Bogdan - thanks for the input. I suspected there was a reason this feature
didn't exist. As the new guy, I never meant to disrespect the current GUI
philosophies or the work you've done. What you guys have already created
is awesome! I don't want to make it worse.
A plugin sounds like a good approach. I will investigate. I surely never
meant to hack anything together, and I definitely haven't committed
anything. I just need a little direction from management (if there is such
a thing?).
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Thomas Morris <tom.s.mor...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> Perhaps this could be implemented as a plug-in? ("extended DSO
> controls" or something like that). Personally I would like some
> extended controls particularly for making full use of the new NGC data
> catalogue. (Galaxy display based on surface brightness for example,
> which would certainly be useful for objects at low altitude.)
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas
>
> On 19 March 2012 17:03, Bogdan Marinov <daggers...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:48 AM, bdwashbu <bdwas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Cool!
> >>
> >> I have a prototype image here:
> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/81471534@N00/6848489598/lightbox/
> >
> > Oh, my, more interface clutter. While users have requested a way to
> > select which categories of DSOs are displayed, I think that a separate
> > slider for each is overkill.
> >
> > Also, a comment on a previous question of yours:
> >
> > On 18 March 2012 14:15, bdwashbu <bdwas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I also think that the sliders should be ticked and a label show their
> >> current value, because I'm not even sure what their value currently
> >> represents. (I assume apparent magnitude)
> >
> > The sliders are deliberately unitless and don't represent apparent
> > magnitude. Instead, they control the number of objects shown on the
> > screen with a somewhat unclear formula which includes apparent
> > magnitude and dynamic eye adaptation.
> >
> > Please also have in mind that one of the reasons Stellarium is popular
> > with educators and people who are total beginners in astronomy is the
> > simplicity of its interface. New features should be carefully
> > designed. Just slapping hack over hack as has been the tendency
> > recently won't lead to anything good. We already kicked out the
> > planetarium users, let's not alienate more groups.
> >
> > Bogdan
> >
> >
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