new star system browser
Posted: 17.08.2002, 02:09
billybob884 wrote:I was thinking, for the next version of celestia that comes out, why not have a better way to organize the star systems. So I came up with a great idea. I drew it into a picture so it's easier to understand. Click here to see it http://www.geocities.com/billbob884/index.html
Normally I'd say that's a good idea, except that the star catalog contains over 100,000 stars. In terms of how this would work under windows, recent versions of the OS are pretty good about having scrolling pop-ups, but older versions attempted to show everything at once. I don't think the Win GUI is really designed to handle thousands of selectable options. You'd never be able to find what you want anyway with so many stars in the list. You really need a complete list (not just the 500 nearest or brightest or whatever) in a scrolling window (not a popup) with a variety of sort methods (including name), or a search function.