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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