I added two features to the mobile map page.
The first is simple - it now remembers your map size preference using a cookie, so if you visit on a PDA you can select the size you want and it'll remember. (If you have cookies disabled it should just remember within the session, but I haven't actually tested it.)
The second is actually useful - search! This is handy when you have a PDA at your disposal but not a full desktop computer and want to check on something. For example, I'm reading Gateway to the Stars (a Traveller novel) right now and I wanted to see if places they referenced were on the map. (They aren't.)
The UX is a little clunky. Suggestions? Split it into two pages? Put search results at the top?
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This is very cool, however I tried this on a Treo 700W and had some issues:
The Search/Jump capabilities did not work.
You can't zoom out to the entire Galaxy view.
It would be nice to have a drop down listing the views available.
Thanks for the feedback.
- Search/Jump - what doesn't work? What search terms did you try? What didn't happen that you expected, or happened that you didn't expect?
- Zoom out all the way - yeah, I have the same zoom limits for mobile as I do for the full version, but obviously the viewport is smaller. I'll ponder this.
- Drop-down listing the views - zoom levels? Obviously in a mobile form factor you want to reduce the UI as much as possible I'll ponder this too.
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