<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Nov 19, 2009, at 10:16 AM, Ken Harrison wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>1. Why not? all the data you really need is already displayed in the header......it seems to clutter the top header (IMO)</div></blockquote><div><br></div>Well, (a) you can be a Hiro* and enter a date/time there to stop current time and set it to some predetermined point in the present or past, and (b) you can always right-click the "LED" displays at the top and stop displaying local date and time if you wish.</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite">
<div>6. Maybe that should be the default?? You need to press the "little square button with the pencil on it" before editing??</div></blockquote><div><br></div>Your plan doc will remember the setting. The default is that way to avoid 1,312 new users asking "how do I edit my object fields?", as opposed to 3 asking "how do I hide the edit fields?"</div><div><br></div><div>Paul R.</div><div><br></div><div>* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiro_Nakamura">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiro_Nakamura</a></div><div> </div><div><blockquote type="cite">
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 19/11/2009, <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul Rodman</b> <<a href="mailto:paul@ilanga.com">paul@ilanga.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; " class="gmail_quote"><br>On Nov 19, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Ken Harrison wrote:<br><br>> I haven't been doing much beta testing for you Paul :(<br>
> Caught up in other projects (book), and the last time I tried V2 I had to go through the hassle of re-entering all the preferences etc etc, BUT<br>> just looked a V2.66.... it's come a long way - well done!!<br>
> That was the good news.....<br><br>Doh!<br><br>> Now the issues:<br>> 1. Why leave the time and date entry fields at the RHS of the header? Surely this could be an option under "Edit" or at least have the option of hiding?<br>
<br>Why would you want to hide this?<br><br>> 2. The telescope listing ( you've made a rod for your back here!) doesn't include the popular guide scope - Skywatcher ST-80 This has the same optical specs as the listed "SK804TAEQ" - whatever that is!<br>
> 3. The camera listing ( another rod!!) doesn't include the popular QHY cameras. The QHY5 is the #1 guide camera in the UK.<br>> 4. The mountings... none of the very popular Skywatcher HEQ5/NEQ6 mounts are listed? OK, unless you are using EQMOD to control them they're basically the NexStar 5/8 but you could show them and still link internally to the NexStar settings??<br>
<br>I haven't been updating these files as much as I should. I have been toying with the concept of finding volunteers to do this for me, or at least alerting me to missing/new/faulty items. Once I've gotten V2 out of the door, I'll spend some time adding stuff.<br>
<br>> 5. Optics configuration? Not sure if you use this used internally but it could be linked directly to the telescope chosen. Everyone knows the ED80 is a Refractor and a 10"Lx200 is a Schmidt- Cass.<br><br>It is (linked to the scope chosen) - but only if you choose your scope from the "Select from List", and also assuming I was able to figure out what the optical configuration is. It's used internally for some calculations, and is available via scripting, but can be largely ignored for most purposes.<br>
<br>> 6. In the main screen "objects" there's no security for editing. It would be better to have to press a button or select "Edit Object" before the contents of the field are changed. Then you know you are Editing and it's not just a misplaced key stroke....<br>
<br>I occasionally start typing at the wrong time and enter crud by mistake. However, you can hide the fields (toggle the little square button with the pencil on it).<br><br>> 7. What happened to the selection of the decimal places for magnitudes???? We had this in V1 and it's very (very) useful for photometry and spectroscopy. Yes please!!<br>
<br>Edit->List Columns, select then Magnitude row, and you can choose your format at the bottom of the window (same for many other columns).<br><br>> Sorry to be a PITA but you did ask for feedback.<br><br>Go nuts. The more the merrier. I can always just ignore stuff I don't want to see :^)<br>
<br>Paul R.<br></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>