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#Google maps traffic how to#

I mentioned that I search for the same destination often.

#Google maps traffic how to#

It’d be super fun to experiment with how to evolve this screen! Maybe it’s giving people control to set a default experience. Maybe some people only use the app in one main way, so they can get a cleaner UI when they open the app. Designers have to balance how to teach people to use features without adding even more clutter, so it’s not an easy thing to solve.Īn interesting opportunity might be researching and redesigning how to present all these options to people in a different way. For example, tapping on a location name to access more info about the location is an effectively invisible element. There are other heuristics that might fail for a new user of Google Maps, but it’s hard for me to have fresh eyes on the app.

Poor grouping - the options that are placed together don’t have a clear relationship, making it harder to know where to look to find the thing you want.

Gratuitous redundancy - there are duplicate cues for certain actions, like searching for a destination.

Information overload - there are so many choices as soon as you open the app.

That said, let’s name the issues coming up with the current approach. I know from experience: I’m a domain expert for Facebook News Feed, so I understand designing a system that has to do a LOT of different things. Listing out all of these options helps clarify how much this screen is trying to do.

The bottom nav bar helps people jump to a number of different features (“Explore”, “Go”, “Saved”, “Contribute”, “Updates”).

The bottom sheet serves people who want key info about their immediate surroundings.

The map serves people who want an overview of where they are.

The blue bent arrow icon serves people who have a specific destination in mind.The triangle icon that looks like a Star Trek symbol changes the view of the map.The names of locations serve people who want more info about a specific place.The category pills (“Restaurants”, “Gas”, “Groceries”) serve people who have a specific type of search in mind.The search bar at the top serves people who have a specific destination in mind.This screen is trying to do a “traffic control” job, giving people different options to serve different needs.