Information tab in desktop version

[Dean Murray]

I love the direction this is going. The latest screenshot in Dirks email
from a structure point of view is great (the blue boarders etc I’m not so
sure). I assume it would still support a list of gases per the earlier
screenshot? Regarding the point about moving the rating to info and about
keeping the info relevant to a entry level diver on the notes, well why not
do both? Just keep them in sync and cherry pick a few key ones to also show
on notes. Recording exposure protection does not need to be on notes if in
the equipment tab but rating / water temperature is definitely a a couple
that make sense to still show on notes. Air temp, Dive mode, suit. I’d be
happy to see moved off notes and onto info

Side note regarding equipment. I’d love to see a text notes field dedicated
for equipment. (On the equipment tab of course.

Regards

Dean Murray

On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 3:55 am, Willem Ferguson <
willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za> wrote:

> On 2019/05/03 18:40, Dirk Hohndel wrote:
> > I apologize for being absent from this discussion. A lot going on in
> > my life which is zapping my time and energy.
> >
> > Instead of trying to respond to every single post in this thread, I
> > picked what I believe is the last one to respond to and will try to
> > give my perspective...
> >
> > - I like the idea of refactoring the two tabs
> > - when we do that, we should start from a clean slate and think about
> > what makes the most sense, not necessarily what causes the least change
> > - the Equipment tab has been something I hated for a long time, so we
> > might consider the impact on that as well
> >
> > With that in mind, and without trying to make decisions, but with the
> > thought of providing input, here are some of my thoughts:
> >
> > - the suit should be on on the same tab as the equipment; I know some
> > people want to be able to track other equipment as well, but that
> > should be a starting point to make things more generic on that tab
> > - date, time, location, people on the dive, and the long notes seem
> > all obvious things to have on the notes tab
> > - I don't think the dive mode belongs there, nor do the temperatures
> > or surface pressure or things like that
> > - all those other things should move to the information tab - and we
> > need to think about a way to make it obvious for the user which of
> > those are editable
> >
> Thank you for the feedback, Dirk. My general philosophy would be to make
> the Notes tab something that attracts and satisfies the newby diver.
> Such a diver may perhaps not be interested to log the more esoteric
> information. So the Notes page should satisfy this diver completely. I
> can see a diver with a longer term diving interest start off only doing
> the Notes tab with basic information on date and locality, buddy and
> dive master. For this reason my opinion is that the overall 5-star
> rating tag may perhaps be useful on the Notes tab: it's the sort of
> thing that would appeal to a newby. Once the diver gets more experience,
> she/he may be interested to log equipment information with cylinder end
> pressures and later on to use the full facilities of the software. Of
> course it's difficult to generalise but if one could cater for a
> significant proportion of the recreational OW market (those that maybe
> dive some ten dives a year) just on the Notes page, that would be really
> good for the user base of Subsurface. If the Notes tab is cluttered or
> too technical those users are likely to gravitate to DiveMate or similar.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> willem
>
>
>
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