Font for the distance to the next turn to smal

[BFG]

@ErikMatthezing said:

Most healthy young people will not have a problem with this.

You misunderstand. I'm not referring to an eye problem, it's how all vision works. In a perfectly healthy and young human, like a fighter pilot, refocusing take time. It might be fractions of a second, but it's enough that companies invest hundreds of millions in solving it. It's just that it doesn't normally factor in personal vehicles.

The situation for personal vehicles is to ensure text is readable in everyone's peripheral vision, without the need to refocus. That is what we do in the vehicle design industry. It's highly documented, e.g.:

ISO 15008:2017
ISO 4513
MIL-M-18012B
NHTSA Visual-Manual Driver Distraction Guidelines

There is even a minimum pt size for fonts in the Android Automotive OS Design Guidelines

[Daniel 7]

@Con-Hennekens said:

@richard-3v, but it does... along with a "next waypoint" tile.
It's in the public update to v5.1, 3 weeks ago
https://forum.myrouteapp.com/post/77330

The screenshots of MyRoute-App running on Android Auto—from the link you provided—look very promising. In my opinion, they’ve handled the font size issue exceptionally well there. That could be the ideal solution for me. The only downside is that the Carpuride unfortunately doesn't have a built-in battery. I’m not too keen on that aspect.

[Con Hennekens]

@Daniel-7, It's not just promising, it's already available in the last public update

[Daniel 7]

@Con-Hennekens said:

@Daniel-7, It's not just promising, it's already available in the last public update

I have been an MRA user for a very long time, and back in the day, I purchased the Lifetime version for both components (the Web Planner and Navigation). Until now, however, I have only used the MRA Web Planner to plan my routes for my TomTom Rider 400. My intention was to use my ruggedized smartphone as an alternative device for MRA Navigation—something I recently put to the test. However, I found that the display showing the distance to the next turn instruction was simply too small on my smartphone screen. I can read this information without any trouble on my TomTom Rider 400, but not when using MRA Navigation on my phone. I have since noticed, though, that this information is displayed in a larger format when using Android Auto. To take advantage of that, however, I would need to acquire yet another new device (a Carpuride unit).

[richard 3v]

@Con-Hennekens Ooops, indeed it does. My apologies for posting duff information

[richtea999]

Here's one I mocked up 3 years ago exactly as you suggested:
https://forum.myrouteapp.com/topic/4307/suggestions-for-next-turn-box

Still looking foward to it!

[Herman Veldhuizen]

I fully support the idea. The size of the text in the ETA box has also been up for discussion.
And yes I know this is a boring thing to do for developers. But it can help to make the app usable on different devices when done right.
more settings isnt a problem as long as they are easy to understand and sensibly grouped.

[Daniel 7]

@richtea999 said:

Here's one I mocked up 3 years ago exactly as you suggested:
https://forum.myrouteapp.com/topic/4307/suggestions-for-next-turn-box

Still looking foward to it!

It is a shame that nothing has been done about this problem in the three years since your post. Apparently, listening to individual users and their issues is not a high enough priority for the myRoute development team.

[Daniel 7]

@Corjan-Meijerink
It would be great if someone from the myRoute team could comment on this.

[Rob Verhoeff]

@Daniel-7 It’s vacation season. There will be for sure no awnser the next 14 days!