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Re: Show HN: I made a little tool to practice country positions on the world map

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Post by gulabjamun »

Very nice. But a few issues.

1. The incorrect messages disappears too quickly. And it appears slightly off the screen (I am on a MBP 15"). It should persist.

2. There is no zoom for Europe. I tried using Mediterranean. So when asked to show Estonia, I can't even get to the NW European states without scrolling. Which means that the incorrect message will never be seen.

Similarly, asked for Guernsey had to zoom in but it selected Jersey. No amount of zooming will let me select from the two. It becomes grainy.

Re: Show HN: I made a little tool to practice country positions on the world map

#12

Post by blackbrokkoli »

gulabjamun wrote: post #11

Very nice. But a few issues. 1. The incorrect messages disappears too quickly. And it appears slightly off the screen (I am on a MBP 15"). It should persist. 2. There is no zoom for Europe. I tried using Mediterranean. So when asked to show Estonia, I can't even get to the NW European states without scrolling. Which means that the incorrect message will never be seen. Similarly, asked for Guernsey had to zoom in but…

Thank you for your feedback!

You should be able to pan the map as well, so you may get to Estonia after all ;)

Definitely forgot that not everyone has large laptop screens though, absolutely fair.

Re: Show HN: I made a little tool to practice country positions on the world map

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Post by blackbrokkoli »

MrBodangles wrote: post #9
frfl wrote: post #2

The UI could use some work, it's functional, but some polish would improve the overall appearance and user experience. It's a nice game, not to take anything away from that, but looks like it was made in the 90s/00s rather than this decade :) Perhaps take a look at various Map websites, Google, MapQuest, Bing, OpenStreetMaps, a fullscreen interface where you can zoom and pan easily would be more user friendly

The simplistic design of the UI is great. It just needs a better UX (especially mobile).

Neumorphism is funny - people either love it or hate it. No in-between.

Thank you both for the input, definitely agree on the mobile UX.

Re: Show HN: I made a little tool to practice country positions on the world map

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Post by blackbrokkoli »

tagawa wrote: post #7
tagawa wrote: post #6

Nice! I enjoyed playing it. One bit of feedback – the "Include Tiny Countries" toggle seems to have the same appearance in both states, so I'm not sure which is on and which is off.

Also, a bit more contrast between sea and land would be nice. Around the Mediterranean especially, I find it really hard to tell which is which.

Thanks for both your comments, very valuable! I'll put it on the TODO.

Re: Show HN: I made a little tool to practice country positions on the world map

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Post by blackbrokkoli »

nerdbert wrote: post #4

Caribbean is too annoying. I know exactly where an island is but can't figure out which of three nearly overlapping circles is the right one.

Hard agree, I wish they would move the islands a bit further apart!

No, you are absolutely right of course...I'm still figuring out how to get that working nicely...if you have any specific ideas for the UX of clicking the small islands feel free to share.

Re: Show HN: I made a little tool to practice country positions on the world map

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Post by blackbrokkoli »

frfl wrote: post #2

The UI could use some work, it's functional, but some polish would improve the overall appearance and user experience. It's a nice game, not to take anything away from that, but looks like it was made in the 90s/00s rather than this decade :) Perhaps take a look at various Map websites, Google, MapQuest, Bing, OpenStreetMaps, a fullscreen interface where you can zoom and pan easily would be more user friendly

A fullscreen interface is an interesting idea, thank you!

I bit my teeth on how to make this fun on mobile and small screens especially (and then gave up)...copying something like gMaps more closely may just be the move.

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