F a s t Night Mode
  • Vote Up7Vote Down OldieOldie
    Yesterday evening I tried to find "night mode" on the phone while driving - and failed to activate it in due time. In Android it takes nearly 10 screen contacts from the nagivation map to activate night mode and back to the navigation map. That's to much and dangerous - especially, when you are driving at night.

    Night mode should be available with two or three tabs maximum.

    Something as: tap and hold somewhere on the map opens a menu with one field that toggles day and night mode. Tapping this toggle field should close the menu immediatly.
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  • Vote Up1Vote Down hvdwolfhvdwolf
    I more and more like the idea of having a fast night mode button.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down hurdygurdymanhurdygurdyman
    Why dont you set automatic choice for day- and nightmode. Any little helper inside the phone or anywhere knows, when it's getting dark and the sun rises at your position.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down hurdygurdymanhurdygurdyman
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down OldieOldie
    Because I use Navigator as often as for navigation just to look after itineraries at home. There I don't need and want night mode.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down RoldorfRoldorf
    I have had a few occasions where the night mode did not start even when set to automatic

  • Vote Up0Vote Down hurdygurdymanhurdygurdyman
    @Oldie:
    OK about your reasons. I do the same but my standard is automatic. Ad home I have all the time to change without any risk. Because it's mainly a tool in use by driving, I prefer it that way.
    The problem is to find priorities and usability for each function on these small screens.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down hvdwolfhvdwolf
    I agree with hurdygurdyman. In the car I want it to function automatically: no fiddling with taps, or incorrect taps, which makes it even more dangerous, because you are focussed at the screen and not at the road, no matter whether it is about 2-3 taps or 10 taps. It's the same as being distracted by the social media causing so many accidents.
    Besides, it takes me 6 taps in total and one top2bottom swipe to set and get back to the map, so why the mentioned "nearly 10 screen contacts"?

    Edit: When I say focussed on the screen I mean something totally different than having a quick glance whether I have the right exit (at a roundabout or so)
  • Vote Up0Vote Down OldieOldie
    I have switched to automatic night mode and night mode was too late. I was rainy yesterday and night mode started only, when it was dark for half an hour already. Still want to have a manual fast night mode switch ...
  • Vote Up0Vote Down hvdwolfhvdwolf
    There are two ways to automatically switch day/night mode: By time as it is currently implemented (can also be sunset/sunrise times) or by light sensor. Not all phones have light sensors though. If your phone has a light sensor, then that would be the optimal way of switching automatically to day/night mode.
    Might be worth a feature request.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down OldieOldie
    When I started this morning, it was still dark outside. But the screen was already bright on day mode. So automatic mode does not match outside's brightness.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down luboslubos
    It is handled by Android. Navigator only sets nightmode to automatic
  • Vote Up0Vote Down OldieOldie
    That is, why I would like to change from automatic mode to a manual mode, which is accessible fast and not only via a big number of tabs.
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