On 19/04/2018 18:03, Hartley Horwitz wrote:
I plead ignorance. I didn't realize that CCR use IrDA.
My point was that I'd be happy to forgo some of the new wiz-bang
features and just have a stable 'old' version of Subsurface if that
allows the developers the freedom to move quicker on developing newer
features. Many of those new features are targeting Tech divers and so
supporting IrDA makes sense.
As for my own kit, I use a regulator from the 1980's and my dive
computer is from 2006, so I've never been accused of using the latest
gear.
...Hartley
No problem at all. IrDA is old-fashioned, but not obsolete. It is freely
available on the market and until last year, was the technology of
Uwatec's leading dive computer (the Sol). Technology, by its very
nature, changes all the time and requires users to adapt all the time. I
am probably pretty old-fashioned, but I am resistant to tecnology for
new technology's sake. From what I have heard and seen, I am not
convinced that BTLE provides any advantage above IrDA (both of these
rather non-standardised and idiosyncratic) in terms of ease of use and
efficiency. To see the bad side of IrDA, just go and look what Mares
have gone and done with it. The fact that Apple decided to go BTLE
should not be a market driving force - maybe Apple did not reach a good
decision, or maybe they chose it as a mechanism to lock users into the
Apple-specific implementation in order to buy more of Apple.
Kind regards,
willem
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