Re: [PLUG] FYG: Alternatives to Google Maps

2015-05-02 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Sat, May 02, 2015 at 05:35:29AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: You can still use 'classic' by clicking on the left-most icon on the bottom right of the display. I, too, prefer that and it works flawlessly within firefox here (Slackware-14.1, various firefox-31.n). On my system that's the

Re: [PLUG] FYG: Alternatives to Google Maps

2015-05-02 Thread Fred James
Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 1 May 2015, Keith Lofstrom wrote: I've used classic google maps until it went away. Keith, You can still use 'classic' by clicking on the left-most icon on the bottom right of the display. I, too, prefer that and it works flawlessly within firefox here

Re: [PLUG] FYG: Alternatives to Google Maps

2015-05-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 2 May 2015, Michael Rasmussen wrote: On my system that's the help icon, a question mark in a thought bubble. What icon are you referring to? Michael, Same one. I did not have that page open when I responded so could not describe the icon other than by position. Rich

Re: [PLUG] FYG: Alternatives to Google Maps

2015-05-02 Thread Fred James
Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 2 May 2015, Fred James wrote: I didn't know that ... but I just gave it a spin, and it isn't really classic ... sort of an unfortunate hybrid ... sigh. Google says they are continuing to try to improve their map and one can hope, I suppose. Fred, The only

Re: [PLUG] FYG: Alternatives to Google Maps

2015-05-02 Thread Easy Fashion
Mapquest is very usable. On May 2, 2015 6:09 AM, Fred James fredj...@fredjame.cnc.net wrote: Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 1 May 2015, Keith Lofstrom wrote: I've used classic google maps until it went away. Keith, You can still use 'classic' by clicking on the left-most icon on the

Re: [PLUG] FYG: Alternatives to Google Maps

2015-05-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 2 May 2015, Fred James wrote: I didn't know that ... but I just gave it a spin, and it isn't really classic ... sort of an unfortunate hybrid ... sigh. Google says they are continuing to try to improve their map and one can hope, I suppose. Fred, The only difference I have noticed