Using Scenic as Newbie
Quote from Rallebiker on 23.08.2020, 13:36Hello,
I had a lot of time to try out 'Scenic' during my holidays in the south of France and my personal conclusion is that I will only use this app as an emergency app at the moment.
Why? For a beginner much too complicated and overloaded!
I want to enter a destination, maybe with stops, very simply and start driving.
Scenic runs on a new iPhone, so really no slow processor.
Here are a few points that really bother me:
- In the picture I have the wheel leaning against an iPod,
which takes up quite a bit of space.
- I enter a destination, it is asked again if I want to go there - what for?
In the vertical view I can still click on the small check mark to confirm, in the horizontal view not, because it is hidden!
Then it says 'efficient' as routing mode.
Ok, what is this? Yes, I read, less crossings.... but that doesn't work at all!
Send me from a route that passes a place, through this place and then back to the same route again? Or with a road machine over small gravel roads to finally lead back to the road you were on before - so completely unnecessary!
- The automatic zooming also works very badly.
If I have to turn somewhere, then I have to zoom in. Now there are really great examples: In my opinion, the best way to do this is to use the navigation app "Magic Earth", which automatically zooms in close and from 3D to 2D when turning.
- The display on the screen is much too slow,
and it is not due to OSM, because the maps use other navigation apps as well.
I am almost through a curve, then the routing arrow is only at the beginning of the curve.
I am passing the turning point, then I am shown that I should turn there?!
- The recalculation is endlessly slow and then there is still the word 'recalculation' and blocks the screen.
- I enter a destination, have to confirm it again, enter another waypoint, it asks if it should be added to the route, I confirm this and now I see two points on the map on the screen, but no route! What's that all about?
And unfortunately many more things.
Excuse me, I am German and our state administration with its complexity is one of the worst things you can wish for. Unfortunately I have the impression that something similar happened with Scenic.
For the time being I will continue to drive my Garmin with OSM cards, which works perfectly far into Turkey.Regards
Rallebiker
Hello,
I had a lot of time to try out 'Scenic' during my holidays in the south of France and my personal conclusion is that I will only use this app as an emergency app at the moment.
Why? For a beginner much too complicated and overloaded!
I want to enter a destination, maybe with stops, very simply and start driving.
Scenic runs on a new iPhone, so really no slow processor.
Here are a few points that really bother me:
- In the picture I have the wheel leaning against an iPod,
which takes up quite a bit of space.
- I enter a destination, it is asked again if I want to go there - what for?
In the vertical view I can still click on the small check mark to confirm, in the horizontal view not, because it is hidden!
Then it says 'efficient' as routing mode.
Ok, what is this? Yes, I read, less crossings.... but that doesn't work at all!
Send me from a route that passes a place, through this place and then back to the same route again? Or with a road machine over small gravel roads to finally lead back to the road you were on before - so completely unnecessary!
- The automatic zooming also works very badly.
If I have to turn somewhere, then I have to zoom in. Now there are really great examples: In my opinion, the best way to do this is to use the navigation app "Magic Earth", which automatically zooms in close and from 3D to 2D when turning.
- The display on the screen is much too slow,
and it is not due to OSM, because the maps use other navigation apps as well.
I am almost through a curve, then the routing arrow is only at the beginning of the curve.
I am passing the turning point, then I am shown that I should turn there?!
- The recalculation is endlessly slow and then there is still the word 'recalculation' and blocks the screen.
- I enter a destination, have to confirm it again, enter another waypoint, it asks if it should be added to the route, I confirm this and now I see two points on the map on the screen, but no route! What's that all about?
And unfortunately many more things.
Excuse me, I am German and our state administration with its complexity is one of the worst things you can wish for. Unfortunately I have the impression that something similar happened with Scenic.
For the time being I will continue to drive my Garmin with OSM cards, which works perfectly far into Turkey.
Regards
Rallebiker
Quote from Guido on 24.08.2020, 10:11Thanks for the extensive feedback. I appreciate you taking the time to write this down.
I am working on Scenic 3 at the moment, in which I am changing to a new map and routing provider. This will address a lot of your points. Other points are UI and UX related for which I appreciate your opinion. While I don't agree with all of it you do make valid observations and understand that things can be more intuitive. I have added your points to the list for Scenic 3 and will make sure to address (most of) them over time.
All the best,
Guido
Thanks for the extensive feedback. I appreciate you taking the time to write this down.
I am working on Scenic 3 at the moment, in which I am changing to a new map and routing provider. This will address a lot of your points. Other points are UI and UX related for which I appreciate your opinion. While I don't agree with all of it you do make valid observations and understand that things can be more intuitive. I have added your points to the list for Scenic 3 and will make sure to address (most of) them over time.
All the best,
Guido
Quote from Rallebiker on 24.08.2020, 11:19Hello Guido,
thank you for your friendly reply.
Regards
Rallebiker
Hello Guido,
thank you for your friendly reply.
Regards
Rallebiker
