[APBeta] AstroPlanner V2.0b29 released

[Paul Rodman]

On Mar 28, 2009, at 07:07 PM, Richard Hendrix wrote:

> This version b29 is much better. Start up is slower than b27 when
> opening new plans but much better than b28. However when I opened a  
> plan
> it downloaded all the images for the plan except dbl stars. My
> understanding is I have the option to do that or not.

Yes. Something like this:

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(Note that the Stars checkbox is OFF be default - you would probably  
want it ON.)

> In my Image Prefs
> tab I have Orientate checked, under Object Types for Catalog Marking  
> all
> items are checked for this, under Default Reticles these are all  
> grayed
> out but the Other Reticle is checked, under Auto Image Download all
> items are grayed out but the DSO setting is checked. Shouldn't these
> settings indicate that no downloads would take place automatically?

Yes it should. Are you sure the downloads are happening, and it's not  
just images that were in your cache before? Please verify this before  
I go off on a wild goose chase.

> One thing I noticed in playing around with the app is when I right  
> click
> on an object, the menu appears I can click the object name for a fly  
> out
> menu it really is awkward for Show Object Field of View to be several
> items down. I wish it would be higher up in the menu, maybe at the  
> top??
> Does anyone else feel this way or is it just me? :-)

Well, it's actually sort of redundant, since if you choose an object  
in the Object list and select the Field of View tab, the FoV chart  
automatically centres itself.

> The application quitting dialog takes about two minutes to close. Plus
> it is set as On Top and it is very distracting.

Yes, I think I know what's causing that, and I can stop if from  
happening.

Paul R.