I love the HopStop app for getting around the NYC subway and bus system. Especially the new “SmartTrip” feature.
But there’s a bugaboo they haven’t fixed – and I do this almost every time I use the app.
1. Tap the field for “Destination” and type the address I want to go to. 2. Tap the big enticing “Go” button. 3. Ooops! There’s the annoying “Please enter a start address.” popup because I didn’t happen to remember to tap the “current location” first in the From field. 4. Tap OK to make the annoying box go away. 5. Stab around randomly at the screen to try to figure out how to get back to the initial screen. 6. Now I have some random address in my destination field, and the app didn’t even save my carefully