Annyoing usability issue with tracks (different places for re-route menu)

Olaf Siemens shared this problem 20 days ago
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Here is an issue that has annoyed me for years already:


When you select a track from the tracks & points database, the re-route menu is directly accessible via the lower menu "bar" (far right button).

However, when you tap on a track in the map, there is a new button for the waypoint and the button for re-route moves to the three point menu.


Re-routing is one of functions I use most and I constantly click on the wrong button because this functions moves depending on how I got to the tracks screen.


Please make the re-route stay in one place!

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I've learnt to live with it, but it's inconsistent.

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Me too. I'm a huge fan of LocusMap and do not want to let the occasion slip to make it even a little better for me and others.

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Hi guys,

we understand your point of view. But at the moment, we have no better idea where to put the "trackpoint" button so as not to move the "reroute" button to the submenu. We'll definitely think about it.

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menu & tools when track selected from library (LHS) & map (RHS)

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Here's an opportunity to solve 2 "inconsistencies" - note the "i" button (track info) is only available for a selected track from the map - move the "i" button/ function to the tools menu, and add an "i" button/ function to the tools menu for selection within library. This frees up 1 icon space for row with map, to which the Re-route button can be added. Buttons, menu & tools are then consistent.

(I thought I already had a topic about the "i" button but can't find it) but to find the end time of a recorded track, the only means I know is via this "i" button function. Tedious. Having access to this function from the library at least means you don't need to make the track visible, go back to the map, tap "i", get details, then hide again.

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The “i” button shouldn't be in the submenu. It needs to be easily accessible. That's what a lot of users wanted back then.

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I have no issues with that - so add it to the bottom row of buttons for inside Library when a track is selected too where it is even more useful but currently not available (as explained)!! But 1 button still has to move from the bottom row to the menu if the buttons are to be consistent with the two methods of access; I don't care which. There shouldn't be a difference/ inconsistency.

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The "i" button is not "track info". It displays a panel with information about the particular trackpoint you tapped on the map. This has to be in the first level for easy accessibility.

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trackpoint info <> track info, semantics? I think this terminology is off topic, but/and why isn't the "track info" available with buttons in the library when a track is selected then? it was about having the same button Re-route in the same place for 2 use-cases but the "track info" button is only in 1; it was just a suggestion how to improve consistency when fixed # of button positions

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There is a major difference between "track info" and "trackpoint info". The track point info doesn't refer to the whole track but only the one track point, its coords, distance, time and elevation from/to the track start/end:

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When you open a track from the library, you open it as a whole. When you tap the track on the map, you tap it on a particular trackpoint for which the users need the info.

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It could work the same way; I don't see the distinction really; I only use "trackpoint info" to tap on the last point or more generally use the fast forward button, to find out the end timestamp, as there is no other way to obtain this info. But it's a digression from the topic in terms of Re-route button placement.

(tedious) use-case

  • tap on library button
  • select folder...
  • set track visibility
  • return to map
  • tap on track
  • tap on "i"
  • fast forward to end point
  • drag up to see the date/time
  • exit
  • tap on track
  • hide

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