Is it time to stop adding features to soaring software? Is it timeto focus on reliability?

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AGL wrote:

I'm still using XCSoar 5.2.4, because it has everything I NEED, and runs
with Stone-Axe reliability on my iPAQ 3950, which is STILL the best display
in sunlight I've seen yet.

I'm stil using SoarPilot, usually with a Palm Tungsten "T" or sometimes with
a Windows 5 device with a Palm emulator. It does everything I need. There
is an active YahooGroup of users, that is becoming quieter all the time
because no one seems to be able to come up with more improvement requests.
Frank Paynter used this at one time, and I'm not sure what he uses now or
what prompted a change. a list of what SoarPilot doesen't do would make for
interesting reading.

The hardware is getting old, but is still very readable in sunlight.
Nevertheless, I have installed XCSOAR and LK8000 on a PDA to play with in the
car this winter. Here's the problem with that: It's going to take me a long
time to become as throughly familiar with those, and even longer to trust
them. I fear errors of use more than software errors.

Fortunately we seem to have passed the point where we think that free means
inferior, but we still think that pretty means better.

So, until somthing substantial happens with screens, I'm sticking with what
I've got.

Same here! I still find SoarPilot on an old Tungsten T to be the best
system for me. Simple, easy to configure, and much better sunlight
readability than anything else I have tried. In over 8 years of flying
with SoarPilot, I have had to do a reset in flight just once, and that
was because of a damaged connector. I tried LK8000 on a Mio Moov. Even
with the screen brightness hack could not see it well enough to be
usable.

I am very interested in efforts with the eInk Nook and hope they are
successful. My old Tungstens won't last forever...

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