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[Mel]

 >Why clear old spots manually?

early in the morning, for example, when spots are fairly scarce... I 
don't want to get exited about spots for stations that have long since 
gone to bed.  That's the point of the color coding... to get your 
attention without having to read the spot. having hight priority spots 
on the screen is distracting. Like Pavlov's Dog... when I see the "New 
Country Color", the heart rate goes up ;-) I believe there was also an 
issue with 24hr old spots... they don't "delete" if you try to "delete 
old spots".

 >Auto connect wouldn't help in that case.

You are assuming, incorrectly, that I never use the same cluster twice. 
I usually use the same one, but occasionally it is down so I use an 
alternate.

 >I agree that this would be nice. (sh/dx)

You can't really implement this without doing the whole thing...



David Kozinn wrote:
> On 6/25/2009 11:34 AM, Mel wrote:
>> Well, for one, I agree with you Jose... every time I start DX4Win I have to:
>>
>> Clear old spots manually...
>>   
> Why clear old spots manually? I've never found them to be much of an 
> issue personally, but I'm wondering if I'm missing something?
>> Select a cluster... (I don't always use the same one...)
>>   
> Autoconnect wouldn't help in that case.
>> Connect to a cluster...
>> enter my callsign...
>>   
> I agree that this would be nice.
>> enter a sh/dx
>>   
> And this would be possibly useful, though there are times when I don't 
> want to do that. If I were building this (and I'm not!) I'd have a setup 
> such that an automated login could be an option to select (yes/no), and 
> it would use the first one in the list, with options to use the main 
> callsign to login following by an optional user-specified initial 
> command. But then, that's just me. :-)
>> It only takes perhaps 10-15 seconds... but after you have done it 10,000 
>> times it DOES become a little irritating ;-)
>>
>> But let's allow Paul to implement and debug the new BIG improvements for 
>> now... and perhaps we'll bug him about some small improvements when the 
>> dust settles.
>>   
> Don't get me wrong, I'd like to see a bit more automation in the cluster 
> connection process, but I agree 100% Mel; the new features visible in 
> the sneak preview look terrific. I can live with the minor inconveniences.
>>
>> ... Mel
>>
>> Jose wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi Dick and all,
>>>  
>>> Dick wrote:
>>> <<All of this to save a couple of mouse clicks or hitting the Return 
>>> key.  I would rather have Paul <<expend his effort adding meaningful 
>>> upgrades.>>
>>>  
>>>  
>>> That's the point Dick.
>>>  
>>> All must prog. have the automactism connection to your preferred 
>>> cluster... we can define it.
>>> And they are not so good as DX4WIN is...(my opinium)
>>>  
>>> I'm a user since the first version and still have it as my log ''as it 
>>> should be'' and my request have a propouse to improve the program and 
>>> not an idiotic idea..
>>>  
>>> I can live with it as it is but still inquiring for an easy way of 
>>> operation.
>>>  
>>> Thats my point of wiew .
>>> Sorry to take your time
>>>  
>>> Best 73 from
>>> Jose CT1AOZ
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Dick Flanagan <dick at k7vc.com 
>>> <mailto:dick at k7vc.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     At 04:20 PM 6/24/2009, Jose wrote:
>>>      >When we call the DX4WIN to open it should connected to the first
>>>     add in the
>>>      >top of the TCP list, instead all the manually enters and mouse
>>>     clics...(its
>>>      >my idea) and sorry for my insistence Paul.
>>>
>>>     This all assumes that the user has edited the .tcp file to move his
>>>     desired cluster to the top of the file.  Otherwise, everyone is
>>>     going to be automatically connected to a cluster they probably have
>>>     no interest in.  Which they will have to disconnect from then
>>>     re-connect to their desired cluster.
>>>
>>>     All of this to save a couple of mouse clicks or hitting the Return
>>>     key.  I would rather have Paul expend his effort adding meaningful
>>>     upgrades.
>>>
>>>     Dick
>>>     --
>>>     Dick Flanagan K7VC
>>>     dick at k7vc.com <mailto:dick at k7vc.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> visite estes sites. ( give a loock here):
>>> http://www.qrz.com/ct1aoz
>>> http://ct1aozhamradio.blogspot.com/
>>> jose CT1AOZ
>>>     
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