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Updated TfL Real Time Web Page
"David Cantrell" wrote in message
k On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 04:41:52AM -0700, Neil Williams wrote: On 24 May, 13:36, MIG wrote: Is it just my screen, or is the whole map invisible apart from the closed bits? It's a very light shade of grey - could do with being made slightly darker IMO. Surely it would be better to grey out the bits that *aren't* working! The whole point of the map is to draw attention to the bits that aren't working. That way, you can quickly spot if your proposed journey is likely to be affected. |
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On 25 May, 15:41, "Recliner" wrote:
"David Cantrell" wrote in message k On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 04:41:52AM -0700, Neil Williams wrote: On 24 May, 13:36, MIG wrote: Is it just my screen, or is the whole map invisible apart from the closed bits? It's a very light shade of grey - could do with being made slightly darker IMO. Surely it would be better to grey out the bits that *aren't* working! The whole point of the map is to draw attention to the bits that aren't working. That way, you can quickly spot if your proposed journey is likely to be affected. This map doesn't give the option of toggling between the full map and the out of action bits, as the map on the main site did. What's really needed is a three-way toggle (or tick boxes), ie all/ running only/not running only, so that punters can plan a route based on what's actually running. The current version only works if you have memorised the whole map and need only know what isn't running (particularly given that the grey bits aren't even visible till you expand it so much that you can only see a tiny corner of the map). I doubt if that's true of the majority of visitors to the site, although it's fine for me. |
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On Tue, 25 May 2010, Recliner wrote:
"David Cantrell" wrote in message k On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 04:41:52AM -0700, Neil Williams wrote: On 24 May, 13:36, MIG wrote: Is it just my screen, or is the whole map invisible apart from the closed bits? It's a very light shade of grey - could do with being made slightly darker IMO. Surely it would be better to grey out the bits that *aren't* working! The whole point of the map is to draw attention to the bits that aren't working. That way, you can quickly spot if your proposed journey is likely to be affected. The trouble is that it does that by showing the line in its normal appearance. There's nothing in the image to suggest that it means brokenness. There was a brilliant format i saw a while ago that now seems to have died out where the broken bits were written as a stream of X marks: http://www.flickr.com/photos/twic/538554435/ We need something like that. Or putting a flashing orange border round the broken bits or something. tom -- uk.local groups TO BE RENAMED uk.lunatic.fringe groups |
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On 25/05/2010 15:41, Recliner wrote:
"David wrote in message k On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 04:41:52AM -0700, Neil Williams wrote: On 24 May, 13:36, wrote: Is it just my screen, or is the whole map invisible apart from the closed bits? It's a very light shade of grey - could do with being made slightly darker IMO. Surely it would be better to grey out the bits that *aren't* working! The whole point of the map is to draw attention to the bits that aren't working. That way, you can quickly spot if your proposed journey is likely to be affected. I was in a Womble station today and there were two easels side by side, one showing an Underground map with the open bits greyed out, and one showing an Overground map with the shut bits greyed out. |
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