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2011-12-19 00:56:31 - ipad vs other tablets
Does anyone use the ipad for their SOL adventures? I'm thinking of getting one but it has to be good for SOL. Do any of the ad ons or other useful sailing tools work on the ipad? I only use the laptop at the moment which means I have periods of no SOL when travelling.
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2011-12-19 21:04:45 - Re: ipad vs other tablets
Hi Scotsman!

The only problem with SOLing on an iPad is the lack of Flash support on all Apple idevices. But theres a way around it...you have to download the Puffin web browser. It converts Flash to html5 beautifully and I play SOL on my iPhone with it. It takes a little getting used to, but it works.

Cheers,

Antonio
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2012-01-06 01:59:03 - Re: ipad vs other tablets
I have been trying Puffin on my NEW i-Pad, and found so far that my boat position remains at screen centre and cannot be varied. Is this others experience?
If it breaks, it's not strong enough--if it doesn't, it's too heavy.
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I also found I couldn't alter course using the 'steering' icon-no pink line appeared. I could use the measuring tool, but slowly, with 10-20 second delays.
If it breaks, it's not strong enough--if it doesn't, it's too heavy.
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2012-01-07 02:18:45 - Re: ipad vs other tablets
I had a go at using my father in law's ipad / puffin and found the following, based on a fairly quick trial (so there may be ways around this):

- Not able to pan the screen (usually done by holding down the mouse, which isn't available on ipad.
- Can sort of pan by clicking the names of other boats, which does allow some sort of panning.
- Not able to change from weekly weather slide to 24hrs (requires alt mouse click).
- Most forms of fine tuning very difficult or impossible.
- Not sure how to alter course, as I wasn't able to use the command function, either using the steer tool or the steer tab. Perhaps mobile client is better for this.
- Ruler or similar planning on the screen seemed to be difficult or impossible.

So based on all that, I've decided not to bother with buying an ipad.

The main benefit seemed to be that you can see the weather and the forecast, which I understand is not available on mobile client (which I haven't used yet).

Cheers, Kevin
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2012-01-07 15:14:21 - Re: ipad vs other tablets
I have found that I cannot steer in VORG or GORG, but can do everything else.
In SOL, I have found out how to steer as well.
Tap the wheel icon, tap the screen where you wish to go, the course appears in COG and TWA boxes, then tap the 'send command' button. It is slow, so don't be impatient, it only confuses the poor little thing.
ps. I will continue with the VORG and the GORG.

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If it breaks, it's not strong enough--if it doesn't, it's too heavy.

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