Last Updated: November 23, 2023, 13:11 IST
Maps UI has undergone main adjustments in color not too long ago
Google Maps is utilized by billions throughout the globe for navigation between locations however the brand new colors have not gone down nicely with customers.
If you’ve gotten used Google Maps not too long ago, you might need observed the colors on the interface modified, in actual fact, look relatively chilly. And you’re not alone to look at these adjustments. Google Maps has been given a brand new replace which comes loaded with a change within the colors for roads, water, land and extra.
When you flick through the app subsequent time, you’ll discover the roads are actually gray, the color of water on Maps is now teal as a substitute of blue and even the color of parks and forest has been modified. You additionally will discover the color of visitors for navigation now has brighter reds and blues, which wasn’t the case just a few days again. All these adjustments have clearly not gone down nicely with the customers who now really feel these colors make the Apple Maps look a lot better, even when function-clever Google has the upperhand even at present.
But probably the most staggering vote of dislike comes by way of Elizabeth Laraki, who’s credited with designing Google Maps interface again in 2007 when the product was about to launch. Laraki identified in her publish this week that the adjustments in Google Maps makes it really feel much less human, much less correct and chilly. Even the parks and color of water is equivalent which could not be an issue however certainly not a nicely versed UI choice from the staff at Maps dealing with these adjustments.
15 years in the past, I helped design Google Maps.I nonetheless use it on a regular basis.
Last week, the staff dramatically modified the map’s visible design.
I don’t adore it.
It feels colder, much less correct and fewer human.
But extra importantly, they missed a key alternative to… pic.twitter.com/HMcpKiOEdr
— Elizabeth Laraki (@elizlaraki) November 22, 2023
She does admit that brightening up the most important roads and visitors make it straightforward to learn however the total adjustments have been criticised and it’s seemingly that drastic adjustments like these are likely to take time with individuals, and step by step they could begin liking or no less than settle for the brand new color tones.
Laraki additionally talked about the necessity to simplify the interface of Maps relatively than crowding the display with umpteen companies which could not be wanted for customers on a regular basis. She stated that tags like restaurant, resorts and gasoline station (petrol pump) may be packed into the underside bar which might have the options hidden from the principle display of Maps.
She does agree that options evolve over time however as a UI designer, she realises the necessity to clear them frequently and never complicate the app and the interface for the customers. People in international locations just like the US have really jumped ship to Apple Maps which could have been unthinkable just a few years again.
For these in India, they’ve options like MapMyIndia that appears to optimise the platform with localised wants like serving to individuals climb an overhead street or a flyover, and help them with roads that may be closed or barricaded.
