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Name Capt. Pugwash
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Website URLhttp://pugwashchronicle.blogspot.com/
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  • 2008-11-24 20:19:58
    Re: Feature request, what would you like to add....
    Board » General Discussion
    Fast keys would be useful... e.g for the three buttons on the left:
    B for Boat
    C for Compass
    R for Ruler

    +/- for zoom?
    ... and zoom on the mouse wheel?
  • 2008-11-23 15:33:56
    Re: Feature request, what would you like to add....
    Board » General Discussion
    Please increase the text size on the client. Everything is too small -including the chat, and especially the speed and VMG figures on the polar. But I do mean everything : the cursor readout data, the boatnames, the weatherline and the info boxes across the bottom.

    It would make sooo much difference.

  • 2008-11-23 15:33:42
    Re: Feature request, what would you like to add....
    Board » General Discussion
    Please increase the text size on the client. Everything is too small -including the chat, and especially the speed and VMG figures on the polar. But I do mean everything : the cursor readout data, the boatnames, the weatherline and the info boxes across the bottom.

    It would make sooo much difference.

  • 2008-11-23 02:49:02
    Feature request: More on the weather
    Board » Technical Support
    I agree.. ticks on the slider would make it easier to click to a given time.

    Two other weather related things....
    - The left/right arrows sould always move the weather slider. Currently you have to select the slider first which then deleselects when you do something else on the map
    - The information at the cursor point should update as the weather slider moves. Currently it is unchanged until you move and click the mouse.

    Combined these will make it a lot easier to see what the weather is doing along a route
  • 2008-11-19 07:54:07
    Re: Miniclient Features
    Board » General Discussion
    Add yes, VMG would be really handy...
  • 2008-11-19 06:07:56
    Re: Beta
    Board » General Discussion
    Suggestion: on the weather slide can you add a figure (in brackets?) to show difference from current time? When checking the weather I usually want to see "it will be like this in four hours?" - not "What's the weather at ten o'clock?"..
  • 2008-11-15 15:40:24
    Re: Beta
    Board » General Discussion
    Two things that would help on the Beta GUI...

    - Better contrast and larger text on the statistics boxes (Speed, TWA etc). Black on grey is hard to read - it was much clearer on the old one. (I suspect readability varies with screen resolution?)

    - a white or opaque field behind the text by the cursor position. It is often hard to read with arrows, boats and now ruler text behind it.
  • 2008-11-15 08:56:26
    Re: Miniclient Features
    Board » General Discussion
    For the wish list:
    It would be handy to see a list of the nearest boats - two ahead and two behind? Plus highlight them on the map....

  • 2008-11-15 08:48:25
    Re: Feature request, what would you like to add....
    Board » General Discussion
    The prediction tool (dots) in VORG would not be that useful in Sailonline IMHO. They use 12hr updates for weather which means you sail in static wind. In Sailonline with continuous updates, predictor dots when choosing a new course would be mostly misleading... Besides, judging the forecast is part of the skill ;-)

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