More options in Presets or Quick settings
I often switch between usecases in Locus and have to do some selections to fulfill my task.
1.Example at search: I often switch between online address.search and wikipedia search. I allways need to set the search type with several clicks.
2. Example at Navigation: I often switch between car navigation and navigation by foot and manual routing (rough overview about the locations of a trip or measuring distances or areas). I allways need to set the navigation type by several clicks.
Idea:
Introduce "predefined actions" which include my needed settings and which can be assigned as a button to a menue for this usecase. You could also call it quick action. It would be possible to run a route navigation by car with settings for no maut, but highways for the quickest route and all this with only one click in a menu! And afterwards do a foot navigation with only one click and selecting the destination.
Or it would be possible to do a wikipedia search to the map center with just one click in a menu. And right afterwards an online search for a city name with just one click and input of the city name.
This would save a lot of clicks that I am currently doing at switching between my usecases and would make Locus even more powerful and efficient.
To get an impression how custom actions could work in general for Locus, have a look into the DAW (digital audio workstation) named Reaper. Here the software supports a lot of customization of workflows like shown in this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Evzb7rWCo
The big advantage: the regular simple but click intensive usage is still possible for users who want to have it more simple. And more technical affine users can use their quick workflow.
I like this idea 
druki - have you checked out "presets"? Not perfect but maybe a workaround. If there are functions & settings not currently available within the preset subsystem, you could make them a suggestion for Menion.
oops - seems you changed the subject from "custom actions" to "presets", so my reply above is now redundant; doesn't seem I can delete it though ;-(
druki - have you checked out "presets"? Not perfect but maybe a workaround. If there are functions & settings not currently available within the preset subsystem, you could make them a suggestion for Menion.
oops - seems you changed the subject from "custom actions" to "presets", so my reply above is now redundant; doesn't seem I can delete it though ;-(
Sorry, I did not change the subject. And I don't think, presets are the right way to handle custom actions. The reason is: Presets are more for map display and general usage. My usecases are within a preset on a more granular basis. It would not help much if I should change a preset all the time to use different searches. The idea is to have quick access to certain functions with just one "shortcut" (maybe this is a better wording to describe the idea).
Sorry, I did not change the subject. And I don't think, presets are the right way to handle custom actions. The reason is: Presets are more for map display and general usage. My usecases are within a preset on a more granular basis. It would not help much if I should change a preset all the time to use different searches. The idea is to have quick access to certain functions with just one "shortcut" (maybe this is a better wording to describe the idea).
seems the subject was originally "custom actions"; doesn't matter
>quick access to certain functions with just one "shortcut"
right side panel with function buttons can be set on per-preset basis; minor or no change; alternative is probably a big feature so less chance of implementation; sorry I can't be more helpful
seems the subject was originally "custom actions"; doesn't matter
>quick access to certain functions with just one "shortcut"
right side panel with function buttons can be set on per-preset basis; minor or no change; alternative is probably a big feature so less chance of implementation; sorry I can't be more helpful
Hello druki,
interesting idea. It is, anyway, too complex to do over some UI editor.
Solution? Using the "Tasker" app (or similar) is the way. Currently, it is already possible to call many features over Locus API. Not all of course, but I'm willing to add another option. In the case of Wikipedia, it is more complicated as I seriously think about its removal. Wikipedia content is already partially integrated into our LoPoints and the question is, what is missing ...
Hello druki,
interesting idea. It is, anyway, too complex to do over some UI editor.
Solution? Using the "Tasker" app (or similar) is the way. Currently, it is already possible to call many features over Locus API. Not all of course, but I'm willing to add another option. In the case of Wikipedia, it is more complicated as I seriously think about its removal. Wikipedia content is already partially integrated into our LoPoints and the question is, what is missing ...
@Andrew: I see no possibility to change the right side panel to have two different searches (one for each preset). It is even not possible to select the details for the search at adding the functin button for search. Maybe I missed this feature?
@Menion: Sorry, I don't prefer to deal with an other app to have quick access for diferent searches/route planings.
About the Wikipedia search: Yes, Wikipedia Links are often integrated in Lopoints, but the search for geotagged wikipedia articles is more effective as a LoPoints search, because Wikipedia focuses on "more relevant, important" locations. If I use a LoPoint Search for a category, I will get only relevant results for only one category like "culture & tourismus" which does not include i.e. mountain peaks (as they are under category nature) or religious locations (as they are their own categoy). On the other hand... if I search for LoPoints of all categories, there are tot much other Points that are not relevant to me like busstops, banks, accomodation etc.
Therefore Wikipedia search offers the best results of searching for special locations worth to visit in a holiday.
Maybe the search could be improved (to support a set of categories), but this should (and has been) a different story ;-)
I would love to see dedicated specialized functions instead of a function that needs to be configured during the usecase. Could it be possible to have additional "hardcoded" search buttons for the different types of searches and additional "hardcoded" buttons for different types of route planing? With additional I mean the existing configurabe function buttons can exist furthermore to make users happy that love to do the configuratin at the usecase and the additional buttons provide ready to use configured functions for a quick working ;-)
@Andrew: I see no possibility to change the right side panel to have two different searches (one for each preset). It is even not possible to select the details for the search at adding the functin button for search. Maybe I missed this feature?
@Menion: Sorry, I don't prefer to deal with an other app to have quick access for diferent searches/route planings.
About the Wikipedia search: Yes, Wikipedia Links are often integrated in Lopoints, but the search for geotagged wikipedia articles is more effective as a LoPoints search, because Wikipedia focuses on "more relevant, important" locations. If I use a LoPoint Search for a category, I will get only relevant results for only one category like "culture & tourismus" which does not include i.e. mountain peaks (as they are under category nature) or religious locations (as they are their own categoy). On the other hand... if I search for LoPoints of all categories, there are tot much other Points that are not relevant to me like busstops, banks, accomodation etc.
Therefore Wikipedia search offers the best results of searching for special locations worth to visit in a holiday.
Maybe the search could be improved (to support a set of categories), but this should (and has been) a different story ;-)
I would love to see dedicated specialized functions instead of a function that needs to be configured during the usecase. Could it be possible to have additional "hardcoded" search buttons for the different types of searches and additional "hardcoded" buttons for different types of route planing? With additional I mean the existing configurabe function buttons can exist furthermore to make users happy that love to do the configuratin at the usecase and the additional buttons provide ready to use configured functions for a quick working ;-)
but if "hardcoded" buttons did exist they could be linked to individual presets
but if "hardcoded" buttons did exist they could be linked to individual presets
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