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== 2018 ==
== 2018 ==
=== Aircraft Dialogs ===
=== Aircraft Dialogs ===
Some of you may already know that the current tool to generate the dialogs ([[PUI]]) is going to disappear in the mid-future. After some (partially controversial) discussion, there seems now to be some support for the idea that canvas is a good tool to generate aircraft-specific dialogs in the future (as it allows to tailor the dialog closely to the plane and also, canvas being canvas, the UI can smoothly mesh with the 3d models, so you can project a canvas checklist onto a 3d model in sim for instance rather than a popup window).
Some of you may already know that the current tool to generate the dialogs ([[PUI]]) is going to disappear in the mid-future. After some (partially controversial) discussion, there seems now to be some support for the idea that canvas is a good tool to generate aircraft-specific dialogs in the future <ref>https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/flightgear-devel/thread/93862C87-0D3E-47BB-B169-8D3CBBF963B7%40kdab.com/#msg36194973</ref> (as it allows to tailor the dialog closely to the plane and also, canvas being canvas, the UI can smoothly mesh with the 3d models, so you can project a canvas checklist onto a 3d model in sim for instance rather than a popup window).


Thorsten would very much like to claim to be pioneering this approach, but in fact he believes the [[Extra EA-500|Extra-500 team]] is - look at the [[Extra_EA-500/failure_dialog|failure dialog of that plane]] where you can click the components you want to fail and you see what he means!
Thorsten would very much like to claim to be pioneering this approach, but in fact he believes the [[Extra EA-500|Extra-500 team]] is - look at the [[Extra_EA-500/failure_dialog|failure dialog of that plane]] where you can click the components you want to fail and you see what he means!