iFly GPS Forum

I see that autoclose isn't popular here, so let me try one more time to make the case. Or perhaps to make the case that this would be a nice user-settable option.

To me, the way the Runway Extension window is now, it would be like clicking an "Open File" menu in Windows, then clicking to open n a file to open, and then having to manually close the "Open File" dialog after the file opened.

The custom ROM for my Tablet offers auto-close for the Tiles (and Notification) shades, which I have enabled. So, for example, after tapping a Quick Tile for Expanded Desktop, the Tile shade rolls back up. Since I rarely make more than one choice on the Tiles, this saves a step and is a nice convenience. I'm frustrated that iFly doesn't do (or offer) the same feature.

The fact that I can tap anywhere on the map to close the window (as is with the Quick View) is a nice compromise - at least I don't have to be precise on where I tap to close. But it's still an extra step and I am constantly amazed how easy it is to end up in an "uncommanded" bank in the Glasair because I've got my head down too long drilling thru menus in iFly. So as I've said before, anything that can reduce the user's head down time is a plus.

Perhaps a two second delay on autoclose would satisfy most user's concerns? If you fat finger the wrong runway and/or want multiple runways, a one second delay before auotclose would give the user time to make the correction.

As for fat fingering in turbulence - well, perhaps I'm not flying in as much challenging wx as others. Only been flying iFly for a year now, but I haven't had a problem tapping the wrong thing in turbulence. My tablet is set to "Medium" delay for touch in the Accessibility Setting, so perhaps that mitigates the problem. I don't know if the iFly boxes have a similar touch delay feature.

Cool! Could make it a user selectable option, with default being no auto-close.

Just touch the screen anywhere and the box will close.