I'm all for using open source software and information but it has to be at least 90% as good as the commercial alternatives especially if those commercial alternatives are reasonably priced. I'm going on a trip to Las Vegas, a city with extremely complex infrastructure including multiple monorail systems, a public bus system, complex streets, taxi and bus specific lanes, and a high density of shops and restaurants residing on multiple levels in extremely large buildings. I figured it would be the perfect opportunity for OSM to show off the best it has to offer.

Google appears so overwhelmingly better at handling all of those complex mapping scenarios to the point where OSM can't be seriously considered for people trying to use it to navigate that city. Most business data is out of date, public transit stops aren't as detailed, and it doesn't have the internal structures of buildings that take up multiple city blocks.

Interestingly enough my own city's OSM data is top notch, easily surpassing Google's data. Clearly there seems to be wide range of map data in the database, but I would think large cities that people travel to often seems like the place you really want high quality data and visualization if you want non-ideological users to switch. Had I not looked at my own community I would have written off OSM as a totally underdeveloped open source project with no chance of competing, and it seems like that's the exact opposite of the potential it has, but clearly there needs to be more outreach in some larger cities.

The Origin Chip allows for much faster linking and searching then the previous address bar. Clicking on the Origin Chip or using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+L shows the entire URL along with highlighting it making copying quick and easy. Clicking on any area of the address bar that isn't the Origin Chip or using the keyboard shortcut F6 instantly clears the address bar allowing for the next search term or URL to be entered quickly. Realistically this allows for a cleaner and quicker address bar for most use cases, and in those typically rare cases when you need to know the full URL it is only one click away. I don't quite understand all the outrage, and if you really need the full URL just a glance away at all times you can always go to chrome://flags/#origin-chip and disable the feature.