[OSM-talk] New technology ...

[Lester Caine]

Kai Krueger wrote:
> One question would therefore be, what functionality of osm.org would you
> hope to actually be able to use on a mobile phone?

Browsing the map to see if an alternate route might be better. Not knowing where 
one is scale wise, the old scale bar provides an easy and quick to read and one 
can judge if you need to zoom out a lot or a little. But basic functions for 
using the map need to be simple.

Currently I'm only seeing the top 4 new right hand buttons, and I can't read the 
scale at all which is why I've reverted to my own viewer, but the main thing 
here is that you CAN'T use multiple fingers while driving! So the viewing 
arrangement I'm looking at - from a SAFETY point of view - is one that can be 
controlled just by prodding with one finger. Eliminating anything 'fancy' since 
it is just not practical to use? Even the tomtom's latest 'upgrades' lost the 
plot and made using the unit a problem and I know I was not the only one to roll 
back to the 'safe' version!

Trying to press a shift or control key is also not practical ... Locus has a 
number of actions that make use impractical once moving.

Note that I'm not saying that the main map should change - this is mobile 
technology use, but personally I WOULD like to have the option to select the old 
style layout. It's not fundamental to how the map works - it's only a style 
sheet, and we could have several - including mobile centric ones? What rattles 
my cage is when someone else changes things that I'm naturally used to when 
there is no need to FORCE me to change - just put an option to select in!

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