Yes, I gave up after 3 minutes trying to get it to work, it needs to be made user friendly. I’ll go back and see if I can make it work.
Roderick Wall. From: Thaddeus Weakley Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 2:00 AM To: Roger Bailey ; Fabio nonvedolora ; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: paper sundial Thank you Fabio. I would second Roger's comments regarding the "usability" to a casual user. Like Roger I had to do a bit of hunting - trial and error, but once I found the way to enter location data, it worked very well. I share his concern that most wouldn't stick with it to figure it out and enjoy the reward of the final result. That's besides the issue that many general users of course wouldn't be aware that this would be needed in the first place for sundial layout and reading. Thank you again. Cheers, Thad Weakley From: Roger Bailey <rtbai...@telus.net> To: Fabio nonvedolora <fabio.sav...@nonvedolora.it>; sundial@uni-koeln.de Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:22:09 PM Subject: Re: paper sundial Thank you Fabio. I checked the link and found it quite useful but the use is not intuitive but subtle. A casual observer like me has no idea how to use the page to create a personal design. Many will click onto the link and then stall. It is not obvious how to get the program to respond. I found moving the cursor to the sunburst beside location data worked. There I could input my location. Look for the pointed finger cursor on the sunbursts. Entry your specific data to generate a design. Then click on the pdf drawing tab to see the design. It works like a charm as you said. Thanks for this gift for the members of the sundial list. Regards, Roger Bailey From: Fabio nonvedolora Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 3:09 AM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: paper sundial Hi all, news from the clouds. I’ve a toy for the end of the year. I don’t think this is the very last end of the year, like some Maya supposed, and this is a great year, it is better than 2012 :-) (like the same Maya didn’t know) so I hope you have fun with this new section of Sundial Atlas. You can reach ‘paper sundial’, a menu of Gnomolab, directly at this address: www.sundialatlas.eu/atlas.php?gnomolab=3 You will find 4 models, this number is growing and if you have other models to propose, I’ll be happy to develop them in Gnomolab. The models may be setted for any coordinates and other features, you will get a pdf as replay. The 3rd model is designed to be applied to glass windows (you may found the declination of the windows with Gnomolab). It has a small gnomonic hole you can do with a pin or a small nail, moreover this model may be customed with a photo (or a logo). I uploaded some sample photos but anyone may upload other photos (public or for personal use). Have fun, ciao, Fabio Fabio Savian Paderno Dugnano, Milan, Italy 45° 34' 10'' N, 9° 10' 9'' E, GMT+1 (DST +2) --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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