Map title space waste and tapping.
The map is called MIX200-EuropeSouth.
The words "Online", "Offline" and "Vector" are a waste of precious screen estate. Kill them, or at least put them somewhere at the end. Most important is always the map name, so this should come first. Something like this would be correct:
MIX200-EuropeSouth
(9 | 100% | offline)
Great Britan
(10 | 150% | vector)
Google Maps
(14 | 100% | online)
Do not let Android truncate "MIX200-EuropeSouth" into "MIX200..." if "MIX200-Europe..." would also fit.
As for usage: Single tap opens a configuration menu. This is wrong. A single tap on a maps name should do something useful with maps, eg open the quick map selector.
Single tap when GPS data is shown could open the GPS screen.
etc.
A long tap can open your configuration popup menu thingy.
I like this idea 
Hi,
I`m sure that this all is about taste and you cannot say that everyone want this ...
because
1. I don`t care about map name. I see if I have osm map, vector map, some custom offline map etc. I care if current map is online or offline, because if I forget to switch to offline when I`m out of home, it`s problem, so it`s the main thing I care
2. what you do in your idea? You only switched lines, so is this so helpful?
3. specific action when tapping on top panel is really a bad idea I think. The idea behind this panel, is just for quick information. There is currently 7 possibilities, so every will do different action? Quite confusing. Just now, tap, very simply show list of possible options. This is clear. Your idea is to put this list under "long-click". This will fit system on right panel buttons, but will create from this panel more confusing item on screen with unpredictable behaviour for basic users and hidden functionality (long-click is really hidden for most people)
Hi,
I`m sure that this all is about taste and you cannot say that everyone want this ...
because
1. I don`t care about map name. I see if I have osm map, vector map, some custom offline map etc. I care if current map is online or offline, because if I forget to switch to offline when I`m out of home, it`s problem, so it`s the main thing I care
2. what you do in your idea? You only switched lines, so is this so helpful?
3. specific action when tapping on top panel is really a bad idea I think. The idea behind this panel, is just for quick information. There is currently 7 possibilities, so every will do different action? Quite confusing. Just now, tap, very simply show list of possible options. This is clear. Your idea is to put this list under "long-click". This will fit system on right panel buttons, but will create from this panel more confusing item on screen with unpredictable behaviour for basic users and hidden functionality (long-click is really hidden for most people)
I see it differently: all other buttons in the top panel (and right panel as well) do an "action" on single tap and allow to "change their contents" on long tap. Only this info field acts completely opposite. It wants single tap for changing contents and long tap for a (useless) help text.
It`s more or less the same issue as with your points & tracks & map item lists. Even though they are in the same user interface context (data manager) and look very similar (list with items), tapping those items does three completely different things: (1) show an info window or (2) open a popup menu or (3) immediate jump to map screen.
This has not much to do with personal taste but is about interface predictability: When a user issues the same command (single tap) within the same context (panel, data manager, etc), it should behave in a comparable fashion.
As for putting the map name first and the zoom/online/whatever info later, well, that can be a matter of taste. My brain thinks "Foobarmap at Level 5 and 100%", not "Level 5 and 100% of Foobarmap". But maybe your brain thinks differently :).
I see it differently: all other buttons in the top panel (and right panel as well) do an "action" on single tap and allow to "change their contents" on long tap. Only this info field acts completely opposite. It wants single tap for changing contents and long tap for a (useless) help text.
It`s more or less the same issue as with your points & tracks & map item lists. Even though they are in the same user interface context (data manager) and look very similar (list with items), tapping those items does three completely different things: (1) show an info window or (2) open a popup menu or (3) immediate jump to map screen.
This has not much to do with personal taste but is about interface predictability: When a user issues the same command (single tap) within the same context (panel, data manager, etc), it should behave in a comparable fashion.
As for putting the map name first and the zoom/online/whatever info later, well, that can be a matter of taste. My brain thinks "Foobarmap at Level 5 and 100%", not "Level 5 and 100% of Foobarmap". But maybe your brain thinks differently :).
But hey... a properly working Quick Map Select that doesnt show useless maps from far away would be much more important than all these UI quirks :).
But hey... a properly working Quick Map Select that doesnt show useless maps from far away would be much more important than all these UI quirks :).
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