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I'm not sure copying the controls from google maps is a good thing, I've always hated them, for me they're incredibly frustrating to use. It could simply be tha
by mattmanser 12y ago
I'm not sure copying the controls from google maps is a good thing, I've always hated them, for me they're incredibly frustrating to use. It could simply be that I'm so used to FPS controls so they feel too uncanny valley. But I've had years to get used to them and they still feel awkward.
I appreciate it could just be a personal thing, I've never asked anyone else what they think, but I seem to regularly accidentally look up because click to location often competes with viewport manipulation, you then can't get it 'level' which is mildly OCD annoying and the controls also feel backwards as you have to pull right to go left, pull down to look up, etc. Also the sensitivity of up/down seems exaggerated to left/right, but probably because it's windowed, I actually don't know.
I can't describe very well what's wrong, it just generally 'feels' wrong.
Google aren't exactly known for their UIs and as far as I can remember that control system was their first go at doing it and they've never changed it.