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> Give a range that makes clear how uncertain the location is. In fairness to Find My, it tries to do this already. A light blue circle surrounding the item sh
by neilalexander 4y ago
> Give a range that makes clear how uncertain the location is.
In fairness to Find My, it tries to do this already. A light blue circle surrounding the item shows the estimated precision of the location. I suspect there are people that don't interpret it that way and instead just go to where the icon in the centre of the circle is.
- toss1 4y agoUmm, that blue circle could easily be interpreted as a larger circle display to make the point-location easier to see. There's nothing visible that would indicate otherwise. Especially in the context of a "Find My Thing" app., when users are already in an anxious state when opening it. The actual accuracy/uncertainty MUST be displayed. "Point X with uncertainty of 10 meters" vs. "Within 3km of Cell Tower Y" vs. "Point X somewhere in Texas" are all way the hell different. Those differences must be emphasized at first-order priority in the UI to any user of sub-average intelligence who is already in a stressed state of mind. This is the most basic human factors engineering - recognize what your user is attempting to do, how they are attempting to do it and under what conditions (e.g., stressed, time pressure, etc.), then design to minimize their workload to actually achieve their goal. "But I displayed the data!" is not enough. This is a hard fail.