AOPA Flight Planner - Microsoft only?

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Morgans wrote:

"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
gonline.com...
I tried to go to the AOPA Flight Planning web page today, and found that
the
only option remaining is to download a Microsoft-only application. This
seems annoying.

Has this issue been raised to AOPA and ignored? Is something in the works
for the rest of us? Anyone here know what's going on?

- Andrew

Who cares? You are a very small minority. (only half a grin, here)

Minority or not, he has a very valid issue. We all aren't
forced to use an operating system from Micro$oft, so why should we be
forced to use a Micro$oft only-based application? There are those of us
who use linux, Macs, and otherwise. Making something that is 'only
viewed best with', or 'can only be used on XXX operating system' is
halving your user audience, and forcing them to spend money on products
they don't need, so they can conform to what the company (AOPA) wants.
If the AOPA wants to keep people around to use their product, they need
to make it available to all platforms. They are there for us, not us
there for them.

BL.
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