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Re-word the "Update Point" button

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08-13-2024 10:44 AM
Status: Open
marksm_macomb
Frequent Contributor

I'd like to suggest changing the wording of the "Update Point" button to "Update Point Location" or "Update Location". End users have gotten confused by this button and have un-knowingly moved the point when intending to update attributes. This can be a problem especially when doing high accuracy data collection.

I'm aware that end users can be trained on how the button works, but often times our end users are not GIS people and have many other responsibilities in their role, so it can be difficult for them to pay that high of attention in some cases when the button is not the most intuitive. 

2 Comments
IngridHogle

100%! Yes, please!

Kevin_MacLeod

Yep. +1

 

The platform needs less "GIS" words in user-facing apps across the board.  The end user should never, ever see the word "extent". I change that in WebApp Builder Developer for example.  As well as a tooltip for greyed-out layers in the layer list. Users don't know that is what the grey text means.  Fortunately- I met a lot of the UI UX people on the field apps team. They get it. They'll even make the Related Record button larger soon. Which is actually a big deal. (Related data is common; the button is not discoverable or intuitive as an icon)    Great idea!