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Often, I will search for a string such as "Cost"; I'll probably be referring to Costco, but in the map, it will also show me results for Cost Plus World Market,
by gervase 8y ago
Often, I will search for a string such as "Cost"; I'll probably be referring to Costco, but in the map, it will also show me results for Cost Plus World Market, for example. If I'm only looking at pins, I can't see the names without clicking on each pin, which isn't really feasible in the middle of driving. However, in the list, it's easy to differentiate between the two, in addition to by distance (since that's the information the list shows).
Conversely, if I'm on the way somewhere, and I want to add a stop using the "add stop" feature, such as a gas station, then it sorts by the amount of extra time it will add for each stop, as well as showing the pins on the map. Since I don't really care where I go, as long as I get gas, this seems like a reasonable compromise. (It also puts the gas prices on the map, which is nice.)
However, perhaps I am a happy-path user, or have been trained over time to use the application as the developers intended. Regardless, the current behavior works well for me.
- danShumway 8y ago> which isn't really feasible in the middle of driving. That makes a lot of sense to me. I typically only use my GPS while walking, but now I'm thinking of a use case where I couldn't stop for a few seconds and pan around the map with a finger, and I think I would want a list in that scenario.