[TenTec] ORION and IC7800 - Kirby - GUI's

[Mark Erbaugh]

I agree.  To date, most computer based radio control programs have tried to
make the computer screen look like a traditional radio front panel.  The
radio front panels were designed because that was an effective user
interface given the limitations of knobs and buttons. We really need to
think of the radio control program as a computer program and design an
interface that works for that.

I think there needs to be a 'paradigm shift' in thinking about the human -
radio interface.  For example, most radios have two VFOs. In the old days,
they actually had two VFO circuits, but with most radios (excluding the ones
with dual receivers), there's now one computer based PLL that it switched
among various frequencies as needed.

I'm not sure what the improved interface is as I've been using knob and
buttons for so long that I'm used to the way they work and tend to think of
my interaction with the radio in those terms, but I have to believe that
there is a totally new design out there.

73,
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane A Calvin" <ac5aa at juno.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION and IC7800 - Kirby - GUI's


> On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:04:08 EDT N0KHQ at aol.com writes:
> ...snip ...
> > What I would really like to see is a graphical user interface for the
> Orion
> > that actually looked like an Orion. I guess not many programmers know
> how to
> > design life like 3 dimensional GUI's. True, it does take a lot of
> > time........but man, the end result would be amazing. I have seen some
> GUI's that look
> > better than the real thing.
> ... snip ...
>
> That's interesting.  Why would I want a GUI that looks just like the
> Orion?  I can get that on the Orion only better since I wouldn't have to
> mouse around it.. I would want a GUI that lets me be more efficient, or
> makes operation easier or more intuitive. By the way, this is not a
> complaint - I mostly like the Orion just fine, than you!
>
>         73, Duane
>
>
> --------------------------------------
> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
>
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