When using it to navigate to a destination that takes you on a highway, the size, font and color of the icon to signal an upcoming exit is completely idiotic. Getting off at the correct exit on a highway is paramount when navigating to a destination. The penalty of missing an exit can be severe. Such as having to travel and extra 20 miles and adding a significant amount of time to your trip. Yet, Waze has decided to make the exit icon, one of the smallest items on the screen. Worse, it is relegated to the upper right of the screen the farthest from the driver and is one of the smallest elements on the entire navigation interface. Even worse than its diminutive size, is the minuscule white lettering inside a light green box, meaning there’s absolutely no contrast. Therefore, not only is it small, it’s hard to read. And I have the Apple iPhone Pro Max. The biggest mobile phone that Apple makes. I can’t even image how hard to read it is on a smaller phone.

Look at the two images above. Which one is easier to understand? A no brainer, right?  A simple interface tweak significantly increases the readability, resulting in less distraction and users not missing their exit. In fact, this simple modification may even save lives. I’m not trying to be dramatic here, but making the interface easier to comprehend means that users will not have to take their eyes off the road for nearly as long as they may would have to view the exit number.

It’s hard to understand why Waze doesn’t change their graphical user interface (GUI) to make this modification for the good of all, but if you agree, let them know!