The GUI to top all GUIs?
If you haven’t yet taken a look at the extraordinary Google Earth, then I suggest you do so.
It’s a web-enabled desktop app that takes Google Maps to another level entirely. And what’s more, the GUI design is surprisingly good for what could have been a potential nightmare.
Yeah, there are a lot dials and gizmos, but you can achieve most of what you need for regular viewing with the two buttons and wheel of the mouse alone.
Running a search query has rarely been so exciting, as you swoop through the streets of London from Norman Foster’s 30 St Mary Axe (aka “The Gherkin”) to the London Eye. That’s worth the download alone!
