[Elecraft] Concern

[drewko1 at verizon.net]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:02:23 -0700 (PDT), Brian/K3KO wrote:

>
>Anybody else concerned about all the requests being made to add things?  
>
>I personally don't want a box with 99 million menu choices or requires 99
>button presses to get to more universally needed radio settings.     
>

I am fine with having a lot of features on the K3 even though I won't
be using most of them. I'll learn how to get to the ones I do want and
just ignore the rest. I realize the UI might not be perfect but I can
say that about any of a dozen different software applications which I
use regularly; can't really expect the K3 firmware and UI to suit me
perfectly if there aren't even any software applications which do. My
PC is a minefield of customizations which I've accumulated over the
years and still not totally happy with. I have sets of keyboard
macros, specific to different software application, to make them work
the way I think they should, and to tie different applications
together...

I wonder if at some point, if the K3 UI should indeed become too
cluttered, it might be desireable to have several different firmware
"models" to choose from: perhaps one catering to SSBers; another for
CW; one for general use, another for contesting, etc...

Hah, i guess that's not something you want to hear if you are looking
for less choice, is it. But hey, we are hams and are supposed to be
perpetually tinkering around with this stuff, right?

73,
Drew
AF2Z