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Avare Aviation GPS for Android
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Rename Simulation in Navigate/Simulation button #231

Open pasniak opened 8 years ago

pasniak commented 8 years ago

(branched from #227). The name "Simulation" for this mode is not clear. It has "development" flavor. What it does is disconnects on-screen location updates (moving map) from the GPS: // In sim mode, set location to destination or last known location // In navigate mode, leave location to GPS location, or last known location

It solves annoying problem (for example Osmand has it) of the map moving while the user is trying to look ahead. It also keeps GPS running and avoids reacquiring GPS lock.

In Google Maps once the user zooms out of current position, "Re-Center" button appears; one click on it sets back Navigate mode. I personally like this behavior as it requires 1 press to enter the mode and 1 press to exit (Avare: 2 presses for both). And the button is not cluttering GUI until it is needed.

@JohnW4SBA:

I agree another word would be more intuitive, but like you don't know what it would be. Pan is already taken. It needs to be a short word to fit on phone screens. Non-GPS would be no more clear for newbies, and of course any change will annoy some established users.

Current Ideas:

"GPS-independent" mode or "Lock position"

"Pause" [as in "Pause Navigation"] "Pause scroll"

JohnW4SBA commented 8 years ago

"Pause" [as in "Pause Navigation"] "Pause scroll"

Too long imo. Please try to imagine that button on a phone screen. If big enough font to be readable, it would take full width in portrait mode.

How about buttons with a GPS icon of some sort (globe? satellite? tiny version of our current Center symbol?) that would be color for the Active GPS follow and Passive for retention of GPS lock with current Sim behavior? Next to the icon would be Act/Pass as abbreviations of Active and Passive GPS. This might be slightly more intuitive than Nav/Sim for newbies and pique their curiosity enough to read the Help info (and tip) about it. Once used, it's intuitive and the text label refreshes memory for infrequent users.

How about +Follow / -Follow? The word is short and perhaps more intuitive.

JohnW4SBA commented 8 years ago

"Pause" [as in "Pause Navigation"] "Pause scroll"

Everyone has used a DVR. How about having the button use the standard Play/Pause icons? The text could then be Resume/Pause; Follow/Pause; Active/Pause; GoGPS/PauseGPS (leaving out the space both shortens the text and points up the unique nature of the function); or some other short word to toggle from Pause.

pasniak commented 8 years ago

As much as I like play/pause icons they are already used for the plan button activate. But right now the text is "Navigate" and proposed "Pause" is shorter?

Imho "Follow/Pause" is good. Better than "Simulate" ;)

I described functionality to my non-flying friend and she mentioned Pause too...

pballer2oo7 commented 7 years ago

what about GPS On and GPS Standby?