> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Willem Ferguson <[email protected]> > To: Subsurface Mailing List <[email protected]> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:10:12 +0200 > Subject: RFC: Print templates for 4 dives per page and 6 dives per page > > I attach two images for some print templates that I have been working > with. I would appreciate comments from any members of this list, but > especially from anyone who prints dives to paper. >
HH - I'm a recreational diver and I 'used to' print out my logs. When I moved to using Subsurface I wanted to get many diver/page to save paper and in that case I didn't care about the profile. I did care about the notes. The thinking is that a dive operator doesn't care how long you spent at 30m or 40m, just that you did. Or they don't care what your profile looked like, just that you did a night dive or something like that. Don't get me wrong. One of the key reasons I use Subsurface is the visualization of the dive, but I think only me and my dive partner care about that and in that case I use my laptop or handheld to view the profile. > My point of departure with this work is to accommodate divers why > frequently print dives. Three points: 1) The biggest limitation is that all > dive details (i.e. those shown on the Notes, Equipment and Information tabs > in Subsurface) cannot be fitted onto a single sheet of paper. Therefore I > assume that those who print dives are more likely to be those who dive in a > recreational environment and configuration. Such divers have fewer demands > from a printout, compared to technical/sidemount/rebreather divers. > [HH] agree > These print layouts are therefore geared towards recreational divers. 2) I > used "conventional" recreational dive log sheets available on the Internet > to determine what information is more likely to be relevant to a > recreational diver. 3) Though I have not been totally consistent, I assumed > that the information showed in the multiple-dives-per-page layouts should > not show information different from the one-dive-per-page layout. If space > is limiting, a subset of information on the one-page layout should be shown > on the layouts with less page space for each dive. Any comments on these > points of departure? > > *6 dives:* On the left is the current default layout. Biggest issue is > that the notes are mostly not shown or severely truncated. It is futile to > include the Notes in the 6-dive layout. A lot of information is shown here, > which are not shown in the one-page print layout (e.g. SAC rate, rating, > tags). In putting together a 6-dive layout, I decided to split the > templates into two: 1) a template that does not show the notes; 2) a > template that does not show the dive profile. This gives a diver a choice > to print whatever is more important for her/him. In these two derived > templates, I re-arranged the layout compared to the current template. > [HH] given my comments above, it isn't surprising I prefer the 2nd layout for the 6-dive - the one with more space for notes and no profile. > Note that in all 6-dive layouts, the depth and time labels on the dive > profile are for all practical purposes illegible, and I suspect this is a > problem that is not easily solved. Note: > > 1) The gas information on my two templates are truncated if more than one > cylinder is used on a dive. The gas information in my templates are rather > cryptic, giving cylinder type, gas type and begin/end cylinder pressure. In > the existing 6-dive layout (leftmost in image) there is more information > given for gas, but this comes with a penalty in other aspects of the page > layout. > > 2) In the proposed 6-dive layout with dive notes (i.e. without dive > profile), the dive notes are truncated if there are too many notes. I often > write fairly lengthy dive notes, so in the multiple-diives-per-page > printouts, my notes are commonly truncated. > [HH] the space you've allocated for notes seems sufficient for my purposes. > *4 dives: *We currently do not have a 4-dive template. My rationale was > that if someone wanted a several dives per page and also both the dive > profile and the dive notes, a 4-dive layout is the more viable than the > 6-dive layout. Here also, if the dive notes are long, they are truncated. > This layout is a compromise to show more or less all the information > originally intended with the 6-dive layout. > [HH] I no longer print out, but would use the 6-dive, no profile template. I just asked my wife and she likes the 4-dive template! It just shows you that it is hard to have a 1 size fits all solution. > Any comments are highly appreciated. If these layout are perceived as > useful, I will circulate the templates so that you can test them on your > own dive log. After that we can decide in which way they will be added to > the current set of templates. > > >
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