Well of course it would be nice to add features as we did, leading the
market in terms of innovations, and at the same time be able to keep
compatibility with several platforms like XCS did.
But we could not do both things, and of course even XCS could not.
Unfortunately I cannot comment on what Max says, for two reasons.
The first, is that I dont discuss with him in public anymore.
The second, because the truth is obvious to anybody looking at a screenshot
or testing a software for 5 minutes.

But let me have a good laugh at "There are only few LK8000 features that
have not made it into XCSoar. Mostly features that have not been considered
important/useful enough by XCSoar developers/users." .
De Vulpe Et Uva .
And you also forgot to say that you copied the rest from us, haha.

I am not going also to comment about the reasons me, and now all of the rest
of the original XCS developers, abandoned Max or forked out. But there is
always a good reason why these things happen, of course.

Good software for free, for all platforms, I wish pilots to find the one
that match better their need, and their hardware !
paolo



"Max Kellermann" wrote in message
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On Monday, March 11, 2013 3:06:07 AM UTC+1, waremark wrote:
My impression is that LK8000 is even more feature rich than XCSoar, since
the LK team went on developing new functionality while the XCS team were
porting it to Android.

No, your subjective impression is not quite correct. The Android port has
nothing to do with adding features (or not).

Both LK8000 and XCSoar have gained new features since Paolo decided to part
the XCSoar team (he quit because he rejected the Android port, not because
he wanted new features). Many new XCSoar features are not present in LK8000,
for example:

- SkyLines live tracking (http://www.skylines-project.org/tracking/)
- show friends locations via SkyLines
- METAR/TAF
- improved reach display (shows reachability behind obstacle when there is a
route around the obstacle)
- terrain avoidance suggestions (terrain route planner)
- airspace avoidance suggestions (airspace route planner)
- valid IGC file download from FLARM, Colibri, LX5000/LX7000, Nano, CAI302,
ERIXX
- configuration interface for FLARM, Nano, V7, CAI302
- many more device drivers, for example K6Bt and custom pressure sensors
(MSM, BMP)
- up to 6 devices can be connected, all input is merged with auto-fallback
- Bluetooth server for wireless NMEA forwarding
- FAI triangle areas obeying the 750km rule
- high-resolution terrain renderer
- kinetic panning
- live scores for more contests (Netcoupe and others)
- audio vario
- gestures
- runs on Android, Mac OS X, Linux, Raspberry Pi (plus all Windows platforms
that LK8000 supports)

(That list is far from complete)

There are only few LK8000 features that have not made it into XCSoar. Mostly
features that have not been considered important/useful enough by XCSoar
developers/users.