20 September 2006
Scrolling into Google Maps
I just discovered that Google Maps supports zooming with scroll-wheel mice. This is fantastic and makes the browser-based Maps much easier to use.
It works in IE6 and Firefox on Windows, and in Firefox, Safari and Opera on Mac. Well done, Google!
One thing though: the scroll wheel direction in Google Maps is opposite to that in Google Earth. In Maps a forward (up) scroll zooms in and a backward (down) scroll zooms out (this feels natural to me). But in Earth (as it is in Heaven?) a forward scroll zooms out and a backward scroll zooms in.
Are there competing software development camps in Google, like in Microsoft?
