preferences and settings for Subsurface-mobile

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Monday, January 11, 2016 06:30:44 AM Dirk Hohndel wrote:
> When testing Subsurface-mobile Jan noticed something rather important that
> I of course "kinda sorta" knew, but had forgotten to follow up on. In
> Subsurface-mobile you get the default setting for all our numerous
> preferences on how the UI looks. There's no way I want to reproduce the
> convoluted, complicated preferences screen on the mobile app - that just
> seems way to overwhelming (it's overwhelming on the desktop app quite
> frankly.

We'd benefit from having as little settings as possible, as every setting 
means maintenance overhead, regression potential and reduced test coverage. 
IMO we should only add a setting that is really essential to the working of 
the app, especially in this early phase. Implementing settings may also 
distract us from getting the basics right. So please apply relentless scrutiny 
to every setting that we add.

> A few seem easy. For legacy reasons the color choice of our fearless
> former leader are still the default - so the dive computer reported
> ceiling is shown in "surface" color (beige) instead of in red. I'll
> happily make the executive decision to switch that default to being red

Sounds sensible.

> But what about things like calculated ceiling. Various partial pressures.
> The tank bar. Should we make those preferences on the mobile device?
> Should we do the same we do for the units and just carry over the
> preferences from the last time you saved things on the desktop
> application?
> 
> Opinions?

I'd say that the usecase where someone runs the desktop and mobile UI on the 
same machine are rather slim, and that therefore it should not be a priority.
-- 
sebas

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