Google Map Beta now online

[Ghatak]

only US

[dj6ross]

I saw it a few days ago. It just happened I was looking for all local car dealerships, and it was much better in my experience than Yahoo!

[NeoMasamune]

Nice! I like the speed :yes:

[JorgeIvan]

Very cool

[L3thal Veteran]

Looking good so far. Lets see how it compares to Mapquest when it comes out of beta.

[RosUFO]

:unsure: What!!?? No Antarctica version???? Come on Google, get on the ball!

[Green_Star]

Its really cool. i guess i can use it as better map tool

[mikeyj]

:woot: Google is almost king but lets wait and see what the prince has in mind for pocket pc and gps tracking. If they conquer that, then they'll be more king like. ;)

[a1kashur]

google is getting into everything

Google vs Microsoft.... nice.

[Ethere]

It's very nicely laid out. Right on Google. Keep it up.

[Revenant]

This is very cool, nice to see someone get it right.

[Chode]

http://operawatch.blogspot.com/

Here we go again, yet another Google service is incompatible with the Opera browser.

Google released today Google Maps, which offers road maps and directions. It makes heavy use of (the non-standard) Java Script and DHTML (and XSLT).

Opera follows the Java Script standards that are provided by standards bodies, such as the W3C. Companies often make their own proprietary extensions to these standards, making it sometimes difficult for Opera to render the page properly.

This is not Opera's first run-in with Google. In versions prior to Opera 8.0, Gmail didn't work properly. Gmail introduced XMLHttpRequest, which is not currently part of a standard, forcing Opera to implement XMLHttpRequest support in version 8.0. XMLHttpRequest started as a proprietary extension to Internet Explorer.

Blogger (owned by Google) doesn't work in Opera 8.0 neither does Google Suggest.

If you're unhappy with Google's treatment of Opera, let them know about it.

[AsciiSmoke]

No UK version?

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hahaha, you can click-drag for miles trying to find Europe apparently the Earth is flat and there's nothing for thousands of miles except North America?!?

(note, I did only click-drag 3/4 screens. Why not try more? You never know there may be another continentm perhaps Googolia or something :)

[AsciiSmoke]

Depending on where your cursor is typing 'random' as your search query returns different results apparently randomly ;)

[mopper]

http://operawatch.blogspot.com/

If you're unhappy with Google's treatment of Opera, let them know about it.

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im sure google has a secret agenda to exclude opera from being used with their services /sarcasm :rolleyes:

[L3thal Veteran]

For some reason, the maps don't display on Firefox :unsure:

[AshMan]

That is great! Does anyone know if it works in for British maps?

[Xtreme $niper]

Working fine in Firefox, and glad to see that Canada is included in the beta.

[SlowIce]

For some reason, the maps don't display on Firefox :unsure:

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works fine in firefox!

and for everybody askign for non uSA versions:

it's a bloody beta - they will support the USA first and later add more data before they go public

[JnCoKiLLa]

I g9otta say that is a Great Site to use....it works great...NAd i'm on Foxfire

[L3thal Veteran]

Weird :ninja:

[Xtreme $niper]

Enter a city near you outside of USA and it takes you there. I entered Toronto and it took me to the right map, and I was able to roam around pretty much everywhere.

[redhatter]

Awesome!! :yes:

[Slimy]

very nice, but i don't care if the rendering is some new technology, it sucks ass