Originally Posted by bose-x
I rasied this awhile ago about AFPx. I don't think it was ever intended as a tool for the small VFR or evn IFR flyer to put online plans in but rather as a tool for airfields and FBO's with staff and a fixed installation. It is the tecnhogeeks amongst us that have seized on it as a way of filing plans when operating from our private strips and unmanned aerodromes.
The original intention certainly was to make it a tool for GA pilots. If you remember, about 18 months ago quite a few of the regular GA flight-plan filers got a telephone call asking what we'd want from a tool, what browsers we used, etc. I'd be surprised if you weren't one of the people they called.
I certainly remember telling them at the time that it would be useless for me unless it was usable on the move from a mobile-phone browser. I'm not surprised that got particular requirement didn't make it to the final specs, but it was certainly always intended for use by GA pilots, otherwise they wouldn't have been ringing us asking for our views.