The turn-by-turn car navigation in Locus has been slightly improved in 2.12.1 (thanks for that), however one big "pain in ass" (sorry for being so straight) still remains:
At the moment when I leave the calculated route (it makes no difference whether by mistake or on purpose) Locus starts recalculation. It is obvious it is going to take some time but what is the most unpleasant at the moment is the fact I cannot see the map and my position in it because of the window announcing a new route is being calculated ...
Is that really so hard to solve and to programme another way of announcement (e.g. a blinking icon in the corner) giving the user CONTINUOUS information about his/her position in the map ??
This really makes me hit the roof ! Sometimes Locus tries to lead me through unusable way (I know Locus itself is not to blame - it only tells me what it has been told by the internet server) which gets me under pressure and forces me to make a quick decision about my way and at this crucial moment when I do need to see the map most, it keeps calculating and calculating ... GRRR ! :@ :-)
At the moment when I leave the calculated route (it makes no difference whether by mistake or on purpose) Locus starts recalculation. It is obvious it is going to take some time but what is the most unpleasant at the moment is the fact I cannot see the map and my position in it because of the window announcing a new route is being calculated ...
Is that really so hard to solve and to programme another way of announcement (e.g. a blinking icon in the corner) giving the user CONTINUOUS information about his/her position in the map ??
This really makes me hit the roof ! Sometimes Locus tries to lead me through unusable way (I know Locus itself is not to blame - it only tells me what it has been told by the internet server) which gets me under pressure and forces me to make a quick decision about my way and at this crucial moment when I do need to see the map most, it keeps calculating and calculating ... GRRR ! :@ :-)
Menion, Official Rep
Hello Celda,
it's not about "Is that really so hard to solve and to programme another way" ... it's about, "hey menion, focus on what's important" ;)
You or anyone other, already asked for this right? I slightly remember it, but there is need to write me again and again, sometimes ...
I currently do not want to add on screen another loading circle etc. so there will be only a small notification about start and end of recalculation. We'll see how it will work in next version
so idea implemented.
it's not about "Is that really so hard to solve and to programme another way" ... it's about, "hey menion, focus on what's important" ;)
You or anyone other, already asked for this right? I slightly remember it, but there is need to write me again and again, sometimes ...
I currently do not want to add on screen another loading circle etc. so there will be only a small notification about start and end of recalculation. We'll see how it will work in next version
so idea implemented.
>it's not about "Is that really so hard to solve and to programme another way" ... >it's about, "hey menion, focus on what's important" ;)
Yes, it was me who has already bothered you with this in another thread. You then promised to do some global changes to car navigation - and you did them but this one was not amongst them. I really didn't know whether you had just forgotten about this wish or whether there was some principal problem (like Locus cannot show the position in the map while recalculating the route.)
>so idea implemented.
Great ! I just don't want to believe that what was so essential could be repaired so easily ! Looking forward to further testing ! :-)
Yes, it was me who has already bothered you with this in another thread. You then promised to do some global changes to car navigation - and you did them but this one was not amongst them. I really didn't know whether you had just forgotten about this wish or whether there was some principal problem (like Locus cannot show the position in the map while recalculating the route.)
>so idea implemented.
Great ! I just don't want to believe that what was so essential could be repaired so easily ! Looking forward to further testing ! :-)
Menion, Official Rep
"so easily" ... this is something I always heard from my wife, after full-day fight with some bug - "you fixed is so easily?" :))
and you're welcome (both)
and you're welcome (both)
However, this must have been much easier than for example making two one-thread processes parallel (which I was afraid of), mustn't it ?
P.S. Nevertheless, even that is sometimes still easier than understending our wives ... :-)
P.S. Nevertheless, even that is sometimes still easier than understending our wives ... :-)
