Thoughts & suggestions
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 5:13 pm
Hi,
Having now used the iOS app extensively for the last few weeks & now running the latest release (which is great BTW) I've a few suggestions that I wonder if you would consider?
Dives
- Could the length of a dive be added to the dive list (I only suggest this as it is presented in the DivelogDT app that I came from 7 I sorta miss it. A minor point though.
- Tags - View on Map. Seems to centre the map on the first dive in the category but is too zoomed in to show the others. Map should be scaled to show all dives in tag list
- I like the idea of a random photo appearing in the Tags/Smart Tags sections but have been surprised recently to see kit photos appearing there & often kit not associated with the dives in the selection. Is this a bug or is the photo truly a random one from all photos including gear?
Gear
- Photos uploaded for gear that fit nicely in the provided box in the MacOS desktop application are seriously cropped on iOS, an indication of the displayed area in the MacOS application would help us judge what they will look like on the phone.
- Since 'Groups' has the same sort of effect as 'Smart Tags' in Dives would it be possible for it to behave the same way by showing a random photo for the group - at the moment, although individual items have photos there is none for the Group (I know I could add one & that of course is the other option)
- Might you add an option to show gear as Rented rather than Owned?
Dive Details
- Notes. On the app these are displayed in a scrolling box at the bottom of the screen, this is awkward to read & doesn't work at all in landscape (where you get 2 lines! - on an iPhone 5S at least). I think it would be better if these were presented the same way as notes for gear & Critters in that the whole screen scrolls
- On the tab showing the profile where you can touch & move right/left to see the depth/elapsed time/temperature would it be possible to show the actual time in brackets after elapsed
- On the tab showing the profile if I enable the overlays would it be possible to show their values as you scroll left/right like you do with temperature?
- On the tab showing the profile could the values for the axes be a little brighter/larger, they almost fade into the background at the moment
Sites Map
- I have dives in the UK & dives in Australia & the map centres in Delhi & manages to show none of them, I think it needs to be zoomed out more. Perhaps add a landscape mode too?
Photos
- Is it possible to show/associate any metadata around photos so I can know what it is, when it was taken, where etc.?
Profile
- How about Coldest & Warmest Dive alongside the existing Deepest & Longest?
- Certifications - I've added my cards but the back is usually pretty standard/boring so I added the signed off page in my training book but the presentation suffers the same fate as Gear photos: it is massively cropped, can this be adjusted?
Many thanks
k
Having now used the iOS app extensively for the last few weeks & now running the latest release (which is great BTW) I've a few suggestions that I wonder if you would consider?
Dives
- Could the length of a dive be added to the dive list (I only suggest this as it is presented in the DivelogDT app that I came from 7 I sorta miss it. A minor point though.
- Tags - View on Map. Seems to centre the map on the first dive in the category but is too zoomed in to show the others. Map should be scaled to show all dives in tag list
- I like the idea of a random photo appearing in the Tags/Smart Tags sections but have been surprised recently to see kit photos appearing there & often kit not associated with the dives in the selection. Is this a bug or is the photo truly a random one from all photos including gear?
Gear
- Photos uploaded for gear that fit nicely in the provided box in the MacOS desktop application are seriously cropped on iOS, an indication of the displayed area in the MacOS application would help us judge what they will look like on the phone.
- Since 'Groups' has the same sort of effect as 'Smart Tags' in Dives would it be possible for it to behave the same way by showing a random photo for the group - at the moment, although individual items have photos there is none for the Group (I know I could add one & that of course is the other option)
- Might you add an option to show gear as Rented rather than Owned?
Dive Details
- Notes. On the app these are displayed in a scrolling box at the bottom of the screen, this is awkward to read & doesn't work at all in landscape (where you get 2 lines! - on an iPhone 5S at least). I think it would be better if these were presented the same way as notes for gear & Critters in that the whole screen scrolls
- On the tab showing the profile where you can touch & move right/left to see the depth/elapsed time/temperature would it be possible to show the actual time in brackets after elapsed
- On the tab showing the profile if I enable the overlays would it be possible to show their values as you scroll left/right like you do with temperature?
- On the tab showing the profile could the values for the axes be a little brighter/larger, they almost fade into the background at the moment
Sites Map
- I have dives in the UK & dives in Australia & the map centres in Delhi & manages to show none of them, I think it needs to be zoomed out more. Perhaps add a landscape mode too?
Photos
- Is it possible to show/associate any metadata around photos so I can know what it is, when it was taken, where etc.?
Profile
- How about Coldest & Warmest Dive alongside the existing Deepest & Longest?
- Certifications - I've added my cards but the back is usually pretty standard/boring so I added the signed off page in my training book but the presentation suffers the same fate as Gear photos: it is massively cropped, can this be adjusted?
Many thanks
k