Fruits of our hackday are here!
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Fruits of our hackday are here! CoMaps for Linux (including phones) is now on Flathub.
Huge thanks to Radek (riadok)!
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@mobilni_linux_cs_sk
> including phonesI mean, it'll run on a phone sure, but it _won't_ be a mobile friendly app at all. The desktop app is very much desktop focussed and has a different use-case than the Android app. Sadly we'll be missing out on an actual mobile app...
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@bart You're right. That said, I've been using the OrganicMaps for quite a while, reducing problems by making the font size smaller (to avoid UI elements going of screen due to map download suggestions, see https://linuxphoneapps.org/apps/app.organicmaps.desktop/#notice).
Additionally, if dialog buttons (Route from, Add stop, ...) would be placed vertically instead of horizontically, it could be even more useful (see screenshot for what I mean)
@mobilni_linux_cs_sk Great work, thanks! -
@linmob @bart @mobilni_linux_cs_sk
There was some work to make @organicmaps mobile friendly. -
@dubstar_04 I am aware of that grant, but I have never found a branch with code or something like that, did you? @bart @mobilni_linux_cs_sk @organicmaps
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@linmob @mobilni_linux_cs_sk I mean, c'mon that looks terrible
No way anyone would be happy using that on mobile. We really need this stuff to work well and look great out of the box, otherwise we'll always remain a niche.
Luckily there are some proper mobile navigation apps out there like Osmin and Pure Maps. They have their own usability issues imo but they're atm way better than this. -
@bart I know. And yet I prefer it sometimes over other offline maps apps (PureMaps, Osmin) because OrganicMaps/CoMaps comparatively are very readable and small and size. So even as it is, it has a use case.
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@linmob @mobilni_linux_cs_sk I don't think I'll ever understand that but you do you of course
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@bart I am just old. I grew up navigating through cities with paper maps (and the nightmarish folding and unfolding), finding my position by looking up streetnames and their map quadrants.
The first phone that could have done some navigation for me was the T-Mobile G1 with Google Maps - I was 23 when I got it - just having a point telling me where I was on the map was so exciting!
Till today I rarely look for a route, I just mark or make a mental note of the point I am going to, and that's enough - and thus, Organic Maps/CoMaps in their current state on #LinuxMobile get the job done for me. They have an appealing representation of streets, building, trees, and such - and that matters a lot to make a map useful to me.
