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UX: it takes too many taps to get to sector topos, painful to navigte between sectors

This is on Android.

It takes too many taps to end up with sector topos. When I open a crag, the first likely option is “View routes”, but the sector topos are not there. One can open a route, and here is good stuff, I can now view all the photos of the routes and zoom them in, that’s really nice! From here I can get to the picture of the sector, nice. Then, getting back to the main page of the crag, there’s the section with “view topos” button. If I click a picture, it will take me to the sector, but I have no way of knowing what sector it’s going to be. If I click “View topos”, I get to the list of sectors, which makes it easy to select the sector, but I find that an extra step in my typical use case of just wanting to find the topos. I suggest adding a label with the sector name to the photos on the main page, so one can open the wanted sector directly from there.

OK, now I have finally managed to open the sectory view. Typically I want to scroll through the sectorys quickly when I arrive. I can use the arrow keys to change between the photos, but I can no longer move between the sectors using the arrows. Darn. Maybe I can click the sector name? No? So to change the sector I need to press back to get back to the sector list and select the new sector from there. That’s painful. Pressing from the sector name is a painful solution as well, as I need to move my finger and think about sectors when moving on. I suggest moving from sector to the next using the same arrow keys as with changing the photos, but adding a some kind of visual hint underlining the fact that I have now moved to the topos of the next sector.

Just quick first impressions. Looks really promising, good job!

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  • Eliot Heath

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    May 26

    Absolutely agree with this, this is the worst thing about the new app. I find myself navigating in circles all the time. The current distinction between Topo overview, Spots, and Premium Topos, as well as the different tabs at the bottom of the app is extremely unintuitive. This is especially noticeable when browsing routes in the To Do list. I look at a route, I select the Spot, which then takes me to the Map tab, at this point I can’t go back without starting again from the To Do list. This is also noticeable when sorting all routes in the Topo overview, once you select the Spot you reset the navigation history.

  • Juuso O

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    Apr 5

    totally agree