Apple Maps Updates

[dragon5677]

Tim Cook covering for Apple.But I was wondering.......isn't software supposed to be tested for such flaws? I would have understood if it was something small, but in Apple Maps, the whole application has it wrong!

 

[Sushubh]

maps are not regular applications that you can fix just like that. having an app providing access to map of the entire world! it is never going to be perfect. you cannot just get it right in a short period of time. google maps is like a decade old today. Apple would get it right. they just need time to work on getting more data sources, integrating it properly. i doubt it would take them more than a couple of years to catch up with the competition. the best part is that users do not need to do anything on their end. everything is fetched from servers so apple can and is probably already rolling out updates on a daily basis.

 

[Sushubh]

https://imgur.com/Iy4sY

in case you missed the news https://broadband.forum/web-services/43408-google-street-view-updates-4.html#post671067

 

[dragon5677]

There are far too many glitches, I am sure they must have noticed during testing yes?which means they are in a rush to offload their competitors software as default.

 

[Sushubh]

i guess they had two choices. wait for another year or two to get more maps right. or to have a public beta test. nothing better than people doing the hard work for you. Apple decided to take the risk and it did not turn out to be that well. in the end, they know people are not going to leave just because you have a crappy mapping app. having millions of beta testers around the world would just speed up the improvements. google had the advantage of having an online edition. mapping was not that important back then. apple does not have the same time advantage. i guess they would have launched a beta app as a separate download but that would have resulted in nothing. few people would have used it on a daily basis. now they have literally no choice.

 

[dragon5677]

well they have finally started damage control

 

[Sushubh]

lol. just read the headline from techcrunch. your move google. funny. techcrunch believes google owes Apple a functional google maps app! seriously?

 

[dragon5677]

wth? lololololol

 

[IMNS]

Tim Cook covering for Apple.

But I was wondering.......isn't software supposed to be tested for such flaws? I would have understood if it was something small, but in Apple Maps, the whole application has it wrong!

Just wondering, have you actually used the app?

 

[Sushubh]

and again. imns is looking for a fight. we have all seen the screenshots to see the problem with the app. Apple ceo has apologized for it. but nope, you would be defending apple even though they admit that users should probably use other apps while they fix the mess with their own product.