RFC: Print templates for 4 dives per page and 6 dives per page
Willem Ferguson
willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za
Sat Nov 25 05:10:12 PST 2017
I attach two images for some print templates that I have been working
with. I would appreciate comments from any members of this list, but
especially from anyone who prints dives to paper.
My point of departure with this work is to accommodate divers why
frequently print dives. Three points: 1) The biggest limitation is that
all dive details (i.e. those shown on the Notes, Equipment and
Information tabs in Subsurface) cannot be fitted onto a single sheet of
paper. Therefore I assume that those who print dives are more likely to
be those who dive in a recreational environment and configuration. Such
divers have fewer demands from a printout, compared to
technical/sidemount/rebreather divers. These print layouts are therefore
geared towards recreational divers. 2) I used "conventional"
recreational dive log sheets available on the Internet to determine what
information is more likely to be relevant to a recreational diver. 3)
Though I have not been totally consistent, I assumed that the
information showed in the multiple-dives-per-page layouts should not
show information different from the one-dive-per-page layout. If space
is limiting, a subset of information on the one-page layout should be
shown on the layouts with less page space for each dive. Any comments on
these points of departure?
*6 dives:* On the left is the current default layout. Biggest issue is
that the notes are mostly not shown or severely truncated. It is futile
to include the Notes in the 6-dive layout. A lot of information is shown
here, which are not shown in the one-page print layout (e.g. SAC rate,
rating, tags). In putting together a 6-dive layout, I decided to split
the templates into two: 1) a template that does not show the notes; 2) a
template that does not show the dive profile. This gives a diver a
choice to print whatever is more important for her/him. In these two
derived templates, I re-arranged the layout compared to the current
template. Note that in all 6-dive layouts, the depth and time labels on
the dive profile are for all practical purposes illegible, and I suspect
this is a problem that is not easily solved. Note:
1) The gas information on my two templates are truncated if more than
one cylinder is used on a dive. The gas information in my templates are
rather cryptic, giving cylinder type, gas type and begin/end cylinder
pressure. In the existing 6-dive layout (leftmost in image) there is
more information given for gas, but this comes with a penalty in other
aspects of the page layout.
2) In the proposed 6-dive layout with dive notes (i.e. without dive
profile), the dive notes are truncated if there are too many notes. I
often write fairly lengthy dive notes, so in the
multiple-diives-per-page printouts, my notes are commonly truncated.
*4 dives: *We currently do not have a 4-dive template. My rationale was
that if someone wanted a several dives per page and also both the dive
profile and the dive notes, a 4-dive layout is the more viable than the
6-dive layout. Here also, if the dive notes are long, they are
truncated. This layout is a compromise to show more or less all the
information originally intended with the 6-dive layout.
Any comments are highly appreciated. If these layout are perceived as
useful, I will circulate the templates so that you can test them on your
own dive log. After that we can decide in which way they will be added
to the current set of templates.
Kind regards,
willem
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