A blog for discussing all things AstroPlanner-related
The image downloading system in V2 was, until recently, largely unchanged from the system used in V1. However, it has always been delicate and prone to problems and is a cause of many support questions. After some thought I decided it was time to revise the whole thing and make it both more robust, more efficient, and less obtrusive.
The beta has started, but the app is still not quite in a condition to release publicly (IMHO), so those of you waiting should continue to be patient for just a little longer.
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Woo hoo! The alpha (development) stage of V2 is over. The beta (testing) phase begins. Once I have eliminated some of the nastier bugs, I will make the beta publicly available. This will probably happen in a week or two.
The Plan Creation Wizard feature in V1.x wasn’t particularly “wizardy”. It had a confusing single pane dialog, forced you to choose constellations, and was abysmally slow. It also wasn’t overly clever at picking objects for your plan, and would often present you with an empty plan with no objects found (apparently).
This feature has been totally revised for V2.
One of the enhancement requests I receive often is to do a better job of modelling visibility of stars, etc. In AstroPlanner V1.x, there was little or no modelling of visibility. For V2, some more advance algorithms have been added (namely those developed by Bradley E. Schaefer). Continue Reading »
Development continues afoot. The beta stage is fast approaching. My list of enhancements is now a lot shorter, and many of the items on the list are either going to be moved into the next version, or will be taken care of during the beta stage. Here are some of the more notable features and changes added recently. Continue Reading »
Two of the more frequently asked questions, by users of AstroPlanner V1.x, are:
Here’s a new feature in V2 that should target both of those concerns. Continue Reading »
It’s been a while since V2.0a1 was released. Lots of bugs have been fixed, features improved and added, etc. However, we’re still a fair way away from V2.0b1, so I thought I’d just show some of the more extensive changes that will be coming your way.
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The first alpha of V2 was released to a select group of beta testers this week…
As the release of V2.0a1 approaches, some serendipity has greatly improved the scripting interface, and has bypassed the need I had to do some nasty Windows debugging (which I referred to in an earlier post). Non-geeks need read no further.