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> Since HN is explicitly designed to deter casual visitors [1], it might not be the best example to cite for poor comment design

The un-design is what makes it appealing to me

Google Maps for iOS 14 years ago

> is is app number two that will probably take place over the natively installed apps now by Google.

Which is 1?

Google Maps for iOS 14 years ago

Seems that Google can't program smooth animations even on an OS that was built with them in mind

Google Maps for iOS 14 years ago

This is the main issue with Apple Maps.

- Type Pub name, "Not Found"

- Type Postcode, It points to completely the wrong street

- Type street name/number, it thinks I mean some street in America (Map screen was focused on london)

How is this a surprise, it's right there in the app store documents.

This is Microsoft complaining they should be except from the rules just because they're big. This is the beauty of the App Store, doesn't matter how big you are you still get treated the same as the little guy

"what I loved as a kid wasn't that I was building a replica of some fictional universe, it was that I could create the universe in my head as I was building it."

Completely agree, this really saddens me too. Played with lego so much as a kid and I never tried to build things from films. It should be about your own imagination

Adobe Gaming 14 years ago

Been saying for years they should be pushing it for games instead of web 2.0 apps (which it is terrible at)

Glitch Is Closing 14 years ago

I was disappointed to hear when he joined there, knew it would end like this and would rather he build his own things.

Glitch Is Closing 14 years ago

Said he was targeting that, but anyone who played it would tell you how utterly mindless the game was.

Literally was just wander about clicking and waiting for progress bars.

Glitch Is Closing 14 years ago

Nice art direction… but the gameplay was even more mindless than Farmville, few steps above CowClicker