As a developer of both hardware and software products that use touch screens I have mixed feelings.
My number one gripe with soft environments is the tendency to continually modify the environment and jam more and more functionality into the same footprint. This either needs to be done with width or depth, take your pick. Both Apple and Windows are horrible abusers. Every new version of their software requires users to hunt down functions that have been moved or crammed down. Functions that were originally intuitive are now obfuscated in the name of progress. Lack of consistency is extremely frustrating for most users. Today because of the ease of soft environments it seems that companies feel compelled to continually bring a "new look" to each software revision of their website or product. How many of you think Yahoo scored a home run with NEO? In my opinion NEO is an absolute disaster. But corporate egos won't allow users out. How would you like someone mucking with your beloved radio in the name of pretty progress. I'll take consistency over pretty and modern every time. I'm buying a radio, I don't want an iPhone clone, or an Icom clone, I want my KX3 to look and exactly like the KX3 I bought. I trust the engineers at Elecraft to make acceptable and necessary upgrades for functionality. I also trust that they are not going to ruin a great radio in the name of glitter.. It has been pointed out previously in this thread that all of Elecraft's radios can be easily connected to a computer for computer control. Not everything in the world needs to be integrated, and often doing so creates compromises that are much more difficult to live with and limit the lifetime of a product. I'm tickled pink with my Elecraft products and don't feel the need for them to emulate anyone else to keep me as a customer! We shouldn't be compelled to buy a radio every two years like we do with cell phones. My expectation is to buy a product that will function for many years, and possibly a decade or more. I would rather have multiple Elecraft products rather than one that pretends to be all things to all people. 73 len ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
