Request default rotation for Clock Transition be Clockwise

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pmikep

Senior Member Joined: Nov 26, 2016 22:51 Messages: 285 Offline

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Oct 04, 2018 20:03

Admittedly a small nit, and perhaps it's already been changed in PD16 or 17. But shouldn't the default Clock transition in PD15 be Clockwise instead of the default Counterclockwise? I mean, you use the Clock transition when you're showing that time has passed between transitions. So the clock should move forward. Not backward.

It's one of those little ergonomic things that make one brand of software stand out from another.

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Oct 08, 2018 03:52

Hi Mike -

You'd already know that you can switch it to clockwise, I'm sure...

I wouldn't have a clue how to make that the default, but you wouldn't think it'd be too difficult for a coder.

... and no - PDR16 & 17 are both the same in that respect.

Cheers - Tony
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pmikep

Senior Member Joined: Nov 26, 2016 22:51 Messages: 285 Offline

Oct 09, 2018 08:19

Yep, I know I can change it. It's just that I have to do it everytime I use the transition. (And I use the Clock transition a lot.)

Too bad that CL hasn't 'fixed' this in 16 or 17. I'm sure it was no more difficult to write the code so that the transition went CW instead of CCW. But a coder has to consider every decision they make when they set defaults.

It helps if the person coding is also a user. But I've seen my share of non-pilot engineers designing airplanes. With similar unintuitive results.