UI Change Rollbacks
API
Many people have expressed dislike for the recent changes to the UIs of maps and duels, citing both performance issues and just a general dislike for how they look. Given how unpopular they seem to be to the greater GeoGuessr community, I think these changes should be rolled back as much as possible, within reason. The biggest complaints have been the general duels UI and performance, the placement of the like button on maps, and the map UI. If this is not possible, I would like an explanation as to why not and why the changes were put in place in the first place, as I don't think there was much of a demand. Thanks in advance!
slashdance
For those of us on slow internet, the new UI is still loading in when the other players are getting pictures and guessing. I understand that some of Western Europe (like Sweden where this is developed and i assume tested) has blazing fast internet, but not all of the world (including Austrailia where loads of Geoguessr influencers are located). I think it’d be great to add in a toggle for “classic mode” to bring back the UI (including the old animations!! the new animations look angry and aren’t quite there yet).
For players blessed to live in high speed internet zones (like Sweden), i’m sure the new mode is great… it just doesn’t work globally.
I know my play time has significantly decreased since the new updates. It’d be an interesting metric to share with the geoguessr community on this sort of global engagement to help guide our frustration. Maybe the 100+ upvotes in this post are just a bunch of the only passionate players who LOVE geoguessr for what it is and the other 80 million are the majority demographic. it’d be cool to get more info on these disruptive changes from the devs though.
Thanks!
Dani
slashdance I was even getting my images (in the UK) load in a couple of seconds before my friend in Paris. A definite advantage and really not fair. His internet is also quite fast. I can't imagine how much of a difference it would make to players with slower internet.
Stutri2du
The new pins are goddamn awful and confusing!!
Graham Christie
The result screen at the end of a match is my main issue, with the new pins it's also impossible to tell who is closer & it's often the opposite of what you thought. complete implementation disaster, the maps zoom out instead of in to the maximum range of the pins & location, it seems to be honestly like this was never thought through or even tested properly!
Cuberman
I don't have a problem with the UI itself, but the performance gets noticeably worse every update even with animations off. I can't play duels anymore because the map takes so long to load.
API
Cuberman People seem to be a bit more split on the UI itself than the performance, but to my understanding, the way the new UI has been implemented affects performance. Therefore, going back to the old UI and how it rendered things would help performance, in theory. My guess is that the majority would want that performance back, even if they really like the new UI.
Palmitas
I personally don't have that much of a problem with the new UI, but the new pins are awful. Also, I know the devs don't want to rollback the new UI (mostly because it works better for marketing) BUT, I would guess that implementing an option to go back to the new ui is of no harm, right? Like you can change between maps, why can't you be able to change UI's?
heehee
Palmitas I wonder if it's even true that it works better for marketing. Geoguessr is a game that attracts new players because of 1) its gameplay, and 2) its community. Wouldn't making decisions that acknowledge community preferences and earning a reputation for being responsive to its players' wants be a much better long-term marketing strategy for Geoguessr?
Palmitas
heehee I dont think so because we are already a established community and their aim is to market to new players. They believe the new UI looks more "video-game-like" and its also why it was paired with the Steam release.
API
Palmitas Do you know in which ways they see the new UI as more "video-game-like"?
Siri J
API My 5cts - the super-annoying and distracting emojis that has been imposed popping away on the left hand side of the screen in the daily challenge? Why?! Is Geoguesser trying to look more like livechat on youtube?
Kai
I agree with this post, especially regarding the results screen issues. I'd like to add:
* The pin UI on the results screen should be reverted to match the pins used during gameplay. This inconsistency is particularly problematic because we rely on the results screen to improve our gameplay, and having different pin designs between gameplay and results causes visual discrepancies in perceived locations.
Thanks!
ChristianB
this is true