2018-08-10, 04:43 AM
I suppose it's more of an idea than a request.
Ease. A minimum of fumbling. Dedicated simple interface, large controls. Will run on any web browser.
Particularly I am having increasing success using a Kindle e-reader for full sunlight (but backlit) instrument display (no OpenCPN nor VNC possible). Racing on the lake in familiar territory we don't need a chart, but we need to know exactly where to find the mark (especially in late fall when we are finishing in the dark). We don't use autopilot.
That's a very specific use case, but I assume there are other circumstances where someone may want to be liberated from OpenCPN on the client side.
Built with a web service it could be recycled into a smartwatch app, plugin for a dashboard or signalk app.
Ease. A minimum of fumbling. Dedicated simple interface, large controls. Will run on any web browser.
Particularly I am having increasing success using a Kindle e-reader for full sunlight (but backlit) instrument display (no OpenCPN nor VNC possible). Racing on the lake in familiar territory we don't need a chart, but we need to know exactly where to find the mark (especially in late fall when we are finishing in the dark). We don't use autopilot.
That's a very specific use case, but I assume there are other circumstances where someone may want to be liberated from OpenCPN on the client side.
Built with a web service it could be recycled into a smartwatch app, plugin for a dashboard or signalk app.