From: F. C. <fab...@go...> - 2008-03-27 17:08:44
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Hi, I just continued a bit the View window fo the GUI and also changed slightly the style sheet. I would need your comments on it. Especially, where to put what. I am unsure about a couple of things: - Should I move the Shooting Stars section from "Sky" to "Ground"? - Should I move the Labels and Markers section from "Sky" to "Marking"? - Is the projection list box useful and is it at the good position? - Should I move the Constellation section from "Marking" to "Sky"? - Should I add sliders for controlling separately the amount of labeling for nebula/stars/planets or can we use only one as I did? - Are the Show Milky Way and Show bright textures buttons really useful? - Should we use capitalized labels in the GUI e.g. "Show Shooting Stars" instead of "Show shooting stars"? Any other comments are very welcome. These questions are truly critical. Please also refer to the MMap file and comment/modify it. Fabien |
From: Johannes G. <joh...@gm...> - 2008-03-27 21:37:13
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On 2008.03.27 18:08:38 CET, Fabien Chéreau wrote: > Hi, > I just continued a bit the View window fo the GUI and also changed > slightly the style sheet. > I would need your comments on it. Especially, where to put what. I am > unsure about a couple of things: > - Should I add sliders for controlling separately the amount of > labeling for nebula/stars/planets or can we use only one as I did? Not only for the amount of labeling but also for limiting magnitudes. Some time it will be dearly necessary to limit the amount of visible solar system objects (and labels) by magnitude. Concerning the nebula it would be very useful to split the limiting magnitude (and label) sliders according to the different types of nebula. So that one could see planetary nebula with a different limiting magnitude than open clusters. This is because planetary nebulas of mag=10 are easily observable, while open clusters or galaxies of mag=10 are invisible. > - Are the Show Milky Way and Show bright textures buttons really > useful? There should be not buttons but sliders for controlling the amount of bightness exaggeration. This is just my opinion. Johannes |
From: F. C. <fab...@go...> - 2008-03-27 21:45:20
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On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:37 PM, Johannes Gajdosik <joh...@gm...> wrote: > On 2008.03.27 18:08:38 CET, Fabien Chéreau wrote: > > Hi, > > I just continued a bit the View window fo the GUI and also changed > > slightly the style sheet. > > I would need your comments on it. Especially, where to put what. I am > > unsure about a couple of things: > > > > - Should I add sliders for controlling separately the amount of > > labeling for nebula/stars/planets or can we use only one as I did? > > Not only for the amount of labeling but also for limiting magnitudes. > Some time it will be dearly necessary to limit the amount of visible > solar system objects (and labels) by magnitude. Concerning the nebula > it would be very useful to split the limiting magnitude (and label) > sliders according to the different types of nebula. So that one could > see planetary nebula with a different limiting magnitude than open > clusters. This is because planetary nebulas of mag=10 are easily > observable, while open clusters or galaxies of mag=10 are invisible. I see, the problem is that adding too much would cluter the interface... Ideally we should have very few slider and checkbox, just what is needed for the majority of users. Then we could maybe add a button opening a detailed control panel for advanced users. > > - Are the Show Milky Way and Show bright textures buttons really > > useful? > > There should be not buttons but sliders for controlling the amount of > bightness exaggeration. Yes, it totally makes sense indeed! > This is just my opinion. Thanks! Fabien |
From: Matthew G. <mat...@gm...> - 2008-03-27 23:51:17
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On Thursday 27 March 2008, Fabien Chéreau wrote: > Hi, > I just continued a bit the View window fo the GUI and also changed > slightly the style sheet. > I would need your comments on it. Especially, where to put what. I am > unsure about a couple of things: > - Should I move the Shooting Stars section from "Sky" to "Ground"? The sky tab is more logical, but if we need to make room for other more important options, we cold move this rarely used item. Maybe we could have a "visual effects" tab and put shooting stars, and it could also contain a slider for the light pollution. But we should only split it if the sky tab is too full. > - Should I move the Labels and Markers section from "Sky" to "Marking"? What is a star marker? Do you mean the name label? > - Is the projection list box useful and is it at the good position? I'm not sure about it being in the Marking tab. A listbox is OK for me, but a drop-down would be OK too, or radio buttons. I'm sure there are interface guidelines for this sort of thing, but I am unsure which is most appropriate. > - Should I move the Constellation section from "Marking" to "Sky"? I am not sure. > - Should I add sliders for controlling separately the amount of > labeling for nebula/stars/planets or can we use only one as I did? I am not sure. > - Are the Show Milky Way and Show bright textures buttons really useful? Ultimately I would like to see all options available through the GUI, but maybe we should have another tab for the rarely used ones. > - Should we use capitalized labels in the GUI e.g. "Show Shooting > Stars" instead of "Show shooting stars"? I don't care so long as it is consistent. > Any other comments are very welcome. A few little things: * The checked status of check boxes is too light. * The text colour for radio buttons is dark, but should be the same as the other label text. * The scale spinbox would look better if it were aligned with the one above it. * Group boxes do not have consistent padding with the edge of the form. * The icons have ugly border effects. * The slider position indicator doesn't display properly (white background). Matthew |
From: F. C. <fab...@go...> - 2008-04-18 10:20:10
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Hi, Sorry for the very long reply delay! On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 1:51 AM, Matthew Gates <mat...@gm...> wrote: > On Thursday 27 March 2008, Fabien Chéreau wrote: > > Hi, > > I just continued a bit the View window fo the GUI and also changed > > slightly the style sheet. > > I would need your comments on it. Especially, where to put what. I am > > unsure about a couple of things: > > - Should I move the Shooting Stars section from "Sky" to "Ground"? > > The sky tab is more logical, but if we need to make room for other more > important options, we cold move this rarely used item. Maybe we could have > a "visual effects" tab and put shooting stars, and it could also contain a > slider for the light pollution. But we should only split it if the sky tab > is too full. I think I will then try to fit it all in the Sky section. I also added a light pollution setup in the Ground window. The name Ground is not so good since it also include atmosphere.. > > - Should I move the Labels and Markers section from "Sky" to "Marking"? > > What is a star marker? Do you mean the name label? Label + maybe in the future variable and double indicators. > > - Is the projection list box useful and is it at the good position? > > I'm not sure about it being in the Marking tab. A listbox is OK for me, but > a drop-down would be OK too, or radio buttons. I'm sure there are > interface guidelines for this sort of thing, but I am unsure which is most > appropriate. I implemented it as a list box, it is quite flexible and looks alright. But I still don't really know where to put it :( > > - Are the Show Milky Way and Show bright textures buttons really useful? > > Ultimately I would like to see all options available through the GUI, but > maybe we should have another tab for the rarely used ones. The rarely used things will go in the program config window I guess. > > - Should we use capitalized labels in the GUI e.g. "Show Shooting > > Stars" instead of "Show shooting stars"? > > I don't care so long as it is consistent. I'll stick to normal first letter of sentence capitalized. This is anyway local specific. > > Any other comments are very welcome. > > A few little things: > > * The checked status of check boxes is too light. > * The text colour for radio buttons is dark, but should be the same as the > other label text. Fixed. > * The scale spinbox would look better if it were aligned with the one above > it. Partially fixed.. > * Group boxes do not have consistent padding with the edge of the form. I will fix that at the end using layouts. > * The icons have ugly border effects. Specific images have to be done for the GUI, I used the icons in the mean time (johan?). > * The slider position indicator doesn't display properly (white background). I still have to style it.. Fabien |
From: Johan M. <joh...@gm...> - 2008-04-18 10:24:17
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On 4/18/08, Fabien Chéreau <fab...@go...> wrote: > > Hi, > > Specific images have to be done for the GUI, I used the icons in the > mean time (johan?). > > It's on my list =) |