Streetcomplete: Adjust the 6 types of road surface shown in the "quick select" based on usage

[jancborchardt]

If you are in a city with a lot of sett or cobblestone, it can quickly get cumbersome to always need to press "Show more" and then "Paved", and only _then_ the relevant surface every time.

It would be great if the list of these 6 first shown surfaces is adjusted based on how recently you used them. That way if you have an area with a lot of cobblestone you only need to go through the ordeal once, and as soon as you are back on asphalt it's still simple. :)

[ENT8R]

Related or even a duplicate of #73 and #826

[rugk]

…but actually a different (and IMHO superior) solution to the ones suggested before, as it is intuitive as the user is unlikely to even notice the change. (and it is no "advanced [edit]" feature)

But, yeah, if done, it may be done for all picture quests like these, of course.

[jancborchardt]

They are related, but not duplicates, as it was stated that automatic batch editing should not be possible. (And the referred ones were closed.)

My proposal isn't batch editing but just helping with repetitive inputs. (Same could be used for the bike paths, where the recently used ones are sorted up top.)

Basically it's how emoji pickers on most platforms also work. :wink:

[westnordost]

This would open a can of worms though, because basically this kind of "favorite" ordering would be expected to work for any quest with an image-based selection.
Not only that, the implementation itself may be complex:

• track what the user selects as answer
• persist and load this information (per quest type)
• forget it after a while? / when location is changed significantly? / when app is closed?

I do not really think the effort is worth it.

[rugk]

I'd still like that feature though. It's basically like the "Recent Emojis" you have in keyboards and other Emoji pickers. The same principle.

Also there new images (emojis) may actually be added over time. AFAIK all these handle it by just ignoring it.

forget it after a while?

Not needed IMHO. A simple implementation without forgetting may be enough - unless users really travel a lot. In such a case, maybe justsave everything per country? (as you already determinante this for other cases).

Also an automatic cache purge may be done for old unused items, so they do not waste space if you e.g. was in a country once and then moved away.

[jancborchardt]

@rugk yep, as I said above too ;)

Basically it's how emoji pickers on most platforms also work. 😉

Thanks for reopening @westnordost!

[westnordost]

Okay, done. (For any quest where there is a selection of images)

[westnordost]

So the last user's choice is remembered and that item is always placed in the first place (upper left corner). The app remembers the user's choice "forever", there is no reset-logic.

[rugk]

Ah, so it is only one image (item) per quest, that is remembered?

[westnordost]

yes

[jancborchardt]

Thanks a lot @westnordost! :) This will really help with repetitive inputs!