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rocketpig on 28 September 2012
superchunk said:

rocketpig said:

I'm "defensive" about it because this thread was specifically created for people with personal experience using the app. ....

....

In short, you're kinda trolling this thread.

 


So, you ignore the millions of upset iOS6 users who've been all over the web posting THEIR screenshots (obviously not Android users) and instead want to see the personal reflection of a very small minority of people on a website that is dominated by Android users?

I'm not trolling. I figured this was directly related to a thread about people having issues.

You could have posted it in other of the other Apple Maps threads. There is a massive one just a few inches down from this one...

I'm not ignoring anyone. I've seen the same five sets of screenshots of Maps' "screw-ups" more times than I can count. I wanted to get opinions of real people who have actually used the app and not see the same crap that has already been circulated.




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superchunk on 28 September 2012
rocketpig said:

You could have posted it in other of the other Apple Maps threads. There is a massive one just a few inches down from this one...

I'm not ignoring anyone. I've seen the same five sets of screenshots of Maps' "screw-ups" more times than I can count. I wanted to get opinions of real people who have actually used the app and not see the same crap that has already been circulated.

Sorry, thought this was the only one you had as active still.



dahuman on 28 September 2012
rocketpig said:
dahuman said:
I'm at the moment speaking to somebody who wanted to go to downtown Seattle and the gps took her to the ferry instead so yeah, it's fucked up, she also says it's running much slower on her 4s so she's taking it to apple and wanting ios5 back

I don't know why on earth it would be slower. iOS6 Maps uses vector-based mapping, which is WAAAAAAYYYYY faster than the old raster style used in iOS5.

She's talking about overall OS performance, not the maps app, which takes her to the wrong locations to start with



dahuman on 28 September 2012
rocketpig said:
superchunk said:

Yes. I have a lot of friends with iOS6 installed. We always tease each other and have challenges to see who is better. iOS Maps is horrible. Every single one of them can show 100% wrong stuff in general map and/or navigation directions locally and elsewhere. Even to major things like San Diego's Sea World. I really don't know why your so defensive about something you didn't even create.

Apple NEVER apologizes or admits wrong. When iPhone4 had massive connection issues that were easily repeatible, they said you were holding it wrong and said to hold it differently or just get a case. However, they still changed the design by the time the Verizon version launched. Here the CEO, Tim Cook is specifically saying "With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment [to world-class products]. We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers and we are doing everything we can to make Maps better." and then tells its users to USE SOMETHING ELSE "...you can try alternatives by downloading map apps from the App Store like Bing, MapQuest and Waze, or use Google or Nokia maps...".

If that is not saying the app is bad and needs to be replaced, I don't know what is. Sure I used the word horrible, but c'mon... the damn CEO is telling you to use an alternative app. If it was must media twisting things or taking them out of context, then Apple wouldn't have said anything and clearly wouldn't have said to use an alternative.

I'm "defensive" about it because this thread was specifically created for people with personal experience using the app. Most threads I've seen about Maps consist of Android users posting screenshots found elsewhere and have no actual experience using the app. I wanted to get real answers from actual Maps users telling me "this app screwed up when I tried to use it yesterday doing this".

And I don't just do this for Apple... I staunchly defended Google during their single log-in fiasco because it was a necessary move to proceed forward as a unified service. I look at the long-game instead of getting frothy at the mouth over immediate problems with new software and/or features.

And correction... STEVE JOBS never apologized for anything. He was an arrogant ass. A brilliant ass, but an ass none-the-less. Jobs is gone and Cook seems to be a much more level-headed man. A friendlier Apple, Inc is better for everyone and I hope Cook continues down the path he has started.

In short, you're kinda trolling this thread.

I didn't have hands on experience no, it's just somebody I just talked to until about 10 minutes ago, she's pissed at her husband because the first thing he did when he got home was take her phone and go "woowoo new update!" which is something you never do with iOS, I know very well because I was an iPhone user, you never ever update on the first day, never.



iFlow on 28 September 2012

According to Apple Maps, I should of drove into water 3 times.



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famousringo on 28 September 2012
dahuman said:
rocketpig said:
dahuman said:
I'm at the moment speaking to somebody who wanted to go to downtown Seattle and the gps took her to the ferry instead so yeah, it's fucked up, she also says it's running much slower on her 4s so she's taking it to apple and wanting ios5 back

I don't know why on earth it would be slower. iOS6 Maps uses vector-based mapping, which is WAAAAAAYYYYY faster than the old raster style used in iOS5.

She's talking about overall OS performance, not the maps app, which takes her to the wrong locations to start with

She definitely needs to talk to a tech, then. There's no reason the update should be slowing down a 4S, unless the problem is with 3rd party apps that need updating.



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the2real4mafol on 28 September 2012

Not really, I don't use maps much. So it doesn't affect me much. It's funny seeing all these cock ups though



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rocketpig on 28 September 2012
iFlow said:
According to Apple Maps, I should of drove into water 3 times.

I couldn't resist creating this... As Apple would say, "There's a car for that."




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iFlow on 28 September 2012
rocketpig said:
iFlow said:
According to Apple Maps, I should of drove into water 3 times.

I couldn't resist creating this... As Apple would say, "There's a car for that."


This



mike_intellivision on 28 September 2012

And Google has said it is not coming out with a map app!

(I have an iPad and won't update since YouTube disappears as well as there is only an iPhone version of the app).

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