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Feature Requests - Checklists + Bigger Buttons


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Sure - I understand that and it makes perfect sense. It's probably best if I send you some screen shots.



I'll try and explain it though.



Imagine you have a runway showing on the screen (at the default DPI settings) - the text is sized to fit more or less exactly within the runway - so you have the length in the middle and the runway numbers at either end.



If you then double the size of that text, you can no longer see it as it obliterates the underlying runway and all the text draws on top of itself. The runway text itself needs to be excluded from the global scaling if possible.



This is the contents of my XML file:-











Steve
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The device is an 800x480 unit and the actual dpi is 133
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(?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?)

(DeviceSettings Dpi="192")

(/DeviceSettings)



(Angle brackets swapped for normal brackets so it will post!)
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Thanks, could you possibly show us a photo of the device with the errant behaviour?
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I'll do it tonight for you. I think it'll have to be photographs of the screen as I'm not sure how to do screen grabs!
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Hi Tim,



Sorry for the delay.



Here you go:-

















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Thanks, I think we've got it.
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I've just noticed this is fixed in the latest release.



I would just like to say that I have never once in the past come across a software package which has undergone such rapid development and ongoing enhancement as SkyDemon. The responsiveness of the developers is staggering.



I really do wish you every success.
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Hi Tim

I realise this is an old post but I'd like to add my voice to the request for user defined aircraft checklists. I fly gyros and paper is not welcome in an open cockpit. although you memorise checklists, having an electronic checklist that can be edited, as i have on my AV80R GoFly software would be a valuable addition for a VFR pilot, IMHO.

Richard
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I second the checklist request. It's the only bit of pocket fms I miss, and I currently manage with a rather rubbish free one from fore flight, which is designed for the iphone and can't be rotated.
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