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Google Launches Mapping Service

Posted by timothy on from the wherefore-art-thou-peggy-marfori? dept.

Alex Reynolds writes "The beta version of Google Maps is now online, offering an alternative to Mapquest with what some might describe as a very much improved user interface, offering a cleaner layout, drop shadows, clickable waypoints and keyboard controls that allow you to move and zoom the map. For IE and Firefox/Mozilla at this point (no Safari or Opera support, as yet)."

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  1. Re:Repeat after me... (from mail I sent to friends by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    * They used DHTML and Javascript

    * They did _not_ use Flash

    * They did _not_ write cross browser code.

    * No need to use the on-screen arrows to move around

    Yeah, also...

    * No need to look outside a country, since no other exist.

  2. [tt]:depends on your os by tomhudson · · Score: 0, Troll
    CTRL+ALT+arrow keys

    will change the orientation of your screen.
    Aha, so now I'm going to end up with a gay screen. So everyone who said linux was gay were really hiding in the closet ... that certainly explains a lot.

    Think of the children. Does George Bush know about this latest threat to marriage and the family? After all, do you want america's children spending hours in front of yet another gay screen (aside from the television, when it's not promoting healthy family values of teamwork like football games, where guys keep slapping each others asses - what's with that, anyway)?

    Does it come with the goat guy wallpaper/screensaver, or is that a separate patch that I have to download from the gnaa?