On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Fabien Chéreau <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > after I saw Bogdan's remark about the top left corner getting full > when an object is selected, I tried to make a list of things we'd like > to improve in the GUI, and I came so far to this: > - Change the selected object info in top left corner: it's currently > unclear, I suspect that most of our users don't understand most of the > displayed numbers, and there is no explanation about them. Also it > would be good to be able to display more stuff there, maybe link on > wikipedia etc..
The usual way I've seen elsewhere is to put somewhere a list/a series of checkboxes and let the users select what they want to see. I remember investigating the "Wikipedia link" problem. As far as I can recall, it turned out that the info field is "transparent" to mouse clicks, so links don't work. > - Find a way to add more buttons in the bottom bar. When all plugins > are loaded it's crowded, also there are features like grids for each > reference frames which should/could be grouped. I was thinking maybe > to open sub-menus when right/long clicking on some buttons. Right-clicking won't be very obvious. We also need an easy way to add buttons/controls anywhere on the screen. For example, the Oculars plug-in badly needs a better GUI. > - Better way to control time. The only good way so far is to use the > keys, we could maybe improve that, somehow by clicking/dragging on the > time in the bottom bar (?) I think that the current way works. One of the advantages of Stellarium is that the interface is not cluttered like in some other astronomy software. :) > - Support right to left languages properly. https://code.launchpad.net/~daggerstab/stellarium/right-to-left Qt can do the LTR-to-RTL layout switch automatically, but we need symmetric styles to make it look good. > - And of course fix the f**** font display bugs..... > > other things? > > I may get fundings in the next months from Nokia to work on a > demonstration QML-based GUI, so it could be the good time to > experiment new things! I have mixed feelings about the whole QML thing. Regards, Bogdan Marinov ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Stellarium-pubdevel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stellarium-pubdevel
