On Dec 7, 7:27*pm, Dave Nadler wrote:
I've focused design on being able to QUICKLY SCAN the panel
and get the info you need. Otherwise you spend too much time
heads down. Things that prevent scanning a
- poor screen clarity (contrast, resolution, size, fonts) requiring
squint time
- too much stuff (why you can't scan a sectional) !
- poor organization

ALL our flight screens are tested for scanability - can you look
at the image for = one second, look away, and have got what you
need ?
If it takes more time than that, what exactly is going to happen
in a thermal or on the ridge at mach speed ?
That's why our moving map is SIMPLE.
You can scan it !

Every once in a while I find something that I have to respond to.
Sorry Dave, I'm still using the SN10. Overall it is the best of what
I have used.

Yes, I agree that the SN10 map page can be scanned quickly, mainly
because there is not much there but that is not what I take exception
to.

It is NOT SIMPLE and does require enormous heads down time to use.

With the interface, it is extremely time consuming and it is a mind
teaser to zoom, scroll, put the current glider location back in the
center of the screen and to get the task area you are flying into and
the current glider location on the screen at the same time. AND, once
you do achieve this, when you return to the screen in 10 minutes, you
have to do it all over again.

For these reasons, I VERY RARELY find it worthwhile to use the screen
and when I do I usually loose some mojo due to the time it takes,
heads down by the way, to do what I need to do with it.

And by the way Dave, when are you going to fix the costly reserve
altitude problem I pointed out in Montague (it gets reset without
informing the user when clicking on the finish TP on your tasking
listing page)?