I ABSOLUTELY agree with this.
> On Apr 27, 2020, at 1:24 PM, Joe Taylor <j...@princeton.edu> wrote: > > Hi Rich, > > On 4/27/2020 13:59, Rich Zwirko - K1HTV wrote: > >> I wish the "Ref Spec" check box would be removed in a future release of >> WSJT-X as it is NOT needed by 99.99% or more of WSJT-X users. > > You recommendation seems like a much-too-strong way to prevent a particular > operator error. > > WSJT-X has *lots* of features that the vast majority of operators do not use. > Of well over 20,000 active users, probably fewer than one percent use the > modes JT4, QRA64, ISCAT, or even FreqCal. I can assure you, however, that > loud screams would be heard if any of these capabilities should disappear. > If these special-purpose features were removed WSJT-X might be more > foolproof, but what remains would be a pale, stripped-down shadow of the > current program. > > We could, however, protect you from fat fingers on your Android phone and > make sure that if you check "Ref Spec" and have not bothered to provided a > reference spectrum, the program would warn you or ignore your request. > > -- Joe, K1JT > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
