paper: Aluminum Falcons (FRC2168) 2011 Scouting System Ver 1.1

[Bill_B]

Fantastic start guys. There is much than can be done to improve usability, particularly on the data input page.

1. the view ribbon should be turned off for later excel versions to give more room in the display.

2. change data input page to horizontal layout, most laptop screens are have the wider ratio these days.
3. attributes area should start more neutral values - penalties=yes pretty harsh opening value
4. if there are only two possible values, having a drop-down control to specify them is tedious. use radio buttons for this instance.
5. must be a reset button for sheet so next page of data can be entered. Things will get hectic at the tournament, so making this as easy and foolproof as possible is a top priority.
6.add entry control should be disabled unless data is entered in sheet correctly, e.g. valid team number and reasonable match number at least. This will also prevent double entries if reset of sheet is done as part of add entry process.
7.tube placement logic check should prevent a single robot from multiple ubertube placement. I know it's possible, but so unlikely that it should be excluded from score sheet.
8. robot speed estimate 1,2,3,4,5 1 being lowest? 5 highest? I hope your formulas later do NOT average or do other arithmetic with those "numbers". It is unlikely that one scorer's 3 will mean the same as another's let alone have some sort of linear relation to the other values. Just because they're numbers does not mean you can do meaningful arithmetic with them.
9.printed sheet minibot activity does not have a "did not attempt" option
10. could be possible to make either a by-match or by-team set of printed sheets by input of number of matches or input of team number or numbers. At some point you will know the match and team information for a tournament. if match information is known, it could be a factor in the verification of input data suggested in #6,

Sounds like I don't like it? to the contrary, I would not have spent so much time in analysis of this if I thought it were not possible to improve. Can I convince my team to try it? You're a teen or know about them. What are my chances?