it's not just google maps. many websites are being redesigned, apparently
by fixie-riding hipsters, who are great at spiffy site design, but unfortunately
never use, or have no concept of, the service the site was originally designed
to provide.

look at the piece of carp that has become of weather underground. i'm sure
it looks snazzy on your iphone, but the poor format and lack of real detail
makes it pretty much useless.

sadly, my broker is going the same route. hired some groovy marketing
dudes who hired some interior designers to migrate the dataset to a new
platform....or some similar carpola.

and now? they've removed the popup stock/fund quote window. great!
now i've got to go to another broker to get a quote before i can buy/sell
through my present broker.

and google maps? too many popup window moving stuff on the screen
can't see the damn roads.....ah, screw it. i'll just buy a freakin' paper
map.