Pete, N4ZR, wrote:
> Eric, while you've been away (;^)), a group under the leadership of WA7BNM
> has
> been working on developing a standard for real-time contest score reporting.
Bruce, WA7BNM, wrote:
> As I think you know, we've been working on contest score boards for almost
> the past year.
Hey Guys, TNX for the great info which I did not know about.
Regarding my previous comment:
> The key thing is to have "options", and to NOT (that's ***NOT*** have to use a
> mouse to scroll to see what you want to see).
Before 'yal finalize things, I do want to add another "2 cents" as my friend
Jim Neiger would say about why eliminating, or substantially reducing the need
for a mouse, is important.
When one is operating a CW contest at 35WPM (+/-), the last thing in the world
ya want to do is to have to take your hands off the keyboard or paddles and
screw around with a mouse to activate and/or scroll around in a another
computer window ;-(
IMHO, the use of Hot Keys (within a program or a hot-switchable TSR loaded
module) should be a high priority.
As an example, I have an X-Keys 3 peddle USB footswitch which is configurable
to actuate any combinations of keys or functions on the keyboard. So even a
weird Key1 + Key2 + Key3 type combination function can be performed with only
pushing one switch with my foot (even if I'm on the paddles at the moment). It
can also work to display something when the footswitch is down, and then return
to the previous screen/program state when the switch is released. Talk about
EFFICIENCY!!!
IMHO, end-user configurability of what is displayed on any Scoreboard is
extremely important. Some will only want a fast, minimal eye-movement snapshot
of the info that *THEY* consider important at the moment, because in a contest,
"every second counts".
In sincerely hope the above comments help. When it comes time for a Beta test,
perhaps I can help (I have developed software programs and been a past Beta
tester for major software firms :-)
Tnx again, 73 & GL...
Rick, K6VVA
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