Tell HN: Google search no longer has a link to maps in Europe Probably many of you already know, but I have lately noticed that there is no map button in google searches. Also if the search shows a map, it's not clickable. At First, I thought this is a dark pattern because I use Firefox, but later I understood that it's a new rule in the EU. More on this: https://support.google.com/websearch/thread/261655134/google-maps-not-being-linked-from-google-search-results-page?hl=en |
This is true for both maps and photos of restaurants which expand in a tiny popup rather than the full screen view you get on maps.
Because as is always the case with these kinds of product embeddings, the UX is always subtly different, and a bunch of features are missing.
If ever I search for something that I realize I'd like to view in maps instead, I click the top bar "maps" to redo the search in maps and then have a consistent view.
So at least in this particular case, i don't think it's a big loss.
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/google-maps-quickcl...