Notes tab for novice divers

[Dean Murray]

Clean and simple is good, but not all who are using the manual data entry
are without a dive computer... many may have a computer or bottom timer but
not a download cable. I think that vis and water temp are pretty
fundamental attributes of the dive (some analog SPG also have temperature
dial in them).

I wonder if it might be possible to make the 'notes' tab (probably should
be renamed 'main') to have a user configurable content and layout... we can
set a default one, but all the extra editable fields that were now
proposing to have on info tab... could have a check box next to them, that
would  allow customising with ones to show on notes tab.

Dean

On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 1:43 AM Willem Ferguson <
willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za> wrote:

> On 2019/05/14 16:53, Pedro Neves wrote:
> > On 14/05/19 15:47, Dirk Hohndel wrote:
> >> So how does one trigger a switch to the "advanced" version? What if
> >> the first time you use Subsurface, you download from a dive computer?
> >> I'm trying to understand the logic when we show which UI...
> >>
> >> In general, having two different UIs for different users makes me a
> >> bit nervous. More to test, more to maintain, more to get wrong. But I
> >> see the value in the simpler layout... I would, however, for
> >> consistency keep rating and tags below the people you dove with...
> >
> >
> > Hi:
> >
> > I like Willem's approach. It's simple and concise.
> >
> > To "trigger" the switch to the "advanced" version, one could add an
> > item on the preferences menu (on the General tab?)... I've seen stuff
> > like this in some programs I use... (Note: I have no idea on how easy
> > it is to implement it...
> >
> > I agree with Dirk's comments on the position of the tags and ratings
> > fields...
> >
> > Cheers:
> >
> > Pedro
> >
> >
> I would imagine that the view for advanced divers would look reasonably
> similar: getting rid of diveMode, ProtectiveWear, temperatures, etc. The
> challenge throughout is to have a clean, simple interface that is
> expandable by using the other tabs.
>
> By the way, we already have a special layout for manually-entered dives.
> The dive depth and duration are shown on a special row in the grid
> forming the tab layout, and the software cleanly switches between the
> two ways of presenting dive information. But I have now so often heard
> the complaint that Subsurface is complex that I think perhaps one should
> start thinking about it. For instance the water type information is
> really unfriendly and we should consider to change this on the UI side,
> but not in the calculations.
>
> I hope this makes a bit sense.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> willem
>
>
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