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Old May 13th 15, 05:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default alternative to iGlide for iPhone (6 plus)

On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 8:49:47 AM UTC-7, Sean Fidler wrote:
Funny. I find iGlide to be excellent (particularly the UI) and have found very few bugs (both were addresses within days for me) after using it extensively for over 2 years (so far) in numerous contests and cross country flights and in many environments (mountains, flatlands, complex airspace). In my experience, some people just do not get iOS fundementals. Could this, perhaps, be the case for you? What did you not like?

I also have extensive UI design background. I find the iGlide UI to be far superior to any other small portable device soaring software including XC Soar. It requires far less steps to do the majority of critical ot common functions and most pilots I have spoken with find it intuitive and simple to use. This is just my opinion of course.

I have extensive experience with WinPilot, Strepla, SeeYou (Oudie 1 and 2) and XC Soar as well on multiple devices.

I am a member of a firm which primarily consults (and also helps develop) custom mobile applications (typically financial services). UI differentiators (IP, etc) is usually a critical topic.

Please list here (since you flamed it so sharply) all the bugs you found with iGlide, especially the ones the developer acknowledged as "known" bugs.. Since you bought the $39 version of iGlide, clearly you have no experience with tasking, etc., correct?

If you want to to talk about terrible UI, I give you SeeYou mobile. Would you not agree?

Then again, UI is a fairly subjective subject and a matter of personal preference.

Can you provide an example of soaring UI's that you approve of?

Thanks!


To be fair, different people see things differently. He said he had a background in UI, if this was working for Microsoft for example, then I have a different world view and no common language even to communicate with him. There are people that love Windows 8. I no longer try to understand them, just wish them luck.

He does have a point about the documentation being behind, but then like any good iOS app, you don't really need it.

The universal response to all those I have demonstrated iGlide to, even die-hard SYM and XCSoar fans, was, "wow - that looked easy!". In not a single instance has anyone said, "yeah, I can do that quicker and easier on my SYM/XCSoar....". The only complaint in the past has been, is it sunlight viewable? - and that has been largely addressed by the 6/6+.

I have not used SYM for many hours because it leaves such a bad taste in my mouth, however I have had more bugs and more crashing bugs on XCSoar and Winpilot, both running on an Avier, than on iGlide.