Platform: iOS, Website App version number: n/a (website) Browser: safari URLs: all observations Screenshots of what you are seeing (don’t know how to post a photo) Description of problem: I find it almost impossible to Select Other observations (of the same species etc) using the mini map on t…

Not sure I’d classify this as a bug. The iNaturalist website is unfortunately not really designed for use on touchscreens/mobile devices. It’s a design/coding choice, and there’s a feature request to make the site work better on mobile devices: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/mobile-friendly-website…

Hi @benjansss and welcome to the Forum! If you could provide some additional information, it would be helpful. What exact URL (address) are you on? Can you add a screenshot?

I don’t really see how an exact URL address could help given it applies to all observations, also a screen shot would be nothIng more then a photo of the mini map and wouldn’t help illustrate the problem.

It would help to know what page you are on, and where you are clicking. An important part of solving a bug is figuring out when / where / how it happens. Are you on the Explore page, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations ? Do you have the same problem when using another browser such as Chrome o…

On Android it’s pretty hard for me to tap on an individual observation too. It took me about 15 tries for this one. [Screenshot_20201005-082107] [Screenshot_20201005-082115] [image] benjansss: Screenshots of what you are seeing (don’t know how to post a photo) You can add a screenshot by…

Firstly no it’s the maps on individual observations pages that Im referring to (but it also applies to all maps) secondly I only have safari on my ipad (I’m pretty sure you can’t even use Firefox etc on a iPad) and lastly a screenshot wouldn’t show where I’m clicking as I’m not clicking I’m tapping …

Sorry should have specified there’s no photo icon on my of this page

Yes, everything that is not including using a mouse is a pain to click on.

The website was not really created with touchscreens in mind. I agree, it can be difficult to navigate using a tablet / iPad. If you go to the App Store, and search “internet browser”, there are many options available to download which are compatible and safe to use on many devices. If you go to h…

Ok I found the photo icon (in a different place then for bouteloua) [image] And yes the problem is trying to select individual observations

OK. Also for me, it took many many attempts to get the link to open. The best solution may be to request that the clickable-link area be made larger. I’ll check if there is already a Feature Request for that open. edit: I haven’t found such a request so far. Meanwhile, keep trying! It may take a …

Difficult to select observations on mini map

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teellbee October 5, 2020, 8:39pm 19

I also have trouble clicking an icon on the map; I thought that feature just did not work.

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Difficult to select observations on mini map

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