Hi Ed,
I'm not convinced that replacing the nebula sliders with a drop-down
menu would be more intuitive although I'm no expert on GUI design.
Bear in mind that non-numerical information needs translations unless
you use icons, potentially causing layout problems. Also drop-down
menus wouldn't fit on a small screen (e.g. smartphone).
Thanks,
Thomas
On 19 March 2012 21:14, <edtak...@cox.net> wrote:
> Hi Thomas and Brian,
>
> I think the way to do this one, as well as make the user interface both more
> facile and intuitive, is with drop-down menus.
> I put a draft of my idea at takken.us/stellarium, but need to do more to
> explain it.
> I suggest that the present slide bars are an encumbrance for the user.
>
> Ed Takken
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 19, 2012, at 1:30 PM, Thomas Morris 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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