Nice! One thing about the airplanes though: A database might be too details or not detailed enough for some users. What I mean is that some may prefer to enter their airplanes as say "B747" and be happy with that, while others may prefer to enter it as "B747-132". Becuase of this I like the current approach, that you get to enter your airplane details yourself.
An alternative solution might be to have a tree menu for the airplanes, where you can select how detailed you wish to go. Maybe like
B747 => B747-100 => B747-132 ?
Originally Posted by
jpatokal
It's been a little quiet in
OpenFlightsLand lately, but I recently returned from
a month-long trip and today rolled out a new version containing no less than
sixteen (16) bug fixes and minor enhancements (
details here). Probably the most noticeable is that, when you "Add" a flight now, it automatically flips your last destination to be your next starting point.
Up next on the agenda is a series of larger usability changes:
- The awkward textbox-into-pulldowns for airports and airlines will be replaced with autocomplete boxes.
- Plane types will become database-searchable, so you don't need to key them in yourself.
- When you select anything from a filter, it will be applied automatically, without requiring an "activation" click.
- The option of editing airports/airlines that you have added yourself will be implemented.
The
Feature Requests tracker at SourceForge is growing, but please keep punching in your ideas!