Overthinking on Subsurface mobile app UX

[Willem Ferguson]

On 22/06/2017 02:37, Dirk Hohndel wrote:
> Just to keep our most likely longest thread ever going...
>
> Yet another new build is up. This one brings you
> a) three color schemes. Blue (default), pink (for Linus), and dark (still
> not perfect)
> b) pull down the dive list to refresh / sync with the cloud server
>
> Thanks
>
> /D
> _______________________________________________
The dive list has developed amazingly. Thank you, Dirk.

Two points:

1) Any possibility to allow for multi-line dive trip titles? This would 
improve functionality of the app.

2) The refresh/sync option. I think what you mean is that autosync 
happens when one pulls down the dive list beyond the topmost dive trip? 
But what if one accidentally pulls down the list without intending a 
sync? I did just that and autosync happened, even though I have autosync 
turned off. It is like some of the Microsoft applications that are 
trying to be too clever, doing something that the user did not intend. 
In general I have a strongly negative sentiment with respect to 
autosync. The reason is that I have on several occasions accidentally 
deleted a dive on the mobile application. It was then necessary to edit 
the lost dive on the desktop (so that git sees the dive again) and then 
to re-save the dive log from the desktop to the cloud in order to 
reinstate the deleted dive on the mobile app. Highly irritating. While I 
think that some users prefer auto sync, it is important to be able to 
have full control over the process of cloud backup from the mobile app. 
A solution could be:
a) If autosync is turned off, NO autosync should take place anywhere.
b) It would be incredibly helpful if there are options similar to the 
desktop version: Upload to cloud and download from cloud. These are 
unambiguous and give full control to the user so that unintended changes 
to dives are not saved to the cloud, messing up the backup of the dive 
log on cloud. This would improve the functionality of the app.

My apologies if I come over strongly. This in no ways detracts from my 
immense gratefulness and compliments for the current upgrade to the dive 
list.

Kind regards,
willem