Yes they did, and it was definitely for the better. Most of the
improvements were based on some sort of real world feedback.. That's how
you make a good UI :D
vlad
On 1/21/2015 1:29 AM, CBB - Jay Fuller wrote:
I do recall they did completely redesign the interface, due to our
request, after the initial complaints of v1.... : /
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Vlad Sedov <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Tuesday, January 20, 2015 11:15 AM
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] EPMP Minimum System Specs <rant>
This has been one of our biggest complaints from day one.
The interface, while it has gotten slightly more usable, is still
complete garbage. It's unpredictable, slow, and inconsistent.. Let
alone
the features that just don't work.
Why on earth did they not just stick with a field-tested, fast,
usable
interface from the Canopy line? Nobody buys a radio for it's
slide-out
menus and pretty HTML5 crap.
We need, fast, intuitive, consistent.. Forget the shiny.
grr
Vlad
On 1/20/2015 10:57 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
> Ok, Cambium, this is a little sad. My Field Laptop, a Lenovo
S10-3t,
> Atom Processor with Windows 8.1 cannot load the EPMP WEB Pages in a
> timely manner. We're talking 40-60 seconds for initial load, and
> 20-30 seconds per screen refresh/menu change. Since I'm going
to have
> to go to the boss, and tell him that I need a new laptop to do any
> field troubleshooting for these new radios, what are the minimum
> system specs for a machine to view the EPMP Screens? Unless Cambium
> is going to get their Web interface under control as of Yesterday.
>
> They still swear that the GUI was all developed in house and not
> purchased (something I still can't believe). I'd like to know
who the
> engineers/managers are who signed off on that design. I can only
> imaging that there was a group of guys sitting around the
conference
> table, watching the presentation on the GUI on the projector up
front,
> all nodding their heads in agreement, "I think this is a wonderful
> layout, the field tech's won't mind waiting a couple extra
minutes for
> the pages to load so they can look this pretty!!"
>
> I think that Cambium should step up and get engineers from ALL
aspects
> of product development out into the field. 40 seconds waiting
for the
> page to load is fine when you're sitting in the office, but not
when
> you have the laptop balanced on a stack of firewood in the freezing
> rain trying to get to the monitoring page to see why a radio isn't
> linking up. I think that every WISP on this list would be more
than
> happy to host an engineer for a day. Heck, even if they go into the
> parking lot and assemble it on the tailgate of someone's Pickup,
> they'll get some idea of what we experience.
>
> I have a feeling that if all steps of the Dev process took a
week in
> the field, We'd have a radio that had a GUI that responded
instantly
> on any device, and radios that assembled and mounted (and
unmounted)
> with 1 gloved hand.
>
> </rant>
> Nate
