hahaha yes, but the reason you don’t see blind airline pilots, is because they need to visually see the final approach and all the controls in the cockpit….and NOT because their communication equipment is not blind friendly. Blind people use touch screen devices daily - smart phones, tablets etc etc etc.
On 6 Jun 2016, at 8:42 AM, Amateur Radio Operator N5GE <n...@n5ge.com> wrote: Below John says that airline and military pilots use touch screens, and he is right, but I have never seen or heard of blind aircraft pilot so that part of his comment is flawed. > On June 5, 2016 4:35:26 PM EDT, John <jkra...@iafrica.com> wrote: > Ha, Elecraft needs to progress at some stage, or get left behind. > Well, touch screen UI have > also moved over to commercial products, the military and airline pilots also > use touch screen > UI communication devices. If they are good enough to be used on commercial > aircraft > and in military applications, then it sure is good enough for ham radio. > > On 5 Jun 2016, at 10:13 PM, Amateur Radio Operator N5GE <n...@n5ge.com> wrote: > > Don, > > I suspect that having redesigned a rig with touch screen > capability the manufacturer would, in a short period of time realize > the error of their ways. Hopfully they would still have enough > capital to revert to the original design and fire the person > responsible for the change. > > On Sun, 5 Jun 2016 15:37:42 -0400, you wrote: > Lynn, > > Please tell us how a touchscreen interface can enhance usability for > blind operators. > Elecraft has made a commitment for such usability for all their radios > with those blind operators particularly in mind. > A GUI interface means nothing to those who cannot see it. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 6/5/2016 3:16 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: > A radio with only physical knobs and buttons severely limits future > upgradability, and leads to crazy button combinations to turn things > on and off that weren't even a dream when the radio was originally > released. > > Touch screens may not be always convenient, but they're much more > flexible than a silk-screened metal panel. > > I realize that knobs and buttons are a religion for some, but it's > really time to lighten up, folks. > > Either that or for Elecraft to release a rig with a whole bunch of > "empty" buttons and sell stickers to update the front panel when the > firmware grows to need them. > > On 6/5/2016 10:18 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Also, can we pllease, for the love of all that is holy, not do the > touch screen GUI? At least, not an exclusively touch > > > > > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to donw...@embarqmail.com > > > > > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n...@n5ge.com > > > > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to jkra...@iafrica.com > > > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to je...@carolinaheli.com ARS N5GE ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to jkra...@iafrica.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
