Thanks George, come valid points. Courtney
----- Original Message ----- From: "George Harlem, W1EBI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jack'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 11:47 PM Subject: RE: [DXBase] Feature requests for DXB-2004 > Courtney, you might want to reconsider this hasty statement. DXBase is > a great product. We customers like it instead of the competition, > that's why we chose it. Part of the dues you have to pay for deciding > to offer an email reflector is the occasional criticism of your > product's deficiencies. Fortunately, DXBase has fewer in general than > the competition. But if you wish to continue to upgrade, enhance and > otherwise maintain your competitive edge, you have to listen to your > customers. I personally do not believe many of us are going to send you > private messages with our suggested enhancements of your product in > order to "protect" DXBase from the marketplace. Countries that > attempted to protect their domestic industries from competition through > trade barriers learned that it's a futile practice. Don't fear > competition. Let us, your loyal customers, assist you in maintaining > your leadership position. > > George W1EBI > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Jack > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 7:36 PM > To: Tom; Peter Dougherty; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DXBase] Feature requests for DXB-2004 > > Folks, > > We appreciate input, but a couple requests. Please don't post them to > the > reflector. We already have competitors who wait till we offer an > upgrade, > then they go scan our web to see the new stuff and then they come out > with > their upgrades many months later and wouldn't you know it, their list of > new > features looks remarkably similar to what we already offered plus their > usual list of bug fixes. We don't need to present a roadmap here to the > world. Send us your requests in direct email and include plenty of > detail > on exactly what you mean. Thanks for your consideration. Also, please > note > that traditionally, our release cycle is such that whatever is planned > for > the next upgrade has already been established and chances are that we > are > already in a beta test cycle for the "next" release. Asking for things > in > the "next" release at this time of year is not likely to happen unless > you > just happen to mention something that has already been submitted > previously > by someone else. We take all requests throughout the year and store > them in > our files and at some point we review them, prioritize them, and > determine > how much can be accomplished in the amount of time available for > development. Usually that all happens around the early fall. > > Regards, > Courtney > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Peter Dougherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 4:46 PM > Subject: Re: [DXBase] Feature requests for DXB-2004 > > > > Hi Jack: > > > > Here is my brief list of my recommendations for DXbase 2004: > > > > 1.Isn't there some small backup routine that you could include in the > next > update of DXbase that > > would make backup an automatic feature upon shut down of DXbase. > Currently you save all the > > tables > > at shutdown of DXbase. Why not just perform a backup automatically at > that time and let the user > > specify the backup medium (eg 2nd hard drive or CD-ROM)? > > > > 2. Please consider displaying the local time of the DX station. It's a > > little thing but really important when working a station across the > globe. > > > > 3. Draggable colums i.e. an easy way to re-arrange the column order. > If > > this can't be done, at least make it possible to EDIT a column > > configuration file (rather than generating it from scratch every > time). > > > > Tnx for a great program. Let's try to make it even better. > > > > 73, > > > > Tom, N0YD "Yankee Doodle" > > > > > > > ************************************************************************ > **** > ************* > > > > --- Peter Dougherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > I'd like to offer a wish list of features or changes for DXB-2004, > if > it's > > > not already too late. While I love 2003, there are still a few > things > that > > > drive me batty, and a few neat features that I've played with in > other > > > loggers that I'd love to see implemented here if possible. > > > > > > 1. Easier method of saving the database (no batch files, etc), and > also > of > > > importing and exporting from/to other apps. > > > > > > 2. When exporting data, allow USB and LSB contacts to be either > exported > as > > > such or as the more generic SSB (I also use a compact logger on my > laptop > > > called AA Log that does not recognize LSB/USB properly). Having the > choice > > > of either format would be great. > > > > > > 3. Allow the notes field to be exported to ADIF without extra > comments > > > (specifically, I don't need OPR-CALL added to every exported QSO > since > I'm > > > the only one using the log! > > > > > > 4. Band Mapping. I fell in love with this feature in N1MM and > CommCat, > and > > > if there's EVER a possibility of implementing this in DX Base, > please > > > *please* find a way of doing this (again, optional for those who > might > wish > > > to use it). > > > > > > 5. Pet Peeve...There are now two boxes with the title Previous QSO. > One > is > > > View\Previous QSO that works beautifully. The other...well, I don't > know > > > how to turn this on and off...I just leave it on. It's the one that > gets > > > populated as a spot comes in to let me know if I've ever worked the > station > > > before, etc. This box cannot be minimized, can only be closed, and > always > > > sits on top of everything else. This behaviour is incredibly > annoying. > > > Could you PLEASE change this in DXB-2004? > > > > > > 6. On the same topic, how about allowing the VHF packet window to be > closed > > > and stay closed?! I don't ever use it, and with T1-speed in my home, > I > > > never will. Period. I have it minimized now, but why should I have > to > have > > > it open at all? I really want every window available to be fully > > > customizable and placeable wherever I want. > > > > > > 7. If I choose to not use VHF packet, how about allowing things like > CTL-P > > > for printing, CTRL+S for saving, etc...i.e. Windows shortcuts that > work > in > > > every other standardized Windows app out there. > > > > > > 8. Please consider displaying the local time of the DX station. It's > a > > > little thing but really important when working a station across the > globe. > > > > > > 9. I can presently remove all raw spots, all filtered spots but NOT > > > messages from the cluster monitor. Can a right-menu item to clear > all > > > messages be displayed, or maybe a setting to expire them after x > hours. > > > > > > 10. IOTA Handling. I brought this one up a few months ago, and I'd > dearly > > > love to see it implemented in an upcoming version. In short, there > are > > > numerous DXCC entities that are self-contained IOTA entities as well > (to > > > wit, mainland Australia (VK1-8) is OC001, KH3 always maps to OC023, > VP9 > > > always maps to NA005, etc). While some entities have multiple IOTAs > (and > > > can be left blank), why not automatically populate the IOTA field > just > as > > > you do the prefix field for those that have a one-to-one mapping? > This > > > sounds easy enough to implement... > > > > > > 11. Draggable colums i.e. an easy way to re-arrange the column > order. If > > > this can't be done, at least make it possible to EDIT a column > > > configuration file (rather than generating it from scratch every > time). > > > > > > 12. This one might take some heavy-lifting. Most other loggers use a > > > separate "form" to enter a new QSO into the log. When I first > started > using > > > DXBase 2 years ago, I actively disliked using the bottom-most line > of > the > > > log as the entry point. I think a customizable QSO entry form window > would > > > be a tremendous addition to the program. For those who don't like > this > > > method (and prefer to stay the way it is now), how about letting the > end > > > user decide and make its use optional? > > > > > > Thanks for an absolutely amazing program, and I hope some of all of > these > > > changes might be do-able. > > > > > > > > > > > > 73 de Peter (W2IRT) > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Please visit http://www.nyctrackbook.com for details of my book > > > Tracks of the NYC Subway > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! 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