Jim Wilson wrote:
> Michael would like to add an additional default view (a third, closer
> tower) to the base package preferences.xml.  I'm against it since we
> offer the ability to add custom views and there's already too many
> default views for my taste.

I'd argue that this is a UI limitation.  Having a fixed set of views
works fine for N=3 or so, but forcing the user to cycle through 6 is
just too much.  Even explaining the difference between some of them is
a chore.

Why not add an extra menu where the user can select from a list,
instead?  Then the "v" key can toggle between cockpit mode (by
convention always view 0) and whatever the last selection was (the
default could be external view, currently view 1).  This should remain
easy to use up to N=10 or so.

Andy

-- 
Andrew J. Ross                NextBus Information Systems
Senior Software Engineer      Emeryville, CA
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