[APBeta] What to call those pesky graphic thingies

[Robin Lauryssen-Mitchell]

> - Nightly Visibility / Annual Visibility
Seems good to me.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net [mailto:apbeta-
> bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of Michael Portuesi
> Sent: 09 July 2008 17:08
> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] What to call those pesky graphic thingies
> 
> 
> 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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