 06:21 pm
You seriously - and obviously - must have been one of the people who worked on putting this new fucking jigsaw puzzle together. No user in a sane frame of mind would ever find this new Giggle Maps bullshit more practical or useful than the old one, so please, tell your superior we do not like this piece of shit and bring back the old one. Thank you, have a wonderful day.
Jesus Manson
04/25/2014 06:25 pm
You seriously - and obviously - must have been one of the people who worked on putting this new fucking jigsaw puzzle together. No user in a sane frame of mind would ever find this new Giggle Maps bullshit more practical or useful than the old one, so please, tell your superior we do not like this piece of shit and bring back the old one. Thank you, have a wonderful day.
newgooglemapssucks
04/25/2014 06:37 pm
The new version Google maps is HORRIBLE!!!
kiran nandedkar
04/29/2014 05:56 am
In earlier version of google maps i use to enter 2 addresses to get direction. I used to get point A and B. Then i can follow the direction by following that man using street view. But this new google maps doesnt show point A and B and i cant find directions smoothly as before. Its really irritation. It was such nice feature. I miss it.
dissapointedintheGoog
05/03/2014 08:58 am
why can't they just be a big company and admit their mistake? coca-cola did it. it's really not a question of resistance to change, it's a "why try and fix what's not broke?". sadly i am getting so tired of having to opt to use "classic" google maps (and explain why) that i think i'm going to start using map-quest again... if they are even still around. are they?
Shri
05/03/2014 07:35 pm
the writer is either lying or delusional. there is nothing in New Maps that was not there in Old Maps. Old maps is ways better than new maps. New maps sucks - performance and feature wise
Shri
05/03/2014 07:37 pm
also biggest disappointment in new google maps is it no longer has "My Location". old maps used to accurately grab your current location . new one uses center of your zip code - pathetic and that also it doesnt get it right
Tanor Zeta Faux
05/04/2014 02:09 pm
This Google Maps, isn't that helpful. When I try to click to drag routes, it sends me back to the reset zoom and I can't move it. While I do like the new streetview, the site annoys here and there. Hopefully MapQuest and Bing can follow up so they can become better as they used to be.
Kannuk
05/04/2014 04:35 pm
Every time I try and pan on the new google maps, it changes the zoom. Then if I zoom it bounces me to another part of the map. On top of that the little control boxes are not user friendly. Street view loads so slowly that it's not even worth using. Sorry GOOGLE but you failed miserably on this one.
Tom
05/05/2014 07:37 pm
Was the writer paid by Google? The new Google Map is terrible. It's all over the place. There are too many options going on at the same time, and it is still missing some key features like public transportation routes overlapping the destinations layer.
ElvisMoab
05/06/2014 01:27 pm
The new maps officially is known as "Felcher" because it sucks ass
Madamew
05/08/2014 05:25 pm
This writer has a screw loose, or is a paid flack, because as we all know, the new version of Maps is abominable. Nota bene: If you are not paying for a product *you* are the product. Google doesn't make as much money data mining from a printed map. They are trying to force you to use their (equally crappy, IMHO,) mobile version so that they can track you more efficiently. Here's an idea: Buy and use actual printed maps.
Elizabeth
05/09/2014 04:30 am
YOUR NEW MAP REALLY REALLY REALLY SUCKS! I am 70 years old. Travelled all over the U.S. by using the OLD GOOGLEMAPS.....and now you have made it irritating, time-consuming, boring, (did I mention) IRRITATING?????! THE NEW MAP REALLY REALLY REALLY SUCKS! Why don't you hire some old-timers and get some REAL PROGRAMMING DONE! BTW what's this black map with white blanks that I keep getting???? G***** FIRE THE PROGRAMMER!!!!
Misa
05/09/2014 11:20 am
Yet ANOTHER thing Google changes that isn't broke. At first it's optional - opt-in. Then it's the default, and you have opt out. But almost without fail, the ability to opt out is eventually removed as well. Google Instant; the new Gmail compose; changing the layout and font of the main Google Web Search results page; changing display of Google Images so that you can't see file type, name, or URL; Google Internet History; not to mention all the crap they've done with YouTube (forced Google+ integration especially). I don't know what this author is smoking. Might be crack, might be dollar bills supplied by the good folks at Google.
dave
05/09/2014 08:20 pm
You cannot put actual printed maps on your windshield and drive
Pasquale Argenio
05/09/2014 08:35 pm
It truly sucks. Does not work well, is bug-ridden, flaky, has a mind of its own, goes off on uncontrolled tangents and generally makes life miserable when the old one was so simple and intuitive. I don't WANT all that clutter and the extra controls on my screen. Maybe there is a way to hide them and make the screen all-map, but I have not found it: not intuitive if it is even there. I don't want uncontrollable auto-zoom which zooms in too far with no way to stop it. But, mapquest sucks worse.
Jason
05/11/2014 05:52 pm
I don't recall getting any warning about this change. Why does it have to include all the clutter on the screen, of which the worst is the stupid search screen where you have to re-enter the parameters of the origin that it has just found.
johna
05/12/2014 09:30 pm
After 5mins trying to drag a route to alternative roads it was sort of comforting to know that I'm not alone in wondering what the hell google pay their staff to actually do!!!
JIMz
05/13/2014 10:55 am
i just can't zoom on the 2D map, correspond to the street view, which now is confined to the lower-left corner with a tiny square, BAD IDEA !!
Tom Park
05/13/2014 06:37 pm
where the hell did the street names go. talk about retarded? Is that not why you look at a map - to orient with old streets you know and then go somewhere you have not? toggle over to the old style and it seems to work but then you look at the street names and they are missing letter!!!!!!! Please unfix this or do what coke did - make a Classic version. Until them resetting defaults to Bing and I have historically proclaimed that I hate Bing maps.
Ralph Goy
05/14/2014 05:55 pm
The new google maps is terrible. It's non-intuitive, slow and and always shows up with a black background. Anyway, it's probably a good opportunity for other map providers.
googleispushingmetobing
05/15/2014 04:02 am
Google is going downhill, at least with maps. First with android and it's rubbish version 7. Now with web and ithe confusing 'new' google maps. Why the hell spend so much money and effort to destroy what was brilliant and then churn out complete garbage?
googlemaps
05/15/2014 08:17 pm
The buttons in the bottom-right corner are just icons and hard to use. Bottom right? Who puts anything there? It's the most inconvenient corner of the screen!
Bill
05/15/2014 09:52 pm
I never understand why companies insist on taking a really great app and then adding a mass of complexity to it. Google's Mapping is now a mess. And if you simply want street view expect to see lots of photos of the inside of stores, house fronts - everything but the street. Intuitive? Not at all. I did notice something named "How to get the most out of the New Google Maps." Hello - I never read instructions. Off to Bing.
CherMcD
05/16/2014 11:35 pm
I want the step-by-step directions back!!!
H
05/17/2014 03:46 pm
They obviously (wrongly) think that M$ have it right with their idiotic move of the show desktop button.
H
05/17/2014 03:48 pm
At least, not very far....
Fivefires
05/20/2014 03:34 pm
I just used Google directions for the first time since the upgrade--REALLY don't like the new directions-not helpful at all. I just want to see a list of steps. Guess I'll be using Apple's version now.
Dizcuzted
05/24/2014 03:06 pm
The new Google Maps is slow, overly complicated and difficult to use. In a word: craptastic.
Tony Fisher
05/26/2014 11:42 am
What a disaster. The old version was miles better and easier and quicker to use. Change for the sake of change; if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it.
Kelly Shank
05/26/2014 04:27 pm
Why change? The new version is like Microsoft rubbish. Fat idiots with nothing to do so they make things worse to justify being paid.
Bob Alexander
05/28/2014 12:32 pm
New Google Maps does not work on Surface. Get rid of this piece of junk!
b5
05/29/2014 01:42 am
I think that they broke Google Maps with this update. It is terrifically slow, cumbersome, and of little use now.
Judy Owens
05/31/2014 01:54 pm
I want something easier and faster, not to take all day, when we go on trips we need this as we go out the door, my husband just left without his map, UGH!
elizabeth
06/01/2014 06:19 pm
the idiot who processed this 'new format' should be sentenced to use it for the rest of his/her life! POS format, slow slow slow. irritating as hell!
Ship4brains
06/01/2014 06:25 pm
So, on my phone, I have google maps and maps engine....from my PC, I create directions from point A to point B...modify the directions to go through various towns ....but I CAN NOT SAVE THESE MODIFIED DIRECTIONS! And, which do I use on my phone? Maps? Engine? WTF GOOGLE??? This is worse than WIndows 8
Carl Sciberras
06/05/2014 04:28 am
ugly, washed out, dumbed down. not a fan
Carl Sciberras
06/05/2014 04:30 am
agreed on all counts
Carl Sciberras
06/05/2014 04:32 am
lol
Joseph-Marcel Leduc
06/05/2014 12:12 pm
Hate the new Google map. Little windows in the corners that block what your looking for. The people that design these things should try using them. Step off your little pedestal and look at the world the way the rest of us see it.
CoastalCoyote
06/06/2014 11:33 am
I can barely get street view to work anymore. Earth view takes far too long to load and update as you move to different regions. For whatever reason, it works fairly well on my Android phone, but my laptop on a stable wifi connection and plenty of RAM? Nope.
dddoc
06/08/2014 12:29 pm
I always used classic maps to see peoples photos & put up my own, now you cant see that. Google, yahoo and every other site who seem to think changing their layout is fashionable and what people want. When in fact what all we want is faster load times and for them to leave things well alone when its working fine. I suppose the people have to justify their jobs much like people think if everyone is working and not on the dole we'll all pay less tax. Trust me! these people will find even grater ways to annoy &spend your money much like these new map changes are #### me ###. Give it time and they'll change it again and again and again... See you all in 6 months time for a good old rant and complain
Kevin Perrott
06/10/2014 05:05 pm
The fly-around earth view that was available in Classic Google Maps is replaced by a castrated version that has been lobotomized.. wtf? Google.. you took a great product and screwed it right up...
MMM
06/11/2014 03:02 am
I HATE THE NEW MAP. GOOGLE SHOULD NOT PUSH IT ON ME. I HATE HATE HATE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joshua Rosenburg
06/11/2014 11:29 pm
But what does it mean when it says to take "bank towards 1" ? It always says towards one. What does it mean? I thought the "1" might mean your first address in the 1/2 box when using directions but it doesn't. Can it not say east/west bound or north/south bound? I don't know what 1 means and it never states it.
Joshua Rosenburg
06/11/2014 11:29 pm
Take blank*
HandsOffMyUterus
06/13/2014 02:56 am
HATE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This totally sucks. Street view? I can't even FIND it. WHY do people eff with something that WORKS???? BRING BACK THE OLD MAP!!!!!!!!
HandsOffMyUterus
06/13/2014 02:56 am
AGREE.
rolgor
06/13/2014 04:47 am
You know what would be really nice google? If I didn't have so much junk on the new screen that I'm constantly having to move to see what I want because it's covered and I'm sick and tired ALREADY of all that garbage dropping down from the search box anytime I get anywhere near it.
CamJam
06/13/2014 05:18 am
Never thought I would use MapQuest, but it's better than Google maps now.
Suavek
06/14/2014 02:05 pm
en sure if I type correct. This is so annoying. Google goes above and beyond to make old users life more miserable. They hire those college gimbos who have no f'n idea how normal people use google. These so called software architects should learn first how society works and learn how to interact with life person before letting them propose stupid ideas of how to improve something that was working for years. First they fk'up maps, now they try to mess with the Search which is as simple as it can be. What else to improve, as' oles??? Stop messing around, please, please fkn please.
Wolviewolverine
06/16/2014 08:57 am
Well, it seems that I'll be soon using BING MAPS. Thanks Google, but you can take your stupid maps with countless moving drop-bopxes and completely unnecessary information and showe deep, deep inside your idiot CEO ass.
Wolviewolverine
06/16/2014 08:59 am
you meant spet out of the shit hole, not a pedestal. A programmer idiot screwing up things is on no pedestal.
Wolviewolverine
06/16/2014 09:03 am
Bing maps seem more and more attractive. just sayin..
CaliMark
06/17/2014 10:11 pm
NIce article shill. The new google maps are a disaster
ShoveGMupyourAss
06/18/2014 04:05 am
asshole article writer who probably works for Google. The new Google map is created by another asshole.
beebee19
06/18/2014 04:26 am
BRING BACK THE OLD MAPS. MORE IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER. Keep it simple. You don't have to fix what is not broken and there's no need for us to have to "re-adapt" to extra added (fluff) features that we do not want or need. So bummed out with the new ugly maps.
Gary
06/18/2014 09:06 am
am I the only one here that likes the new google maps? the answer is no because not one person likes them and because i hate them just as much as everybody else.
Nathan Hubbard
06/18/2014 08:26 pm
Did google hire the programmers Microsoft fired after they created Windows 8? The new maps is barely usable.
Jesus H. Schmesus
06/19/2014 05:18 pm
The new GMaps is as wonderful as New Coke or Crystal Pepsi. I know, twentysomethings, you don't get it. Put differently, it's as useful as the Play Store permissions update is secure.
ruslana33 .
06/20/2014 12:12 am
The new google map is terrible (( It is confusing, you can not see streets. Just awful(( i have to look for other maps to use
psychophant
06/20/2014 03:25 pm
Not to mention a bunch of missing core features from the old product.
gimmeabreak
06/22/2014 01:55 am
It really does suck. You can't see the steps and the map together. Who are these "innovative" clowns?
Wim Bakker
06/22/2014 09:33 am
New google maps is horrible and unusable, tried to plan a route and the whole screen is cluttered with fat blue and grey lines , dragging lines to take another road does not work, what used to be a coinvenient to use tool is now a disaster. Google programmers , ever heard of usability, user-friendliness , etc. ,terms ring a bell ?, did you google guys actually tried to use it yourself, did you guys ever take a look at it at all, it's a DISASTER, the "new" google maps .
Rayne
06/25/2014 05:00 am
I can't begin to tell you how much I HATE this... I use Google maps DAILY because we are buying a new house... I need to see where the houses are, what type of neighborhood they are located in, where the stores are, if there are sidewalks, how close the neighbors are, how far the address is from work, etcetera... Now, I often can't even locate the house, and when I start clicking things to try to figure out where an address is, I manage to get a map with NO STREET NAMES... What use is a map with no street names?!... Oh, and just when I think I've figured it out, it freezes my computer and closes all of my pages!... I am SO frustrated with this... I had refused to use Bing because Google was so much better... until now... It will be easier to figure out how to use Bing, because the pages stay open while I'm trying to.
Scoox
06/25/2014 09:34 am
How do I rename a pin on this bloody thing? I would expect this to be a one-tap affair yet I have to go through endless hoops to perform basic tasks, yet all the other useless scrap is right there one tap away. Another example of a large corporation trying to fix things that ain't broke for the sake of keeping its staff busy doing something when there isn't really anything to do. Let me repeat that: IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FUCKING FIX IT!!
signwave
06/25/2014 01:48 pm
Yea - It sucks. I can't even print a map without hitting P. And then I can't adjust the zooming before printing. Plus, no more rotation of the map. It's a big step backwards. This rollout reminds me of Windows 8.
Mika
06/25/2014 04:08 pm
I would definitely prefer the old map program, or at least figure out what the users like and retain those features. For example the ability to drag your route was a very handy feature, please bring that feature back.
Rayne
06/25/2014 08:53 pm
I looked at the bottom right corner, clicked on the question mark next to the little gear icon, and it gave me the option to go back to the old Google maps... THANK GOD... When you choose that option, a little box pops up that asks why you want the old one back... lol... I wouldn't want to be the person who has to read all of those.
Eric
06/28/2014 03:10 pm
Why don't they listen to customers. The only positive feed on the new maps are written by Google. Can some on post a better option so we no longer have to use Google Maps?
Tony
06/28/2014 03:35 pm
I HATE changing shit for the sake of change. I was comfortable with how the "old" system worked. F'n idiots at google, changing chrome (notifications) and now this. Thanks to them I'll be giving firefox (and anyone else) another chance.
K
06/30/2014 04:25 am
Great Point!
K
06/30/2014 04:34 am
Any online map, that comes with instructions for basic features is broken. Why break something that worked so well for so many people. Suppose some techies may call it, "ok", but what about average users?
Sharp
07/03/2014 07:50 am
It worked! Thank you thank you thank you!
Rayne
07/04/2014 11:25 am
You're very welcome... Believe me, I understand your excitement... lol... I was extremely relieved. :)
Rob Jones
07/07/2014 06:02 am
It's terrible. With a capital F. If you follow me.
marla1
07/10/2014 08:06 pm
They will when we switch to another carrier site!!!
Bonny Hunter
07/12/2014 11:04 am
I find it almost impossible to use it. Utter crap. Search box gets in the way, blocking critical view area, no lists as before, a terrible user experience.
Bonny Hunter
07/12/2014 11:07 am
Rayne I love you. A lot. Thank you. I am back to classic maps and since I use it for business to locate meeting sites I am over the mon happy. muah.
Bonny Hunter
07/12/2014 11:22 am
Perhaps the scariest thing about the universal consensus (you can switch back to the old maps by clicking on the ? icon bottom right of the map screen) that the new maps are awful is that Google wasn't smart enough to know internally before release that the new version is an unmitigated disaster. It's a damning indication they have serious problems. Once a long long time ago was a company called Microsoft who couldn't do wrong. We know how that nightmare played out. Google has contributed so much to our internet usage and benefit, but changes to maps and email have ultimately been a disaster. I add to this list my concern over serious privacy issues. Lastly the Android operating system I have on my Samsung Galaxy Win is nothing short of counter-intuitive. The nokia operating system is great except for the fact they use Microsoft features which essentially represent Windows Vista-level stupidity. The larger the company the dumber they get. Is this the world's future, consistently fucking up every step of prgress with two steps of regress? When I retire I will divest myself of most technology and utilize a phone for calls and a laptop for news and views. I don't relish seeing the devolution of every fine achievement by mankind. I'm 37 fyi. Nice one google!
ShouldaStoodInBed
07/20/2014 07:23 am
I can't find my "home" or "work" to do directions. It is necessary for me to look up in help how to use "home" and "work." The help page tells me to "Click Set Location" but there is no "Set Location." OK, but it's really nice that it gives me a "Show Me How" walk-through tutorial. I start it, it gets stuck on the second step and I don't know how to advance it to the next step. So now I am googling for help how to use this help tutorial which was supposed to help me with the incorrect help page. But that's OK, because the changes were made because "we always strive to improve user experience" which is a good thing. I am not complaining. I am not a Luddite. I love technology for technology's sake. Did you know that the new Maps is implemented entirely in HTML 5 Canvas?? So cool. I didn't really need those directions, anyway. Real men don't need directions.
Christine
07/25/2014 03:51 pm
whenever I want to see directions to a place, from my home, I have to type the addresss of the location, but also the location of my home. The old maps remembered my home location. It's very annoying the new maps doesn't.
Codebreaker delta charlie 5
07/25/2014 04:50 pm
Basic logic common sense..........escapes you morons. Making something thats bad worse takes a lot of talent! Bunch of amateur ignoramuses. Whomever was in charge of this project should never work again!
psychophant
07/27/2014 07:52 am
I have a friend at Google who described New Maps as "a shitshow" when it was still an invite-only beta. Apparently they ignored their internal consensus, which only makes it worse in my mind. I wonder if the reduced functionality lowers bandwidth use. Typically it takes cost-cutting to produce a product this awful.