At 12/12/02, Andy Ross wrote:
UI limitation is what? I don't think you mean Univ of Illinois! User Interface? We're talking hear about a feature.Jim Wilson wrote: > Michael would like to add an additional default view (a third, closer > tower) to the base package preferences.xml. I'm against it since we > offer the ability to add custom views and there's already too many > default views for my taste.I'd argue that this is a UI limitation. Having a fixed set of views works fine for N=3 or so, but forcing the user to cycle through 6 is just too much. Even explaining the difference between some of them is a chore. Why not add an extra menu where the user can select from a list, instead? Then the "v" key can toggle between cockpit mode (by convention always view 0) and whatever the last selection was (the default could be external view, currently view 1). This should remain easy to use up to N=10 or so.
I think it's pretty clear what I am after (but it got cropped out). The view being discussed is one that sits about 200 ft high near the aircraft at KSFO. It looks down on the airplane on the runway and then follows it along. It's a great view. You sit there watching effectively an airshow.
If this 6th view could be integrated into a menu thing, GREAT. I think we need more stuff in GUI format, but having developed a lot of code ... it is a lot easier to develop w/ config files and stop there leaving the GUI part for later (which often equates to never).
The idea of toggling back and forth between two views (some default and last GUI selected view) sounds really good.
Whatever happens w/ this thread, let's not take out views from the current set of five! I don't like making a practice of shooting myself in the foot. :)
Regards,
Michael
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