[APBeta] What to call those pesky graphic thingies

Wed Jul 9 13:49:56 PDT 2008

I've just been lurking and watching the progress, but I second "Nightly 
Visibility / Annual Visibility"

On a semi-related point, it would be cool if there was a column in the 
observing or planning lists that could somehow summarize the information in 
the "Annual Visibility" graphic... perhaps a "Best Month For Viewing" 
column.

It would be nice to have automatic seasonal sorting, rather than doing it 
manually ....unless it's already there and I've just never found it  :-). 
Personally I prefer by season (or month), then by constellation, then 
elevation.

Craig

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     1. What to call those pesky graphic thingies (Paul Rodman)
     2. Re: What to call those pesky graphic thingies (Michael Portuesi)
     3. Re: Images (Pep Ferrer)
     4. Re: Images (Paul Rodman)

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  Message: 1
  Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:02:10 -0700
  From: Paul Rodman <paul at ilanga.com>
  Subject: [APBeta] What to call those pesky graphic thingies
  To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers <apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net>
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  Ever since I introduced the two graphic widgets that show (a) the
  progress of an object and the moon over the current night and (b) the
  same thing over the year (and soon to be over 30, 60, 90 days, etc.),
  I have struggled to find a convenient yet descriptive name for them. I
  usual refer to them as the "Rise/Transit/Set" and "Rise/Transit/Set
  Annual" graphics. However, these names are a mouthful and not too
  indicative (no pun intended) of their function.

  Competing products have similar features called "night bar" or similar.

  Any suggestions for name/s for these beasts? The name should make it
  immediately obvious what I'm talking about.

  Paul R.

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  Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:08:29 -0700
  From: Michael Portuesi <portuesi at jotabout.com>
  Subject: Re: [APBeta] What to call those pesky graphic thingies
  To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers <apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net>
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  On Jul 9, 2008, at 7:02 AM, Paul Rodman wrote:

  > Ever since I introduced the two graphic widgets that show (a) the
  > progress of an object and the moon over the current night and (b)
  > the same thing over the year (and soon to be over 30, 60, 90 days,
  > etc.), I have struggled to find a convenient yet descriptive name
  > for them. I usual refer to them as the "Rise/Transit/Set" and "Rise/
  > Transit/Set Annual" graphics. However, these names are a mouthful
  > and not too indicative (no pun intended) of their function.
  >
  > Competing products have similar features called "night bar" or
  > similar.
  >
  > Any suggestions for name/s for these beasts? The name should make it
  > immediately obvious what I'm talking about.
  >

  - Tonight at-a-glance / Year at-a-glance
  alternative: Night at-a-glance

  - Tonight Profile / Yearly Profile

  - Nightly Profile / Annual-profile

  - Object Night Visibility / Object Annual Visibility

  or even shorten it to:

  - Nightly Visibility / Annual Visibility

  (which I like best)

  m.

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  Message: 3
  Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:18:54 +0200
  From: Pep Ferrer <personal at electricasferrer.com>
  Subject: Re: [APBeta] Images
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  Hello Paul,

  OK, already I have found the location of the applications.
  But, where it is the command button to see the image with the selected
  object?

  Saludos,
  --------------------------------------
  Pep Ferrer
  Observatorio:
  COELLO-PEDRAPIQUER
  Callosa d'en Sarria (Alicante)
  --------------------------------------

  Paul Rodman escribi?:
  >
  > On Jul 8, 2008, at 12:58 , Pep Ferrer wrote:
  >
  >> In the new version, I do not find how to activate the visualization
  >> of the images.
  >> The catalogues and observations in which phat folder is?
  >
  > I'm not quite with you here. If you want to know where V2 is keeping
  > its files, select "Where's My Stuff..." from the Help menu.
  >
  > If you want to use the same catalogues as your V1.6.1 application is
  > using, then go to File->Catalogue Manager->Preferences and use the
  > "Alternate Catalogue Folders" feature to point to your V1.6.1
  > Catalogues folder.
  >
  > If you want to use the DSS images from your V1.6.1 app, then use
  > Object->DSS Cache Manager->Preferences and set the cache location to
  > point at the DSS Image Cache folder in the V1.6.1 folder.
  >
  > Paul R.
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  Message: 4
  Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:25:08 -0700
  From: Paul Rodman <paul at ilanga.com>
  Subject: Re: [APBeta] Images
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  On Jul 9, 2008, at 11:18 , Pep Ferrer wrote:

  > OK, already I have found the location of the applications.
  > But, where it is the command button to see the image with the
  > selected object?

  That is (or should be) automatic. If there's a "D" in the ID column
  then it should show the image/s when that line is selected.

  Note that you can now select multiple lines in the object list. If you
  do, then no image will be shown.

  If there _is_ a "D" in the ID column and you are not seeing any
  images, then something is wrong.

  Paul R.

  >
  > Paul Rodman escribi?:
  >>
  >> On Jul 8, 2008, at 12:58 , Pep Ferrer wrote:
  >>
  >>> In the new version, I do not find how to activate the
  >>> visualization of the images.
  >>> The catalogues and observations in which phat folder is?
  >>
  >> I'm not quite with you here. If you want to know where V2 is
  >> keeping its files, select "Where's My Stuff..." from the Help menu.
  >>
  >> If you want to use the same catalogues as your V1.6.1 application
  >> is using, then go to File->Catalogue Manager->Preferences and use
  >> the "Alternate Catalogue Folders" feature to point to your V1.6.1
  >> Catalogues folder.
  >>
  >> If you want to use the DSS images from your V1.6.1 app, then use
  >> Object->DSS Cache Manager->Preferences and set the cache location
  >> to point at the DSS Image Cache folder in the V1.6.1 folder.
  >>
  >> Paul R.
  >>
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