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What do you guys think about the Browser interface in the OS X version?
I think if the 8 push buttons were to be removed entirely, it would simplify the interface drastically.
What do you think?

Firstly, I really don't use the browser often.

Secondly, I NEVER used those buttons ! LOL

I wonder if they are really usefull. I may agree to remove them completelly from the browser.

I think I don't use them often... Perhaps the Go button...

Double clicking does an implicit Go, but you probably already knew that..
(Actually it types a 'g', so if the text console is open you'll see the 'g' being typed - probably a bug...)

Have never used the buttons...

- rthorvald

I'm still puzzled by those buttons. Do we really need them ? Just because of the question above, I started to use them (or actually play with them), just to see if I could really use them. Reallly, I just don't know !

Perso, thinking it better I also use select or center when searching for a body from ground (center to zoom just for DSO survey)...

ElChristou wrote:Perso, thinking it better I also use select or center when searching for a body from ground (center to zoom just for DSO survey)...

Good remark. Actually, the button could become extremelly usefull from the ground of some planet.

Hey, you osX user, would be cool to help a bit more telling us your habit!!
Two minutes of your time, is that much?

Cham wrote:

ElChristou wrote:Perso, thinking it better I also use select or center when searching for a body from ground (center to zoom just for DSO survey)...

Good remark. Actually, the button could become extremelly usefull from the ground of some planet.

This seems like a compelling enough argument to keep the buttons as-is. Since I myself almost never use Celestia as a planetarium (i.e., looking at the sky from the ground), that might be why I wasn't appreciating the value of these buttons.

Then what about the buttons which aren't usefull for the user placed on the ground ? Is there any that could be removed ?

To me the select and center are important, the rest is optional...

ElChristou wrote:To me the select and center are important, the rest is optional...

Track can be usefull too, on the ground. Maybe Constraint too ?

Then we should perhaps keep all...

I use Align, center, orbit and go options... keep them all I say.

ElChristou wrote:Then we should perhaps keep all...

It does not matter to me, i don??t use the browser much, since i usually find the window to be in my way. Maybe if it was a regular menu item, i would have used it more (like a dropdown menu that wraps instead of a separate window). Of course, then there would not be any buttons...

- rthorvald