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Posts: 11 | Thanked: 0 times | Joined on Apr 2006
#94
Ok, now that everybody has said theyr opinnions i might as well give mine.

If you think about the start of this software, and where everybody wants it to lead. Youre two different groups, the other one wants loads of information and customizability with a good UI that gpsdrive doesnt offer at the moment. And the other one wants simple application that does the thing he wants easily and without too much information. And if you think about it, these two things cannot co-exist.

Unless you re-desing the whole application, what i propose to this point, is make somekind of advanced option, click advanced details on and the software could give you loads of different information and configuration options, leave it off and it simply does what its meant to do for the little people, as a mapping software with gps integration.

Ofcourse, the guy () who started this whole thing is the one who decides what is the direction Maemo-mapper is heading. And if someone wants something else, derive your own software from mapper, isnt this the point of OpenSoftware ?

Of course, i dont like the idea of two seperate software, because i have allways seen this as a flaw of OpenSoftware that hinders the evolution of every software.

I like mapper as its now, but these are my wishes for the future of the software.

A route planner in the software that works simply by clicks (as google-maps street data doesnt work in my country).

A simple window that replaces the map and shows the user all the gps data in raw format, the signal strength, how many satellites you have a fix and suchs details.

Lastly, thanks for a great piece of software, i love it truly and i dont even have a gps locator yet, planning to get one soon but this software just rocks even though i dont have one! And if possible, when you desice the future of the software, please try to keep it simple enough for the end users as i think it was meant to.