Thread: Maemo Mapper v0.2 Released
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armin is offline armin
2006-05-29 , 08:24
Posts: 39 | Thanked: 13 times | Joined on May 2006 @ Bonn, Germany
#49
Originally Posted by gnuite
Also, I added armin's "previous two center points define the default top-left/bottom-right points in Download-By-Area" patch. I don't use it personally, and in fact I find it a little annoying to have to delete the defaults in order to replace them with my own values
Maybe we could add a button to clear the input fields.
Originally Posted by gnuite
(not to mention that it's unintuitive),
I aggree. Visually selecting the rectangle with a rubber-band would be more intuitive.

But if you consider, how I used Download Area before my patch (set the view center to the upper left of imaginary rectangle, then go to Menu -> Maps -> Download Area, note down current view point latitude and longitude on a piece of paper, press Cancel, now set the view center to the lower right of the imaginary rectangle, again go to Menu -> Maps -> Download Area, type in the two values you noted down before, and the two values that constitute the current view center, optionally select Zoom levels to download, press OK), then it becomes clear, that my patch simply automates this terribly time consuming and error-prone action sequence and gets rid of the pencil and paper.
Originally Posted by gnuite
but let's see how others feel about it. Does anybody actually use armin's patch? Should I keep it as the default behavior? Or maybe add a secret button in the corner (like the pi symbol from The Net) that would populate the fields with those values?
Starting with empty input fields and having a button that fills in the two last view center coordinates as default values would be good. The other way around - always fill in the last two view center coordinates as default values and have a button to clear the fields would be better.
Originally Posted by kutibah
Personally, I think this feature should be defaulted. It's much easier than having to write down the first lat/lot and then put it back in after doing the other corner. So yes, I believe it is a necessary feature. Thanks once again!
This was exactly my motivation.