Michael, I like having the joystick on the E7 in any kind of weather. It is more precise than my finger. I always turn down the brightness at night and never had an issue. There's a night mode? I'm not aware of a night mode on an IPad. Just a brightness control.
Joel On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Michael Brown <m...@tkg.ca> wrote: > I visited the Raymarine booth at the Toronto boat show. > > No firm answers, comments were made that the display portion may be based > on Android, > someone else thought that the base OS was a Linux variant BusyBox. I could > understand > BusyBox, it has been used for a while as an embedded OS in things like > routers and TV > set top boxes. > > The new "Lighthouse" interface looked very good. I asked the rep about the > use of touchscreens > during heavy weather. I guess this had come up before, I got a demo of the > Hybrid Touch units > and how easy it was to lock / unlock the touch part. The suggestion was > the dedicated fixed > buttons had an advantage in some conditions. > > I was also interested in the night mode. From my experience mounting a > chartplotter at the helm > and using it at night quickly affects my night vision. Even with the > screen switch to black / white > or black / red ( full color at night is not very useful ) with the night > reverse mode on ( background > dark ) looking at it for a few moments causes a very noticeable reduction > in night vision. > > How readable are the iPads / Android tablets at very low light levels? Can > the apps be set down > to monochrome and still be usable? > > Michael Brown > Windburn > C&C 30-1 > > > > Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:18:32 -0500 > From: "Marek Dziedzic" <dziedzi...@hotmail.com> > To: <CnC-List@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Stus-List Marine systems > Message-ID: <blu177-ds7884458f7c35670c42734ce...@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Steve, > > I think that the big issue is that the dedicated device is a much better > controlled environment. For recreational boaters, this may not matter that > much, but if you are a commercial boat skipper, you may want to have > confidence that this particular instrument won?t go suddenly into a BSOD > only because you installed an app for watching movies or playing music. So > it is a question of controlling the environment well. > > >From what I have seen, I don?t think Garmin and al develop their own OSs. > More than likely they get commercially developed OSs (like the Blackberry?s > QNX) and modify it slightly (or more than slightly) to fit their needs. > > Having said all of the above, I fully agree with you. > > Marek > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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