Hi Stephen,

no, it won't, infact using QT4.8 and OpenGL would speed things up and make them more modern looking. Transparency could be used in some kind of layering technique, which would solve the problem with multirepresentations of objects. But to achieve that many things have to be rewritten or out sourced. Because Guide has a 20 years long history, that isn't done easily. Perhaps one could do that if Bill would consider help from Guide fans.

QT and OpenGL would make Guide plattform independant, when every other module is written in c/c++. A second thing, would be using INDI to talk to devices like telescope mounts, cameras, filter wheels.

cheers,
Chrisitian


 
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> From: Stephen Tonkin <mb23@...>
>To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 1:24 PM
>Subject: Re: [guide-user] Re: Representations of heaven more attractive in guide 9. For when will that be?
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>One further consideration:
>Many of us run Guide under Linux (using WINE). I suspect (but do not
>know) that increased "prettiness" might compromise that.
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>Best &c,
>Stephen Tonkin
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>On 26/06/13 11:11, Arild Moland wrote:
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>> It you want to look at a pretty sky at your computer, there are many
>> programs out there which will let you do that.
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>> I'm with Jari on the issue of the datedness of the GUI in general,
>> however.
>> It looks very old, feels very old, and can also be very confusing unless
>> you're really into it and using it often.
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>> At the same time, I know that updating the GUI is not a trivial task at
>> all. It's rather daunting. I suppose Bill is weighing the pros and cons of
>> it all, but I'm under the impression that Guide is not what puts food on
>> Bill's table. If it was, I suppose a visual upgrade of the product at some
>> point would be a necessity to attract enough new users to give profit. It
>> is not for the casual star gazer at present.
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>> But, this said, I'd happily trade the visuals for the unsurpassed customer
>> service and the very short way from idea to implementation that this user
>> group provides. We're all in the need of good charting software, and Bill
>> is the buddy who gives us what we want in terms of functionality.
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>> More than a visual upgrade, I'd prefer better documentation of all the
>> stuff you can actually do with Guide, the Alt-J stuff and so on. I often
>> find myself searching for info on stuff that I know Guide can do, but that
>> I cannot remember who to.
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>> Arild :)
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