Great to see another map with satellite images, besides Google Maps and Microsofts Bing Maps.
Now they just have to stop blocking Linux based on the user agent. If I set it to Firefox on Windows, it works, but not if set UA to Linux. A major feature of browsers is that web devs don’t have to care about the underlying OS…
I’ve been contributing a lot to OSM for my local area, and have added a couple dozen businesses, and updated a dozen more. It’s pretty easy, and I’ve really been liking OrganicMaps on mobile for directions and whatnot.
For others: if OSM kinda sucks in your area, you’re not SOL, you can add whatever it is you’re missing. It’s easy and IMO pretty fun. Give it a try!
The downside is it’s often out of date with business hours, or ones that have moved or closed down, and new businesses are usually missing.
I try and edit stuff when I can but it’s such a complex process that requires reading the wiki and a bunch of forum threads to ‘do it right’.
If they had a quick and easy editor that was more streamlined and did not allow you to do things incorrectly, then it would be a lot easier.
Huh? OSM is not a maps app. And this is completely unrelated to browser and OS support. OSM is a maps repository.
You can browse the maps of the “repository” via openstreetmap.org in your browser. There are multiple apps using the “repository”, like Gnome Maps for Linux or OsmAnd on Android… And many other apps: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software/Desktop
What exactly is the problem?
Doesn’t work on Firefox for Linux lol
Why would they deliberately block Firefox on Linux??
It works perfectly fine with user agent switcher. Apple just blocked Linux to be assholes.
blocked on linux? yet another reason to never give them money
blocked on linux? yet another reason to never give them money
It’s still a beta, they will likely add support before release.
and if you click the See Supported Browsers link, you can see that Firefox isn’t even listed there…
Why is a website restricted to certain browsers? This isn’t 2005.
Right? It’s very simple. If the site doesn’t work I close it and never look back.
Individual boycotts might do nothing and the situation becomes worse over time because of network and monopolistic effects. There might be an end to the open internet, requiring a specific browser to visit crucial websites. Or you could get DMCA’d if you use an ad blocker or plugin to alter the function of a website.
Doesn’t work on Firefox for Android
Not sure why I’m bothering to check when there’s other superior options that already work though.
