5mo ago

Apple Maps on Web Now Supports Firefox Browser

www.macrumors.com Apple Maps on Web Now Supports Firefox Browser

Apple updated its Apple Maps on the web feature to add support for the Firefox browser this week. Firefox users on Mac, PC, and iPad can now visit...

https://beta.maps.apple.com/

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www.macrumors.com /2024/08/09/apple-maps-on-web-firefox-support/

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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...
- OSM
  
  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  The downside is it's often out of date with business hours, or ones that have moved or closed down, and new businesses are usually missing.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.
- I've just found out about the about:compat page in Firefox. It looks there's a few dozen pages with user agent overrides in latest Firefox, some seem to be overridden to chrome. If you open a ticket on bugzilla, they might add an override to fix your environment too.

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.
  
  as is tradition with companies nowadays for some reason
- No Linux at all. Oh no! Anyway.

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.
  
  Adding support? It's a web site. If it works on one OS, it should work on the others automatically with few exceptions. Otherwise, it's probably a bug in Firefox.
- and if you click the See Supported Browsers link, you can see that Firefox isn't even listed there...
  
  it was for me; only on mac and windows though

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.
- We are at this stage again. First „Works only with IE6“, now „Works only with Chromium and WebKit“.

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.
- Doesn't work on chrome for android as far as I can tell, or not this beta site at least. System webview issue likely.

Use OSM
- Funny enough, Apple Maps uses some OSM data
- And on mobile, use Organic Maps. It downloads Open Street Map data so it works completely offline, no internet is required once you download whatever regions you need. There are monthly updates for the map data and the app is open source and ad-free.
  
  Plus the routing algorithm is transparent and doesn't route you because of environmental reasons or third party advertisers
- OSM isn't a website or a web app. It's a repository of map data. Problem is, there is no good browser web app that uses OSM data.
  
  And unfortunately OSM can be incomplete in many small cities and rural areas :(
  I recommend StreetComplete to anyone that wants to help complete OSM in their local areas.
  
  OSM actually does have a website where you can freely browse the map, I’m not really sure what you are saying here. The main purpose of OSM is to provide data for other maps but openstreetmap.org is a fully functional map website
  
  "Good" is subjective