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Do you use the buttons in the Browser window?

Poll ended at 28.05.2007, 03:55

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Post #1by dirkpitt » 18.05.2007, 03:55

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?
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Post #2by Cham » 18.05.2007, 04:25

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.
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Post #3by ElChristou » 18.05.2007, 10:38

I think I don't use them often... Perhaps the Go button... :?
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Post #4by dirkpitt » 18.05.2007, 11:25

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...)
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Post #5by rthorvald » 19.05.2007, 00:24

Have never used the buttons...

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Post #6by Cham » 19.05.2007, 00:29

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 !
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Post #7by ElChristou » 19.05.2007, 00:30

Perso, thinking it better I also use select or center when searching for a body from ground (center to zoom just for DSO survey)...
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Post #8by Cham » 19.05.2007, 00:31

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.
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Post #9by ElChristou » 19.05.2007, 14:21

Hey, you osX user, would be cool to help a bit more telling us your habit!!
Two minutes of your time, is that much? :wink:
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Post #10by dirkpitt » 19.05.2007, 17:59

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.
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Post #11by Cham » 19.05.2007, 18:04

Then what about the buttons which aren't usefull for the user placed on the ground ? Is there any that could be removed ?
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Post #12by ElChristou » 19.05.2007, 18:15

To me the select and center are important, the rest is optional...
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Post #13by Cham » 19.05.2007, 18:19

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 ?
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Post #14by ElChristou » 19.05.2007, 18:27

Then we should perhaps keep all... :?
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Post #15by bh » 19.05.2007, 19:08

I use Align, center, orbit and go options... keep them all I say.
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Post #16by rthorvald » 19.05.2007, 21:00

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...

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