Google maps moves drops Flash

Why is this awesome? Because Google are dropping a locked in piece of software (which is bug ridden, and insecure, and has extremely poor performance on anything but Windows).

Just check out Google maps on iPhone Safari:

It supports dragging around to pan, and pinch to zoom. I guess it’s using canvas, html5 goodness.

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3 Responses to Google maps moves drops Flash

  1. Toolman says:

    hasnt it been html for ages?

  2. Ali says:

    Yeah Google Maps website and when you include it on your own site has been HTML for years, Street View is Flash though

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