Google Maps in Safari, by Jeffrey Veen

Google Maps in Safari

I mistakenly typed maps.google.com into Safari for what must have been the 50th time and, as of tonight, it worked. Looks like Google has been hard at work on supporting all browsers since they launched the app a few weeks ago. Awesome.

This entry was written by Jeffrey Veen and posted 24 February 2005 at 6:27 PM. It was filed under Web Design. | View blog reactions

Comments

1. On 24 February 2005 at 7:11 PM Andrew wrote:

And smartly, they've gotten rid of the confusing "example searches" in the right sidebar.

2. On 24 February 2005 at 11:53 PM Kevin wrote:

Mistakenly for what?

3. On 25 February 2005 at 3:45 AM Rimantas wrote:

I'd guess not "mistakenly for what", but "mistakenly where?".
Think typing into Safari address bar instead of Firefox.

4. On 25 February 2005 at 4:06 AM Roy Schestowitz wrote:

I think not. If he tried about 50 times, he must have been upset with Safari-compatibility in GMaps for quite some time...

5. On 25 February 2005 at 7:15 AM Matthew Oliphant wrote:

I am also very glad to see it working in Safari, but the printing of maps, especially in "directions" mode, still doesn't work.

6. On 25 February 2005 at 8:22 AM veen wrote:

"Mistakenly for what?"

Heh. That will teach me to fire off a blog post as I'm walking out the door...

I meant that was perpetually being told to "go see this amazing thing on google maps", but would forget to leave Safari and launch Firefox.

Old habits die hard.

7. On 25 February 2005 at 1:58 PM Marcus wrote:

Nice. Looks like it's also working (for the most part) in OmniWeb 5. Horizontal scrolling works as expected but vertical scrolling is inverted.

8. On 25 February 2005 at 5:05 PM kenrick wrote:

check out http://massless.org/. Im not sure if he heads up one of the development teams at google, but I know he is a part of whats going on over there, and he mentions them fixing the google maps for safari.