@Fellfrosch, I think its a brilliant idea! Now, when we talk about main menu, would be great to get rid of all these switches on the bottom (auto-center, auto-rotate, auto-zoom). We do have mapview buttons that we could use for all of them.

So, for mapview buttons:


Autocenter: I would suggest to have single tap to center and if the second tap will come in a short period of time (3 seconds?), then to center automatically. Next tap would release from autocenter.

For discoverability, I can add a short notification that would suggest to tap once more for autocenter.

For showing that autocenter is enabled, there are 2 options: add small "A" (to the right top, for example) or keep the button recessed. I think keeping button recessed (bit gray and such), while intuitive, will look ugly. So, I do prefer to have "A" or some other indicator instead.

For autozoom: you can enable it by tapping on scale. Not many probably know it, since there are not much in UI suggesting it.

Again, to show that autozoom is enabled, I can add small "A" on the top right.

To indicate that such switch is possible, notifications can be added to suggest autozoom tap (works only when autocenter works). So, 2 notifications for discoverability are needed: one suggesting to press on scale for autozoom when autocenter is enabled and one stating that autozoom requires autocenter (when user presses on scale but without autocenter enabled).


Autorotate: I would suggest to keep it as it is. Although, question is whether it would be better for users to have the same "A" indicator when enabled.

Thoughts?