On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 18:09, Bogdan Marinov <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Fabien Chéreau > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey all, >> after I saw Bogdan's remark about the top left corner getting full >> when an object is selected, I tried to make a list of things we'd like >> to improve in the GUI, and I came so far to this: >> - Change the selected object info in top left corner: it's currently >> unclear, I suspect that most of our users don't understand most of the >> displayed numbers, and there is no explanation about them. Also it >> would be good to be able to display more stuff there, maybe link on >> wikipedia etc.. > > The usual way I've seen elsewhere is to put somewhere a list/a series > of checkboxes and let the users select what they want to see. > > I remember investigating the "Wikipedia link" problem. As far as I can > recall, it turned out that the info field is "transparent" to mouse > clicks, so links don't work. > >> - Find a way to add more buttons in the bottom bar. When all plugins >> are loaded it's crowded, also there are features like grids for each >> reference frames which should/could be grouped. I was thinking maybe >> to open sub-menus when right/long clicking on some buttons. > > Right-clicking won't be very obvious. > > We also need an easy way to add buttons/controls anywhere on the > screen. For example, the Oculars plug-in badly needs a better GUI.
I agree. Actually QML for this kind of stuff would be quite useful because it's all dynamic. Tthe only problem in QML is that there are no basic components library (yet), which means that you'd have to recode basic stuff like number input etc.. >> - Better way to control time. The only good way so far is to use the >> keys, we could maybe improve that, somehow by clicking/dragging on the >> time in the bottom bar (?) > > I think that the current way works. One of the advantages of > Stellarium is that the interface is not cluttered like in some other > astronomy software. :) Yeah as usual we have to make the good trade-offs, and I usually bend in favor of simpler with less features :) >> - Support right to left languages properly. > > https://code.launchpad.net/~daggerstab/stellarium/right-to-left > > Qt can do the LTR-to-RTL layout switch automatically, but we need > symmetric styles to make it look good. The problem is that for the hard-coded GUI we don't have flexibility.. >> - And of course fix the f**** font display bugs..... >> >> other things? >> >> I may get fundings in the next months from Nokia to work on a >> demonstration QML-based GUI, so it could be the good time to >> experiment new things! > > I have mixed feelings about the whole QML thing. > > Regards, > Bogdan Marinov > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. > Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, > secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. > Get your free trial download today. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Stellarium-pubdevel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stellarium-pubdevel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Stellarium-pubdevel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stellarium-pubdevel
