Ria Thanks for your response
I have spent the past 8 hours working with RC3 to try and get used to the new features. Yes there are ways around setting the TX frequency but it is somewhat frustrating when you have to do it constantly. I can say without a shadow of a doubt, that, as a chaser, I am now suffering from greater QRM than before and, when calling, frequency stealing remains an issue. It is unlikely that bad operating practices will ever be solved by software. I now have to change my calling frequency considerably more than before and it is getting very tedious, frustrating. Giving up would be easy! One of the major issues when working split is that many stations continue to call even though the CQer is in QSO with someone else. Very often, when a juicy DX appears, people call simply because others are doing so in the hope that they can be heard and call over the top of the chaser. There are clear instances of people calling on the exact frequency someone else is trying to drown them out! I have no issue with the introduction of the new feature and have always worked split when a really nice station appears on the band. What I have an issue with, is removing an easy method to lock frequencies when the user wishes to do so. As I am also registered as blind/Legally Blind/White Stick (or whatever you want to label it as) I like seeing that trace on the waterfall when someone is responding to my CQ. In response to your final point, with the greatest of respect, I had only minor accessibility issues with previous releases - mainly associated with colour - and it is disappointing that the changes in RC3 have actually intruded an issue. While I accept the OSs have accessibility features, these again are rarely simple. FT8 is a rapid response mode - there is little time to absorb what is happening and take action in the little time we have. JT65/9 by their nature are easier to cope with - but I use JTDX for those because of the customisable colours. Kind regards Dave M6RUG -----Original Message----- From: Ria Jairam [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 19 October 2017 15:25 To: WSJT software development <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Single handed use of WSJT-X Dave, Things change with different versions. This change was well announced by Joe before hand and it was sort of a compromise to address a bigger problem - someone working someone else then "stealing" their frequency. One handed operation is still possible. It's just different steps. However it seems that no matter how many people say this, your insistence is that it worked the way it did before. Unfortunately, the way it worked before led to a bigger problem, as I've described above. They could have left it the way it was before but QRM would be an issue. I would encourage you to try the alternate method which still can be done with one hand. Robin also makes a good point - if you do only have use of one hand, the OS has accessibility features to help you do things that normally would be done with two. Things like sticky keys for example. This helps not only with WSJT-X but other software. 73 Ria, N2RJ On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 3:36 AM, Dave Thorpe <[email protected]> wrote: > Robin > > > > I accept you point but with one major flaw > > > > There was NO issue before RC3 – the issue only occurred with RC3 – we > had it, now we don’t > > > > Dave > > M6RUG > > > > From: G8DQX (WSJT developers on SF) [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 19 October 2017 01:52 > To: WSJT developers list on SourceForge > <[email protected]> > Subject: [wsjt-devel] Single handed use of WSJT-X > > > > A number of people, including Dave M6RUG, have raised the question of > using WSJT-X when only one hand is reasonably functional. However, > single-handed use of an interface is a general problem when using a > PC, and Linux, OS/X and Windows all have approaches which ease the > problems for users for whom double-handed use &c. &c. is an issue. > > In the case of Ubuntu Linux there is information at > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Accessibility#Mobility_Impairments > which explains how sticky control keys may be set up and used, such > that single-handed operation is possible, for quite complicated > control sequences. More elaborate arrangements are possible. > Similarly, other OSes, these days, allow for adaptations to the needs of the > user. > > For a single-handed person, none of those adaptations are likely to be > as easy to use as for a single-handed person but, with persistence, > the adaptations will allow the job to be done. > > It is also the case that with any user interface there is very rarely > any truly successful one-size-fits-all solution, even for those who > are fully dextrous. > > 73, > > Robin, G8DQX > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
