chuybregts
Registered
I'm hoping someone from Aeris sees this as I've just upgraded my Aeris ACI app to the current version on their web site.
2 years ago, when I purchased my Atmos 2, I was ecstatic to be able to download my dives straight to my computer. So, after my first series of dives, I fired up the software and off I went. Unfortunately, I never used the software again as it was honestly, quite bad.
Fast forward to today, I download a whole new revision (2.1.2 I was using 1.something before) only to find out, sure it looks different, but man, the software is not user friendly at all. It's missing simple things like a save button! The UI is not intuitive at all.
So, Aeris, please please please do one of two things, either A) read up on any GUI design books/best practices (or use a competing product's software, like Suuntos) or B) Release your serial communication protocol (like Garmin does with their GPSs) so that someone out there could write a decent dive log program that interfaces with your dive computers. Hell, I'll volunteer if no one else wants to!
Being a software professional myself, when we have to pay damn good money to buy a computer interface cable only to find out their software makes the purchase a waste, it is frustrating as hell.
Having said that, I do want to re-affirm that I love my dive computer and I am happy with Aeris as a whole (a lot of my gear is Aeris branded), as such I want to see their software be at the same quality level as the rest of their products.
Chris
2 years ago, when I purchased my Atmos 2, I was ecstatic to be able to download my dives straight to my computer. So, after my first series of dives, I fired up the software and off I went. Unfortunately, I never used the software again as it was honestly, quite bad.
Fast forward to today, I download a whole new revision (2.1.2 I was using 1.something before) only to find out, sure it looks different, but man, the software is not user friendly at all. It's missing simple things like a save button! The UI is not intuitive at all.
So, Aeris, please please please do one of two things, either A) read up on any GUI design books/best practices (or use a competing product's software, like Suuntos) or B) Release your serial communication protocol (like Garmin does with their GPSs) so that someone out there could write a decent dive log program that interfaces with your dive computers. Hell, I'll volunteer if no one else wants to!
Being a software professional myself, when we have to pay damn good money to buy a computer interface cable only to find out their software makes the purchase a waste, it is frustrating as hell.
Having said that, I do want to re-affirm that I love my dive computer and I am happy with Aeris as a whole (a lot of my gear is Aeris branded), as such I want to see their software be at the same quality level as the rest of their products.
Chris