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Subject: CelestNav [was] Re: Leg 83
From: Jared Sherman (jared.sherman@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Sep 23 2002 - 23:35:55 EDT
Arthur & all-
I had tried CelestNav and reluctantly deleted it. It certainly is powerful and comprehensive, but I found it needed a lot of memorizing as some of the prompts and jumps (from place to place) were neither intuitive nor clearly labeled for the amateur user.
The problem could readily be said to be this user, not that program, but even on the tiny screen of the Palm I just felt that the layout and menu interface really needed work to make it "friendlier".
I kept & bought John Manson's "Pilot Navigator--Sights, Sailing, Piloting" three-pack, which is certainly not as comprehensive but is much much simpler for a fuzzy head to use for simple functions of sight reduction, since it runs in a pure linear entry fashion.
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