First of all, I was positively surprised to suddenly see nice fonts and what seems to be a much improved interface compared to the previous (5.x series) version of XCSoar that I was running. Whatever happened, things look really, really good. Thanks!
I've been running into a few issues though. If you want me to file bugs in Trac, let me know. All of these are with the Nov 8, 2010 version of XCSoar 6alpha. - Is there a user-level change log? (An overview would do.) - Sim: after selecting a new .xcm map file, XCSoar reloads everything, shows the new map briefly, and then quits. (Do you need a log file? Does WM6 save a stack trace somewhere?) - Clicks on waypoints and airspace are difficult: only one out of maybe 5 tries succeed. For waypoints, I believe it may be a matter of click location: using the stylus, things work well. When I use a finger, I can often not get the click registered. (This is a Dell Axim X51v running Win Mobile 6. I have turned on an audio signal, so I know that the click is recognized by the system.) Clicks on airspace also seem difficult - does one need to hold the finger/stylus pressed for a little while? All of this should be much more tolerant in order to work well with a finger and in flight. - The config->setup system->Site screen is confusing, especially in connection with the terrain file generator: a) The terrain generator is fantastic from a technical standpoint, but it should make it easier for people to choose the right file format (XCM, not ZIP). I downloaded a ZIP, extracted the contents, put them into my XCSoarData directory and had no indication why this didn't work. b) The Site screen is confusing because .XCM files seem to contain other files (e.g., airspace.txt). When an XCM packet contains such information, then some text in the other fields (e.g., Airspace 1/2) should make that clear. When selecting a file, why does it not give an indication about which file extensions are recognized? I had a really hard time finding out that it had to be an .xcm. c) The website's link to the terrain generator is broken (http://www.xcsoar.org/download/. Terrain generator has been moved to old.xcsoar.org!) d) The explanations on the download page would be more intuitive if "Map file" appeared big and bold, and all the other file types underneath. e) The terrain generator gives me more options than I would want for XCSoar 6, and in 2010. For instance, there are options to generate pictures of waypoints, but they point out that the server behind it went dead a long time ago. f) I support ticket #519 (source of airspace data) - it would be nice if XCSoar showed the date of the airspace data, and if the generator consistently added comments at the top containing a date. - A better method to change location in the Sim would be good (Ticket #199). Thanks again for XCSoar! - David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end client virtualization framework. Read more! http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
