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davidw
Too bad. It was so much faster, and sucked so much less CPU :-/
Varkiil
welcome to the era of "you should upgrade your computer" and "We did no optimize it because nowadays computers are powerful enough"
M8
Era of "modern" browsers.
thejrk
run in 'Lite mode' if you are browsing on a potato.
a3n
Yeah, really too bad. There's so much crap scattered across a google map these days.

But waddya want for free?

tempodox
Too bad. The current replacement sucks massively and is a pain to use. I guess the old one was just not evil enough.
M8
Who needs more than 10 route points anyway? New feature allows you to not being able to enter more than that!
junto
https://here.com
davidw
Not bad... I can't find a way to turn on topographical data, though, which I'm a big fan of, as a bicyclist.
Finklestein
Click "Map View", lower right corner, next to the + and - buttons.
eonw
that doesn't show topographical data, seems to only show terrain, as far as i can tell, the areas in the mountains i hike often are not showing lines.
eonw
am i the only one that hates the new UI ?