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la5nta / pat

A cross-platform Winlink client written in Go
https://getpat.io
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Web GUI - make options more intuitive #156

Open DC7IA opened 5 years ago

DC7IA commented 5 years ago

Some of the options in the web GUI are not really intuitive.

As an example: The checkbox "Radio Only". (Can someone tell me what it does?) The man page tells me: --radio-only Radio Only mode (Winlink Hybrid RMS only). I thought I need a radio anyway to do amateur radio? What does that mean?

Also the dropdown menu "Select Alias". What is that good for? I only see telnet there..?

Compose -> new message: checkbox "P2P Only" - Maybe write there what it means? Does it mean that the message can't go via an automatic station?

I think pat will be far more user friendly with some descriptions for these options. :)

martinhpedersen commented 5 years ago

Regarding Radio Only, a quick google search for "Winlink Hybrid RMS" gave me this decent explanation: http://www.philsherrod.com/Winlink/Winlink_Operational_Modes.pdf. I'm not sure what more you need? Do you wan't the man page to give detailed information on how the Winlink system operates?

I agree that some of the options could be better documented and maybe need improved labels and/or descriptions.

Specific suggestions for improvements are much appreciated!

davistroy commented 4 years ago

DC7IA, take a look at KM4ACK’s videos on YouTube. He does an awesome job explaining all of it.

guitarpicva commented 4 years ago

Martin, are you able to use tool tips in the web UI? Those are helpful for short explanations. Some people hate them, but I have trained my end users to look for them now. Saves a lot of documentation for simple items.

martinhpedersen commented 4 years ago

Tooltips are definitely an option :) It would be nice to be able to provide some more context to some of the buttons and menus.

I think tooltip support is limited with our current Bootstrap 3.2, but it seems possible using a plugin: https://getbootstrap.com/docs/3.4/javascript/#tooltips

Bootstrap 4 have better support for tooltips, and PR #197 will bring us up to date there I believe.