[Elecraft] New products

[Buddy Brannan]

Only if it's Elecraft. Clearly this isn't the case with Yaecomwoodlincotec. Well, at least a couple of those, anyway. 

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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
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> On Jun 5, 2016, at 4:13 PM, Amateur Radio Operator N5GE <n5ge at n5ge.com> wrote:
> 
> Don,
> 
> I suspect that having redesigned a rig with touch screen
> capability the manufacturer would, in a short period of time realize
> the error of their ways.  Hopfully they would still have enough
> capital to revert to the original design and fire the person
> responsible for the change.
> 
> On Sun, 5 Jun 2016 15:37:42 -0400, you wrote:
> 
>> Lynn,
>> 
>> Please tell us how a touchscreen interface can enhance usability for 
>> blind operators.
>> Elecraft has made a commitment for such usability for all their radios 
>> with those blind operators particularly in mind.
>> A GUI interface means nothing to those who cannot see it.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>> 
>> On 6/5/2016 3:16 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote:
>>> A radio with only physical knobs and buttons severely limits future 
>>> upgradability, and leads to crazy button combinations to turn things 
>>> on and off that weren't even a dream when the radio was originally 
>>> released.
>>> 
>>> Touch screens may not be always convenient, but they're much more 
>>> flexible than a silk-screened metal panel.
>>> 
>>> I realize that knobs and buttons are a religion for some, but it's 
>>> really time to lighten up, folks.
>>> 
>>> Either that or for Elecraft to release a rig with a whole bunch of 
>>> "empty" buttons and sell stickers to update the front panel when the 
>>> firmware grows to need them.
>>> 
>>> On 6/5/2016 10:18 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote:
>>>> Also, can we pllease, for the love of all that is holy, not do the 
>>>> touch screen GUI? At least, not an exclusively touch
>>> 
>>> 
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