[APBeta] What to call those pesky graphic thingies

[Paul Kemp]

Pesky flicky graphic thingys is what I been calling them. Stick with that
:-)

Paul Kemp
13.1" f5 Reflector with Argo Navis & Paracorr
Auckland, New Zealand
36° 55' 09" South, 174° 43' 30" East

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On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Robin Lauryssen-Mitchell <
robin at lauryssen-mitchell.com> wrote:

> > - 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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