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Contrasting the look & feel of the Solid Explorer & MyLibV2 navigation breadcrumbs, I find the "current folder" is more obvious in Solid Explorer. I think this will be a source of confusion & frustration for new users.

Solid Explorer:
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MyLibV2:
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Of course, just like the issue with compass in sunlight, it looks worse on the screen than with a nice screen capture on a big PC screen, but I find there is insufficient distinction between the "current folder", and the "other folders" i.e. the concept of a "current folder". With Solid Explorer the "other folders" are a much lighter color gray. The icon doesn't change or help with the distinction either.

Even worse when the root icon is tapped, there is very little visual feedback other than subtle change of icon color between blue & black. This isn't helped because the icon is quite small but with subtle detail.
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The Windows task bar goes a further step to help with distinction, with a wider underline for the active process:
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Here are some suggestions:

• use more contrasting colors similar to Solid Explorer for text - it should be more obvious there is the concept of a "current folder" & "other folders" - "disabled"/ light-gray-mono coloring for text of "other folders", maybe? darker blue for "current folder" text. The greater than sign > can be light-gray too.
• use "disabled"/ light-gray-mono coloring for "other folders" icons; at present they don't change at all
• blue is quite subtle - maybe even red? or an underline like Windows taskbar?
• can anyone see the little house in the root icon on their device screen, as opposed from a screen capture? is there too much fine detail - would just a house by itself be more recognizable? then a change in color or mono/color will be more obvious

Finally: tap Root icon (once or twice) > Edit folder > change icon > Save - but the breadcrumb icon never changes. Is there any use having this custom root icon other than display in sub folder icons? Allow default folder-house breadcrumb icon to be replaced with own selected icon for consistency.

Sort of folders > my idea currently is to implement manual sorting of folders by drag&drop

@Menion - oh wow !! perfect

"World icon" > it is a "Shared" icon. It informs that these tracks are public so already shared and available over shared links.

clever - but does the user need some hint so doesn't have to ask same question as me? Is it also possible to un-share?

"Deselect all & Invert disabled > you are not in the selection mode, no items are selected so nothing to "deselect".

screencap #1 > long-tap to select any POI > tap bottom menu (dot-dot-dot) > Select is enabled - correct:
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BUT screencap #2 > long-tap to select any folders > tap menu (dot-dot-dot) > Select is disabled - inconsistent? - there is no way to quickly select or DESELECT any/ all folders:
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Shouldn't the select menu should have "Deselect all" & "Invert selection" enabled?
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Improvement for filtering by points... here is a selection of points in a folder:
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tap POINTS > tap Add button > would a more useful list would contain all the existing point icons in the current folder? My current icon sets: Recently used, Default (points), Garmin, External icons; please add to this list "In this folder"?
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And to be clear: when no icons are added but the POINTS filter is enabled, it means the filter includes ALL icons. Maybe a label is displayed for this default to make it clearer to the user? This would be consistent with the reverse situation when the POINTS filter is disabled in which a label "Points will be filtered out completely" is displayed.

latest V2 beta: long tap folder > tap Eye (bottom panel) > loading... I have seen up to 3000% (!). Surely it should not be above 100%? Maybe sub-folder items not accounted for?
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I have my top level folders named as year 2025, 2024, 2023... At present I have a hack of naming folders with 1st character to force reverse sorting order so 2025 appears at top, instead of at bottom (after 2007). Windows Explorer sorts folders by same logic/ settings as sort of filenames. Has any consideration been given to doing the same for V2 library?
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What is this "world/lock" icon next to 3 tracks, but not (many) others in the same folder? I can't see why they are different. Tap icon for tip/ description?
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Bottom panel "Selection" icon: at present it only applies to tracks/ points; disabled if only folders are in the list. Maybe dangerous to allow "Select all" but at least it could allow "Deselect all"? Especially in combination with "Sub-folders" because at present each folder must be individually de-selected - tedious.
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Best wishes to the whole Locus team.

Hmm, I'm surprised that the database survived such an "update" without bigger problem

@Menion - DB "survived" for me too

What about opening the folder (second screenshot) and then tapping on the top "(Red rect) Punkte" button in the top panel > Delete?

I have same issue - 2 top level "Points" folders, 2 top level folders "Tracks" & "XYZ" - when I select 1 the other is selected. I don't see any "button in the top panel"?

It's been a while since I tested V2 features - excellent improvements - Solid Explorer-like breadcrumbs, multiple operations etc.

"Backuping data" - funny, intentional? maybe "Backing up data"?
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Cloud sync in V2? Really? I don't dare ;-)
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the border around the rotation icon is white, so it should not be so bad as on your screens!

@Menion - poor montage, but yes, better
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Why the change? I'm using only dark mode, so I've not noticed before (or just ignored it). Previously, the rotating button itself had a white background. As the only active icon on this screen. So definitely a bug. If you have an idea for a better icon, it is welcome.

@Menion - "the rotating button itself had a white background" - correct, and for me more visible. The new compass on dark background fades into the background, especially if sunny, and depending on surrounding map content. (I think there is a later APK beta version but not currently on the download site)

A montage of old (top)/ new (bottom) compass. The old compass is always more visible:-
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And with the screen as it actually looks to me under direct sunny conditions (100% brightness 1,000nit AMOLED):-
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and when screen moved a little further into the shade - always a struggle when cycling:-
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the new warning in "themes" is a serious warning, that the theme contains huge SVG/PNG images that should be reduced by the theme creator. I have a lot of crashes of the app caused by a few themes that have insane 100+kb big SVG images inside. I'm sure that theme creators improve themes once they notice this 

@menion, I understand your explanation, but the error message could be more helpful. if it had at least one image file name mentioned I think it would make more sense what the issue is.

My 1st time actually cycle touring with the compass icon, bright sun, though not latest beta. To be honest, a big backwards step for visibility. Why the change at all? I wish I could completely replace with own simple but highly visible version.

I agree the compass icon is not as easy to view as it used to be - a backward step? And have the north & south points touch or get closer to the circumference of the button to enlarge & improve visibility against the (new) dark button background.

@Menion - Expert settings > Simplify visible points - description says set level to 0 to disable - but when I enter 0 an error is displayed.
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BTW I very much like these new settings for points & tracks. My use case - multi-week cycle tour - I want to create a big map showing each point of accommodation. Previously when zoomed out, the point icons are hidden, but now I see each one. Thanks, much appreciated.

Search for tracks
Currently, when you tap on the search, you may easily see sorted all available content. Sort by location in the My Library match Expert settings > Default search/sort location. So by default, it sorts by distance from the last known location. You may change it to the center of the main map.

@Menion, others, if GPS is disabled or device has no GPS, then what about always search by Map screen cursor?
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Is logging to /Locus/logs supposed to be enabled:

for example 2024-11-25.txt:
07:36:48.694   NEW START: 4.26.3.3 MyLibV2 RC13
   system: 8.1 (27)
   device: LENOVO, TB-8504F, Lenovo TB-8504F
   screen: 800x1216px | 213 (mdpi) | 1.3312501)
   user: 4f38f3c9c, b1377442-3f67-3d24-9aa9-8fa1e2518edc


or (more interesting) 2024-11-23.txt (edited):
14:08:33.864   E   getReferenceType   getI(0)
android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: Resource ID #0x0
   at android.content.res.ResourcesImpl.getValue(ResourcesImpl.java:215)
   at android.content.res.Resources.getInteger(Resources.java:1083)
   at o.getReferenceType.read(:407)
   at o.getReferenceType.MediaBrowserCompatItemReceiver(:394)
   at o.zzfpu$AudioAttributesCompatParcelizer.AudioAttributesCompatParcelizer(:43)
   at o.zzatb.RemoteActionCompatParcelizer(:123)
   at o.zzlczzf.write(:158)
   at o.LanguageEntity.write(:21)

I know each folder can contain tracks and points, but searching for nearest elements (tracks and/or points) to gps or map center should not list folders.
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Maybe there needs to be an option "don't list folders" that you can activate in this case.

I have a similar question/ experience with Filters - in the example below I have a name filter "1031" correctly matching 3 track recordings, but My Library shows results "0/4" (4 matches) including the empty sub-folder. Shouldn't the results be "0/3". I'm not sure/ don't care, whether the sub-folder is displayed, but not in the filter count.
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inspiration from Solid Explorer > I saw it too and like it  , was just lazy to do something like this

@Menion - so you use Solid Explorer? A few random rambling thoughts comparing the SE & LM user interface, and more general wacky ideas:

• general comment - MyLibrary is becoming like a file explorer - Windows Explorer, Android Solid Explorer - I like it!
• Locus uses Select items > Move or Copy > Select Folder, whereas most? file explorers & other UI, use Select > Cut or Copy > Paste - the latter a more conventional & familiar paradigm to all users? Copy/Paste is more generic/ general purpose/ can be used in more tasks/ ways. For Copy/Paste you "end up" in the destination folder, which I like, whereas for LM4 Move you stay in the source folder & don't see where the items have "gone".
• Example for a new user - current folder displays 4 subfolders and wants to rename one - my first idea is to long-tap the folder > dot-dot-dot > Edit folder, or "^" (Tools) Edit folder - similar to Windows. But actual correct method - have to tap to change into the folder > dot-dot-dot > Edit folder.
• Similarly to edit folder | track | point "properties" there are different methods - for LM4 > tap track | point > Edit Info, where as current list > dot-dot-dot > Edit folder
• Actual name "My Library" - a mouth full - "My Data"? Is the word "data" more meaningful than "library"?
• Extending the file explorer analogy - file types - folders, tracks, points - could all be treated consistently. Now extend to no-go areas - expose these as items in the folder for proper management. And with multiple folder levels - could have folder & item "shortcuts" like Windows - a folder shortcut moves you quickly to any other place in the hierarchy; a track | point | no-go shortcut is treated the same as tapping/ long tapping the actual track | point | no-go instead of duplicating the item & risking data inconsistency. The same mechanism could possibly extend to other "data types" in future without having to have new special buttons or menus in "Tools". At least the "Edit Properties" command.

Some ideas could simplify the UI rather than making it more complex.

LM 4.0 released 21st March 2021. I guess/ hope this will be 5.0 as I have trouble counting past 26?