[Elecraft] New products

[Gary]

What he said
😊
Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: "EricJ" <eric.csuf at gmail.com>
Sent: ‎7/‎06/‎2016 4:03 AM
To: "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] New products

With that, the thread effectively closed for me. Nobody has said it 
better. Thanks, Len.

Eric KE6US


On 6/6/2016 10:18 AM, len at ka7ftp.com wrote:
> As a developer of both hardware and software products that use touch screens
> I have mixed feelings.
>
> My number one gripe with soft environments is the tendency to continually
> modify the environment and jam more and more functionality into the same
> footprint.  This either needs to be done with width or depth, take your
> pick.  Both Apple and Windows are horrible abusers.  Every new version of
> their software requires users to hunt down functions that have been moved or
> crammed down.  Functions that were originally intuitive are now obfuscated
> in the name of progress. Lack of consistency is extremely frustrating for
> most users.
>
> Today because of the ease of soft environments it seems that companies feel
> compelled to continually bring a "new look" to each software revision of
> their website or product.  How many of you think Yahoo scored a home run
> with NEO?  In my opinion NEO is an absolute disaster.  But corporate egos
> won't allow users out.  How would you like someone mucking with your beloved
> radio in the name of pretty progress.  I'll take consistency over pretty and
> modern every time.  I'm buying a radio, I don't want an iPhone clone, or an
> Icom clone, I want my KX3 to look and exactly like the KX3 I bought.  I
> trust the engineers at Elecraft to make acceptable and necessary upgrades
> for functionality.  I also trust that they are not going to ruin a great
> radio in the name of glitter..
>
> It has been pointed out previously in this thread that all of Elecraft's
> radios can be easily connected to a computer for computer control.  Not
> everything in the world needs to be integrated, and often doing so creates
> compromises that are much more difficult to live with and limit the lifetime
> of a product.  I'm tickled pink with my Elecraft products and don't feel the
> need for them to emulate anyone else to keep me as a customer!  We shouldn't
> be compelled to buy a radio every two years like we do with cell phones.  My
> expectation is to buy a product that will function for many years, and
> possibly a decade or more.  I would rather have multiple Elecraft products
> rather than one that pretends to be all things to all people.
>
> 73
>
> len
>
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