Ran into this problem with Yaketee, where we can geocode many of our visitors — 66.06% of you are using Firefox — but what do you do about everyone else?
So I added a map you can navigate. You can pan it around, move the center mark (the motorcycle, but you get different mark each time), or do quick search for an address.
These may be easy and fun, but they’re not easily discoverable, which means we need something better. Meanwhile I resorted to the “if all else fails, document” approach and added instructions, which I thought would look cool hanging off the left of the map. Something less … ahem … instructional.
How do you tilt dynamic text? With two lines of CSS:
-webkit-transform: rotate(-12deg); -moz-transform: rotate(-12deg);
Granted it won’t work with IE, but then only 2.3% of our visitors are brave enough to surf the Interwebs with IE.
BTW the arrow is not canvas, not yet anyway, but the image is background and made lighter with opacity: 0.5.
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