I confirm Paul's (and others) findings.
However, I wouldn't want to use it in flight.

Ronald

Am 27.07.2015 um 07:15 schrieb Paul Surgeon:
> Update:
> I just tested 6.8 alpha 9 on Android and it is possible to drop a marker
> anywhere on the map.
> This is not possible with the 6.7.9 build for Android.
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 6:56 AM, Paul Surgeon <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     I'm joining the discussion rather late but in Ramy's defence I agree
>     with this statement, "I tried what you describe in 6.7 and could NOT
>     drop a mark at the cross air location."
>     I tried it with the 6.7.9 build for Android and no matter where you
>     pan to on the map it always drops the marker where the aircraft is
>     currently located and not at the cross hair location.
>     i.e.
>     - Pan mode
>     - Double tap for menu
>     - NAV 2
>     - Mark Drop
>
>     I do understand that the 6.7.x builds do not support converting a
>     marker into a waypoint but that doesn't appear to be what Ramy is
>     arguing about.
>     In 6.7.x markers can only be dropped where the aircraft is currently
>     located - at least with the Android builds I tested.
>
>     @Martin: I believe they are referring to ticket 194 (
>     http://bugs.xcsoar.org/ticket/194 )
>     apf posted a screenshot where he can place markers where ever he
>     likes in pan mode but this doesn't appear to work for several people
>     using 6.7.x builds so Ramy re-opened the ticket which pissed max off.
>
>
>     On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Max Kellermann <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>         On 2015/07/26 19:06, Ramy Yanetz <[email protected]
>         <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>         > And  here is Max arrogant comment on my ticket:
>         > Max really thinks we are all stupid:
>
>         That's it, Ramy.  You have been annoying the hell out of me and
>         other
>         XCSoar developers for years.  That was your final insult.  You are
>         hereby banned from XCSoar mailing lists, the XCSoar forum and the
>         XCSoar bug tracker.
>
>         Byebye.
>
>         Max
>
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