At 06:52 PM 7/28/2007, David Painter wrote: >2. From my perspective, the single most important thing Flex needs >to do is to improve the console. It may well be perfectly functional >but it is hardly inspiring or stylish. I would suggest that a new >console, perhaps similar in style to the artwork produced by Beppe >but going much further, especially with a multi receiver concept, >would do more to increase sales and ensure the future of Flex than >anything else. In my view it would give them a world beating advantage. > >David - G4PNX
It depends on what one is interested in, pretty or functional, not that you can't have both, Apple has shown many times that you can have both. At present though its hard to make radical changes. I'm not so sure that making a console that looks like a real radio, although pretty is the best way to go. A computer screen and a mouse is a totally different interface than a real radio with real knobs and switches. That difference calls for a totally different approach from what conventional radios look like and how they work. I do like the little panels that could be connected in whatever style and order the individual chooses. The present system with all the controls and software tightly connected is a source of frustration when users want to modify how the radio interfaces to the user. Hopefully one day we will have a total separation between the DSP code and the display and documentation of the interface, once that happens I think more people will become involved in creating their own interfaces in their own peculiar styles. Cecil K5NWA www.softrockradio.org www.qrpradio.com "Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light." _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
