Jim, The next release has an extra priority added, so I can deal with the band / mode combinations too. The rest is as you suggested, with priority given to the 'mode'. This stuff gets complicated!
Paul At 01:43 PM 9/3/03 -0700, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: >Thanks for the feedback. My prior analysis is included at the end for those >who can't remember. I think it was Mel VE2DC who pointed out that there is an >option to highlight unconfirmed new entities as if they are unworked, so #1 >changes a little. > >Would it be nice to be fully configurable? Sure! Is it likely to happen? >Probably not. The most requested switch seems to be to choose whether band >spots have priority over mode spots, or vice versa (default right now is mode >over band). > >So I hope Paul can fix the priority 3/4 problem (unworked band entity should >have priority over worked mode entity), as well as add this new switch. This >should satisfy 95% of the users. If you don't care about band or mode awards, >go into your DXCC prefernces and turn these awards off. > >73 - Jim AD1C > >I think I boiled the priorities down to three simple rules: > >1. All-time never worked has the highest priority. > >2. When both entities are unworked or both entities are > worked but not confirmed, mode has priority over band. > >3. When one entity is unworked and the other is worked > but not confirmed, the unworked entity has priority > over the worked entity. > >The priorities I suggested earlier seem to embody these requirements: > > 1 = never worked > 2 = never worked mode > 3 = never worked band > 4 = unconfirmed mode > 5 = unconfirmed band > > >===== >Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 >USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.com >PGP Fingerprint: D8E2 3D78 339F A7F1 8C13 1193 B5D1 4FB6 79D1 70DC >_______________________________________________ >Dx4win mailing list >Dx4win@mailman.qth.net >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com
