Location, location, location

[Dirk Hohndel]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:27:16AM -0300, Rodrigo Severo wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Henrik Brautaset Aronsen
> <subsurface at henrik.synth.no> wrote:
> >
> > The autocompleted "Blue Corner - Create dive site with this name" is not
> > useful IMHO.  How often would you create a new site with the exact same name
> > as one that is already existing?  I think this would only create confusion.
> 
> I agree with you but apparently this feature is considered VERY USEFUL
> by others.
> 
> I think it's not really useful because either:
> 
> 1. it's a common AND simple name like Blue Corner so why bother saving
> the trouble of retyping "Blue Corner";
> 2. it's a long and difficult to type name and so it's NOT common and
> probably won't be used twice.
> 
> IMHO, the autocomplete should always autocomplete to help select an
> already existing dive site, whenever this already existing dive site
> has GPS coordinates or not. If the user doesn't use autocomplete, a
> new dive site would be created.

And that was exactly what I had proposed. So I agree.

> And as Tomaz just mentioned:
> 
> > Well, Take a look about linus rant from yesterday, in the other location e-mail.
> > He stated that "There are many dive sites with same names, for instance "Turtle Reel" or "Blue Hole" so he wanted to
> > have a way to autocomplete the name without copying the dive site coordinates.
> 
> The examples that Linus presented that actually repeat are common,
> small and simple. (case 1 above).
> 
> That long dive site name Linus mentioned from Brazil won't ever be
> used anywhere else in the world (case 2 above).
> 
> Really, autocomplete to just get the same (small and simple) name for
> a new site is silly and confusing. Autocomplete should be restricted
> to selecting an already existing dive site (which might already have
> GPS coordinates or not).

I completely agree. If the user wants to create a new site, just type it
in. If they want to use an existing site, pick it from the auto
completion. Easy, consistent, doesn't waste screen real estate.

/D