Hi,
I use the InReach Mini 3+ as a backup comms device on RHIBs (small fast boats) for when we are out of VHF reach of the mothership.
We are operational in cold waters in high latitudes (Antarctica, Patagonia, North Atlantic), so need to wear thick gloves (and still have cold fingers).
No chance of typing messages on a tiny screen with stiff frozen fingers and waves breaking over the bow.
For this reason we wanted to use the Quick Texts feature for most common comms cases.
But unfortunately: You can not access this feature by using just the buttons. You need to take the gloves of, and use the touchscreen. And this only for one single click: at the point where you have the message composing screen open, it is not possible to select "Quick Texts" with the buttons, but only by clicking on the screen. Before and after this, everything works fine without the need of using the touchscreen.
As I imagine this feature has many use cases like ours, people having limited time, operating in cold and/or wet climates, or with gloves on (eg. climbers, anyone involved in water or snow sports), it would make a lot of sense to me, to reprogram it to be accessible through use of the buttons only. Iliminate this single one touchscreen click from the workflow,
I hope this can be enabled in a future update, to make operations more safe for InReach Mini users wearing gloves.
Thanks and fair winds!
Cat
