I think I would support that approach... Please write a ticket for the v6.1 milestone in our trac system.
Turbo Am 09.12.2010 11:40, schrieb Hannu Niemi: > Just thinking aloud ;) > > Given there are (and probably forever will be) people who just don't get > themselves to do even the simplest settings of the XCSoar. And I think > setting the home airport isn't even the most trivial setting. The home > airport decision for them is made in the turnpoint file which may suit > only some small part of people but not all. > > Now, what if I'd suggest an orthodox suggestion that home would taken > from take-off location (unless set manually)? How many people are > actually flying from another airport to home (yes, it happens, but > percentage is low). And this would work even when they go to another > airport and get airborne just to find out that home is some hundreds of > km away. And me thinks that this distance/heading to airfield is most > needed when on foreign location. > > Well, this suggestion isn't at all important to me, but I have seen > people with all thumbs concerning our little gadgets, that they would > probably benefit from this :) And possibly also me, as people wouldn't > ask me to change the home airport location ;) (done that quite many > times for different software) > > hannu > > On 9.12.2010 12:24, Scott Penrose wrote: >> The old version of XCSoar had the ability to just create a default task. >> That default task can then be anything, even home air field. >> I guess we could do all of the above, ie: no task then default task; no >> default task then home airfield - ie. default default task is home. >> >> Scott >> >> On 09/12/2010, at 8:41 PM, martin.kopp...@gmx.de wrote: >> >>> Hi Dave, >>> >>> Your proposal of displaying home when no task is selected appears very >>> convenient. That could eliminate the need to make any adjustments and >>> people could just fly around always knowing the way back, especially those >>> not familiar with the system, E.G. clubmates flying borrowed gliders. >>> >>> On days when the weather is unstable or only locally flyable, I use to fly >>> around, trying to reach turnpoints not too far away, or taking visitors for >>> a trip round the countryside, though I like to always keep an eye on the >>> risk of outlanding, which is not worth taking on days like these. That is >>> what I had in mind when talking about enhancing the home box. >>> >>> Butterfly has just published a simple version of their iGlide Software. It >>> does exactly this: Point you back to the home field automatically. It >>> cannot do much else, though, allowing only one pull handle for setting a >>> track to one target point and then back. For more, you need to buy the big >>> versions. Their interface is very clean, and well adapted for (multi) touch >>> screen use. I like the responsive zoom and scroll. Worth a look. >>> >>> Viele Grüße, >>> Martin Kopplow >>> >>> --- >>> >>> Am 09.12.2010 um 01:47 schrieb David Lawley<davidlaw...@hotmail.com>: >>> >>>> HI all, >>>> >>>> The best solution in my opinion would be to have the program display final >>>> glide to home waypoint when no task is selected. This would be most >>>> helpful for low hours pilots, and those who are somewhat technically >>>> challenged (: >>>> >>>> A goto home direct button would be handy too! >>>> >>>> Dave L >>>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> This SF Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: >>> >>> WikiLeaks The End of the Free Internet >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/therealnews-com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Xcsoar-user mailing list >>> Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: >> >> WikiLeaks The End of the Free Internet >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/therealnews-com >> _______________________________________________ >> Xcsoar-user mailing list >> Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > WikiLeaks The End of the Free Internet > http://p.sf.net/sfu/therealnews-com > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: WikiLeaks The End of the Free Internet http://p.sf.net/sfu/therealnews-com _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
