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Made sense to me. How did you interpret it?

Hungry4info wrote:Sure

If that is a yes to my question, where should I go?

Cham wrote:

Will Pittenger wrote: (I doubt you use C#.)[/list]

Celestia is programmed in C++ and is using OpenGL.

How do you do the menus and dialogs? Are those platform specific? (Like Win32?) BTW: My C++ knowledge is for MFC/Win32.

Brendan wrote:Fridger's large locations file for Earth has places with the same name like Rochester, England and Rochester, New York. Only the one that comes first in the list can be selected.

What is the logic behind that? "Not implemented yet?"

Cham wrote:

Will Pittenger wrote: (I doubt you use C#.)[/list]

Celestia is programmed in C++ and is using OpenGL.

I knew OpenGL was used, but not anything else. (BTW: Google Earth supports both OpenGL and DirectX, but I feel it performs better (quicker anyway) with OpenGL .)

My specialty in computer programming has always been making easy-to-use user interfaces. Will, Are you volunteering to help with the implementation of UI improvements for Celestia? That would be great! There are four ways to interpret what you mean. I am listing them in order of involvement. ⋅...

Cham wrote:Points 1 and 2 should be addressed soon, with the addition of a scripts list under the File menu, and maybe a scripts browser.

I also think that objects should be browsed via something similar to what Google Earth uses. It has a nice tree with icons, checkboxes, and even HTML-based descriptions.

New items above with new numbers.

If nothing else, that universe shares only the location and existence of Earth with the real universe.

My specialty in computer programming has always been making easy-to-use user interfaces. From my point of view, Celestia's UI is mostly missing. ⋅ It needs a way to, from menus, select installed tours and scripts. ⋅ It should warn users about scripts when they are installed (at l...