Thoughts & suggestions - the sequel!
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:50 pm
Hi Nick,
Been spending far too much time loading all my dives/critters/photos into MacDive & I must say that fully loaded it is truly a thing of beauty (& I've said as much to 'Diver' magazine as a recommendation for them to look at logging apps in their occasional app features).
I know you've a list of things to do stretching into infinity but inevitably I have some more suggestions
iOS App
Gear - offer more sort options:-
[*]Define order of sort or offer more combinations such as Type/Name, Type/Manufacturer/Name or Type/Name/Manufacturer or
[*]Show what it is sorted on in the kit list - this is fine for Manufacturer/Name or Name but Cost, Purchase Date & Type gives no indication that is the sort order/list]
Consistency of editing:-
[*]In Gear/Groups when you go into a group you see all the kit in circles & if you tap 'View Contents' you get the list with an option to edit & if you choose that you then can add/remove kit
[*]in Dives when you tap on the circles you immediately go into edit mode - I would have expected to be able to see detail for the kit & if I wanted to edit it then select Edit
[*]in Dives when you tap on the critter list you immediately go into edit mode - I would have expected to be able to see detail for the critter & if I wanted to edit it then select Edit
MacOS App
All Dives
[*]General - could you show 'C' after the degrees symbol for Warmest/Coldest, you show it elsewhere (such as Sites Avg Temp) - picky eh?
Inspector:-
[*]General: Make the display window dynamically sizeable
[*]Notes tab: space for critters isn't big enough, either make it dynamic or at least 2 lines
[*]Site/Map tabs: would it make sense to combine these?
Smart Dive Logs
[*]Application provides the ability to order these but the order is not preserved in the mobile app
Sites
[*]Map - maximum zoom does not allow me to see all of my dives, which range from Orkney to Sydney
[*]Grid display - would it be possible to have the photo a little bigger - seems like there's plenty of room
Divers
[*]The iOS App shows Total bottom time in days/hours/minutes whereas here it is hours & minutes, could this be consistent (I like days/hours/minutes)
[*]The value of my kit is showing in dollars, whereas in the app it is in pounds - is this a MacOS setting or MacDive?
[*]Could you add Longest Dive & Deepest Dive (to align with the iOS app) - though I guess these are in All Dives/Statistics
Still loving the both apps
Been spending far too much time loading all my dives/critters/photos into MacDive & I must say that fully loaded it is truly a thing of beauty (& I've said as much to 'Diver' magazine as a recommendation for them to look at logging apps in their occasional app features).
I know you've a list of things to do stretching into infinity but inevitably I have some more suggestions
iOS App
Gear - offer more sort options:-
[*]Define order of sort or offer more combinations such as Type/Name, Type/Manufacturer/Name or Type/Name/Manufacturer or
[*]Show what it is sorted on in the kit list - this is fine for Manufacturer/Name or Name but Cost, Purchase Date & Type gives no indication that is the sort order/list]
Consistency of editing:-
[*]In Gear/Groups when you go into a group you see all the kit in circles & if you tap 'View Contents' you get the list with an option to edit & if you choose that you then can add/remove kit
[*]in Dives when you tap on the circles you immediately go into edit mode - I would have expected to be able to see detail for the kit & if I wanted to edit it then select Edit
[*]in Dives when you tap on the critter list you immediately go into edit mode - I would have expected to be able to see detail for the critter & if I wanted to edit it then select Edit
MacOS App
All Dives
[*]General - could you show 'C' after the degrees symbol for Warmest/Coldest, you show it elsewhere (such as Sites Avg Temp) - picky eh?
Inspector:-
[*]General: Make the display window dynamically sizeable
[*]Notes tab: space for critters isn't big enough, either make it dynamic or at least 2 lines
[*]Site/Map tabs: would it make sense to combine these?
Smart Dive Logs
[*]Application provides the ability to order these but the order is not preserved in the mobile app
Sites
[*]Map - maximum zoom does not allow me to see all of my dives, which range from Orkney to Sydney
[*]Grid display - would it be possible to have the photo a little bigger - seems like there's plenty of room
Divers
[*]The iOS App shows Total bottom time in days/hours/minutes whereas here it is hours & minutes, could this be consistent (I like days/hours/minutes)
[*]The value of my kit is showing in dollars, whereas in the app it is in pounds - is this a MacOS setting or MacDive?
[*]Could you add Longest Dive & Deepest Dive (to align with the iOS app) - though I guess these are in All Dives/Statistics
Still loving the both apps