Garmin Pilot 8.2
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Garmin Pilot 8.2
Any thoughts on the update?
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Re: Garmin Pilot 8.2
My philosophy on updated versions of anything:Cluemeister wrote:Any thoughts on the update?
- The earliest adopters are the best at finding the bugs that the developers missed. Unless you want to be an unpaid beta tester, hold off until the early reports are in from users "in the wild".
- The latest adopters are chickens, unless the early adopters found some nasty ones.
- With most apps, in addition to advertised new features, every update secretly fixes things that were wrong with previous versions, sometimes VERY wrong things.
So, watch for the initial reports and see if anyone uncovers anything bad. No one wants their mobile device turned into a paperweight. But after it's been out a few weeks and nothing untoward is revealed, you can feel pretty safe to update.
- Bruce
Re: Garmin Pilot 8.2
As a software developer I can't argue with any of Merlinspop's assessment. I'll add that when there are a lot of new features, be doubly cautious. Unless you desperately need the new features or have the time and means to test it yourself, I recommend waiting a week or so to make sure no really bad bugs made it through. The flip side, when you see an update where the comments just says bug fixes, consider it a good thing. It means the vender is honest and willing to go the expensive of putting out an update (and it is expensive) to make things right for the customer.Merlinspop wrote:My philosophy on updated versions of anything:Cluemeister wrote:Any thoughts on the update?
- The earliest adopters are the best at finding the bugs that the developers missed. Unless you want to be an unpaid beta tester, hold off until the early reports are in from users "in the wild".
- The latest adopters are chickens, unless the early adopters found some nasty ones.
- With most apps, in addition to advertised new features, every update secretly fixes things that were wrong with previous versions, sometimes VERY wrong things.
So, watch for the initial reports and see if anyone uncovers anything bad. No one wants their mobile device turned into a paperweight. But after it's been out a few weeks and nothing untoward is revealed, you can feel pretty safe to update.
Re: Garmin Pilot 8.2
Honestly, I have updated Garmin Pilot every time a new build comes out, and have never once found a bug.
They make very polished code.
They make very polished code.
Andy Walker
Athens, GA
Sport Pilot ASEL, LSRI
2007 Flight Design CTSW E-LSA
Athens, GA
Sport Pilot ASEL, LSRI
2007 Flight Design CTSW E-LSA
Re: Garmin Pilot 8.2
You've been very lucky so far, Andy. You might choose not to push your luck any further, as next time it could possibly brick your iPad.
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Prof H Paul Shuch
PhD CFII DPE LSRM-A/GL/WS/PPC iRMT
AvSport LLC, KLHV
[email protected]
AvSport.org
facebook.com/SportFlying
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