Posts by derekmorr

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil  But they are not MADE to do it in the same respect that Microsoft is/was. They should be. What is your justification for this claim? Users on iOS aren't forced to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    … I really want to go into this more, because tearing this apart sounds fun, but we have a subforum for this stuff, and there there be...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    Are you offered the choice to do this immediately upon the first time you open the browser, also preventing you from doing anything until you choose...

Quote: Originally Posted by rsdofny  Just want EU to do a Microsoft on Google by mandating Google cannot have a trojan horse in the Android system to monopolize the search market. Android, given its open source nature,...

Quote:Originally Posted by antkm1 I thought you guys got the message in the last article you posted about 45 degree. IT'S NOT A NEW FEATURE!!! IT WAS IMPLEMENTED AT LEAST A YEAR AGO IF NOT MUCH LONGER. Yup, AI botched on this one....

I've seen a lot of anecdotal reports about Apple's map quality. This is frustrating, since there's inconsistency in what one person tests vs another. I did find one attempt to quantify the accuracy of Apple's geocoder using city names...

Um, this was just a regular imagery update for Google Maps. They post them all the time (earlier posts are here: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/search/label/imagery). It has nothing to do with Apple Maps. Further, Google launched...

Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][  Aren't those other browsers just basically skins on top of Apple's engine?   No, not exactly. It does use the same WebCore and JavascriptCore that Mobile Safari uses...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    You've already answered that question. Fix it yourself at the source.   There's no need to fix it at the source. OSM has excellent data for University...

Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry    Touch the bottom right corner of the screen to bring up the map options screen, then choose "Report a problem".   Thanks. I missed it with the small,...