OLC?

Why do we complain about something that is free?

I've only had one pitiful little flight since the new
and improved OLC has come to fruition and I posted
it as always: through the OLC web page, since I don't
have SeeMe or StraightPlop. It took me several tries
to get it to accept the flight. Could be that I was
uploading on Sunday for a Saturday flight and I had
not changed the drop down calendar to Saturday? I
don't know what I did to make it go, but it finally
'took.'

I did find it MUCH easier to load than previously.
I think all I had to give was my name, birthdate,
type of glider, and upload the file. I didn't have
to pick the starting time, the ending time, the region
of flight, and maybe something else.

I think it looks promising as far as uploading the
flight directly through their OLC web page.

But I do think the white background on the map without
any turnpoints shown is a loss from what we used to
have. Maybe they are working on that? Wouldn't it
be fun if they linked the gps logs to Google Earth?
No, that wouldn't work too well for dial up modems.
Well, I bet they are cooking up something for the
background 'picture.'

For a free service, I still think it's pretty darned
cool!

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
Looking forward to yet another pitiful little flight
this weekend!
(Spring can't get here fast enough!)

Ray Lovinggood wrote:
Why do we complain about something that is free?

It's not free. It's just that the contestants don't pay. Somebody pays
-- and they are not getting their money's worth, when contestants are
frustrated and new people avoid joining as a result of the continuing
difficulties.

Somebody is doing a lot of work on it, no doubt, but their guiding
principles could use a dose of reality.


Jack

Ray Lovinggood wrote:
Why do we complain about something that is free?

Heh. Is this your first visit to the internets?