Some feature requests from a keyboard warrior
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 3:37 am
First I want to say I am a big fan of the app overall. iCloud syncing is awesome because some things make sense to enter from phone (gps coords from site, photos, quick notes about gas pressure) and then I can use my computer to do the real organizing, typing up details etc. The app just works great and has almost every feature you need and very few you don't, so these suggestions would just take it from a 9 to a 10 in my mind.
One thing that has caught me quite a few times is a habit that I have when I'm typing on my mac and I've made an error and want to erase the current line and start over - I habitually press Cmd + Backspace to erase the entire text box and start over. In MacDive, Cmd + Backspace is bound to 'Delete this dive' on the main screen. Now this would not be a problem if it was not for the fact that the 'Edit Dive' box where I tend to do most of my typing seems to be some kind of modal window that does not capture the Cmd + backspace and instead passes it back to the main window, deleting the dive. There may be a reason this is difficult to fix but if not, it would be a big improvement for those of us who do a lot of typing into that window.
Another separate request is a few more customization options for the main dive list on Mac. If this is already possible and I've missed it then I apologize, but it would be great if there was a way to include units in the actual column. eg. if I have columns like
Dive | Dive Time | Max Depth | End Pressure | Water Temp | Surface Temp
1 | 33.00 | 45.00 | 50.00 | 10.00 | 15.30
2 | 45.50 | 35.00 | 45.00 | 25.00 | 30.00
It''s easy to lose track of which column is which. IMHO it would be much more readable if the formatting could include the units, and maybe even drop some insignificant figures
1 | 33 min | 45 ft | 50 bar | 10 °C | 15.3 °C
2 | 45:30 | 35 ft | 45 bar | 25 °C | 30 °C
My last suggestion would be to add a keyboard shortcut to bring up the dive editor for either a specific dive or a group of dives. I would humbly suggest Cmd + Enter, which I know is already bound to editing the date, but, at least for me, bringing up the dive editor is something I do much more frequently than manually editing the date from the main dive screen.
tl;dr:
1. Allow Cmd + BS to be used in the dive editor modal without deleting the entire dive
2. Add an option to display units beside every number in every row
3. Add a shortcut to edit a dive
Do any other mac users think these features would be good/bad? Thanks for reading.
One thing that has caught me quite a few times is a habit that I have when I'm typing on my mac and I've made an error and want to erase the current line and start over - I habitually press Cmd + Backspace to erase the entire text box and start over. In MacDive, Cmd + Backspace is bound to 'Delete this dive' on the main screen. Now this would not be a problem if it was not for the fact that the 'Edit Dive' box where I tend to do most of my typing seems to be some kind of modal window that does not capture the Cmd + backspace and instead passes it back to the main window, deleting the dive. There may be a reason this is difficult to fix but if not, it would be a big improvement for those of us who do a lot of typing into that window.
Another separate request is a few more customization options for the main dive list on Mac. If this is already possible and I've missed it then I apologize, but it would be great if there was a way to include units in the actual column. eg. if I have columns like
Dive | Dive Time | Max Depth | End Pressure | Water Temp | Surface Temp
1 | 33.00 | 45.00 | 50.00 | 10.00 | 15.30
2 | 45.50 | 35.00 | 45.00 | 25.00 | 30.00
It''s easy to lose track of which column is which. IMHO it would be much more readable if the formatting could include the units, and maybe even drop some insignificant figures
1 | 33 min | 45 ft | 50 bar | 10 °C | 15.3 °C
2 | 45:30 | 35 ft | 45 bar | 25 °C | 30 °C
My last suggestion would be to add a keyboard shortcut to bring up the dive editor for either a specific dive or a group of dives. I would humbly suggest Cmd + Enter, which I know is already bound to editing the date, but, at least for me, bringing up the dive editor is something I do much more frequently than manually editing the date from the main dive screen.
tl;dr:
1. Allow Cmd + BS to be used in the dive editor modal without deleting the entire dive
2. Add an option to display units beside every number in every row
3. Add a shortcut to edit a dive
Do any other mac users think these features would be good/bad? Thanks for reading.