Re: [Elecraft] (OT) Touchscreens

Let's end the thread at this time in the interest of reducing list email,overlaod for others. 73, Eric Mod etc. elecraft.com _..._ > On Sep 7, 2015, at 8:02 PM, Doug Person via Elecraft > wrote: > > Very good Fred. Windows 8 was a disaster for Microsoft. Pretty

Re: [Elecraft] (OT) Touchscreens

Touch screen on a transceiver: - a vertical screen is not so easy to tap - a touchscreen probably drives down cost Arie PA3A __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] (OT) Touchscreens

Al, When I can stop laughing I will surely need a glass of water. So well put. Gary -Original Message- From: "Al Lorona" <alor...@sbcglobal.net> Sent: ‎8/‎09/‎2015 7:42 AM To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] (OT) Touchscreens

The P5 would likely be Romeo ... Seriously, touchscreens vary greatly, and a great deal seems to depend on the underlying software controlling and sensing it. ATM's are almost completely foolproof. They tend to have a small number of large touch areas on a screen. My Kindle Fire HD is OK,

Re: [Elecraft] (OT) Touchscreens

, 2015 4:36 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (OT) Touchscreens The P5 would likely be Romeo ... Seriously, touchscreens vary greatly, and a great deal seems to depend on the underlying software controlling and sensing it. ATM's are almost completely foolproof. They tend

Re: [Elecraft] (OT) Touchscreens

Very good Fred. Windows 8 was a disaster for Microsoft. Pretty much everyone involved with it left, retired or were fired. My last gig with the USAF was designing computer-based training for various systems. I had to actually learn the systems in order to figure out how to train people to

Re: [Elecraft] (OT) Touchscreens

] (OT) Touchscreens Oh! There's the P7... calling CQ... and no one is coming back to him!! I'll be the first to work him... I can't believe this... Let me just use my cool touchscreen... I move his signal with my index finger into the passband... and then throw my call out... wait... what the... Oh

Re: [Elecraft] (OT) Touchscreens

Oh! There's the P7... calling CQ... and no one is coming back to him!! I'll be the first to work him... I can't believe this... Let me just use my cool touchscreen... I move his signal with my index finger into the passband... and then throw my call out... wait... what the... Oh no, the

Re: [Elecraft] (OT) Touchscreens

Guy, A very thoughtful perspective. It is indeed a very challenging user interface to design. I'm sure that there will be dozens of solutions that work on iOS and Android. Building Bluetooth into a radio and allowing full control through it would be the gateway that needs opening. I

[Elecraft] (OT) Touchscreens

Not sure why I needed to know about an Icom 7300 and am guessing it has a touchscreen.  Leave the touchscreens to the smart phones, IMHO.  If I had a smartphone I wouldn't have a problem with its touchscreen.  I have 3 laptops and have mice for all of them, can't stand touchpads either. 

[Elecraft] (OT) Touchscreens

There will always be those that try concepts in places they have never been used. But touchscreens have been around for a long time and a lot is known about them. The all time great defining application for them is in restaurants for wait staff to enter your food selection. Repetitive operations