I have been very busy making the app more usable and implemented much feedback from the early users. Changes of the past 10 or so days are:
Phone optimizations:
The app can show your position on the map, making the app handy for searching accommodations during your trip! (you are asked for location permissions of they are not enabled).
Added a visor button that "flies" to your location to show accommodations in your vicinity.
The menu collapses into a hamburger menu on small screens (also small PC screens) and shows a nice slide-in menu panel if clicked.
The mobile experience has been further enhanced by detaching submit and donation pages into separate ones. The main page now focuses on the search filter and map. The page was simply too long for usage on small screens.
A "Navigate to" button has been placed on the accommodation details page. On PC it loads Google maps, on Android and iOS you can choose your navigation app of preference.
Overall:
The search on keywords is expanded with the names of important areas and natural parcs. If you search on "Eifel", know area names with "Eifel" in the name are presented in a drop down box. If you click one, OSM is queried for a bounding box around that area, and all accommodations with coördinates within that box are filtered. This way owners do not need to maintain this parameter.
Addition of accommodation type "Holiday Rental"
Option for anonymous submitting (without email address, nickname still for you to make up )
The submit form is enhanced to accept Google Maps coordinate pairs in one field, just in case auto geolocation does not work.
Added a separate tab on the "How-it-works" page, to clarify some options
We added diverse sharing options for social media. On Android and iOS the system share drawer can be used for sharing through whatever app you use.
A new amenity tag is introduced: "Biker specialized". This one is hidden on the filter page, but a 3-way toggle is introduced. All = yeah... all...! Biker Special = only accommodations targeted specifically at bikers, and "Mixed Clientele", if you are looking for a biker friendly accommodation, but rather not one that advertises explicitly as such (not all riders fancy large groups of bikers).
I am especially proud of the way the web-application handles phone screens now, which was not even a thought when I started this platform! Check it out, share your favorite accommodations and help the biker community. Much appreciated!
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