Edit / change look and feel of data screens via the dashboard
Planned
Hi Team,
I really love my K2 and I've done a few rides with it now. For sure my Garmin is going to be listed on Ebay in the next few days! The routing and sync really just makes this a perfect device.
My one ask would be that you explore the option of customisation for data screens via the dashboard and for this to be synced to your device. That way people could play to their hearts content online and sync it when they get it right.
Like others, I think a few additional options would be great:
- Font size - on some screens the ability to have larger font sizes would work well.
- Font alignment (centered / right )
- Font colour. ( White / yellow ) - while I like the minimalist design of white on black, I really think yellow text on black would make these screens pop and reflect the look and feel of the marketing / supporting merchandise.
- Customisable boot up message. On my Garmin I could edit a .txt file that would allow my name and mobile number to be shown on bootup so if people found my device they would know who to contact. Would love to see this implemented on the Karoo.
Just a few ideas for the team but I have to say the K2 is already a great device!
Thanks
Peer.
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Great ideas Peer,
Done it already in the early K1 time as well. But I am a supporter.
Many people must hit the button in the right topcorner +1 to get this higher on the priority list of HH
Additional I think HH must store the serialnumber of the Karoo in combination with the owner of this unit.
Can be usefull if somebody else "found" the unit and use it for own benefit. But on the moment you log in with this missing Karoo in the Dashboard, an alarmbell is ringing by HH and a research can start.
But Peer I am an Early user of the K1. You wil love the K2 for sure!! -
Adding up to the request, i wish an additional map display with map on the top and eventually some data field under would be nice: when following a strava segment almost half of the display is hidden by the strava segment window: so one can't see anymore the arrow at the center of the screen unless hiding the strava segment window
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@Peer: These are some great suggestions and feature requests. The ability to customize the Profiles on the Dashboard is already in our plans and we expect this to be materialized somewhere down the line.
All these feedback and requests have been shared with the Product team as always as it plays a huge role in our future development process.Adding multiple map screens on a single Profile is an intended limitation that we have due to few factors such as battery performance and stability but we love to scope this out somewhere down the line.
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Thanks everyone for the feedback - the great thing about Hammerhead is that it really does feel like a company that is listening to what us cyclists want. I've had my Garmin for the best side of about ten years and it just feels a little old, a little tired, and really, the software hasn't evolved that much in that time.
Since posting earlier in the week, I have added a SIM to my device and the sheer joy that is mapping routes online and then finding them on your device moments later... to say I was grinning as I showed a friend of mine would be an understatement! I detected a few envious looks that's for sure!
Thanks again for a great product!
P.
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omg, today's update seems to have shrunk down font size even further. Now unused border area around datafields seems to be about same size as the data fields themselves. What a waste of screen real estate! Can't believe what I see... pls finally fix this, we want to be able to have more data fields and/or more screen real estate left for map display. This is getting ridiculous!
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+1 for all those suggestions Peer Q, especially thenlarger font size. I need reading glasses so struggle to see smaller fonts. On I.e. the strava segment screen the elapsed time font is way to small for me to read. Can't see why it can't be a whole lot bigger, especially if you've swiped up and the strava segment data screen now occupies the whole screen..
Thanks all
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TO ALL who want to support this request: Pls focus your votes on this request: https://support.hammerhead.io/hc/en-us/community/posts/1260803144990-Use-the-Space-How-it-is-vs-how-it-could-be-
Otherwise votes are diluted over many different low-vote requests, however they all target the same big issue with the Karoo software: Waste of space and missing flexibility for data fields formatting / screen real estate economy... The link takes you to the top-rated request regarding this weakness, so let's combine all our votes on this one to finally make the dev team moving - after TWO years of ignoring us...
Thank you! :-)
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