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varenius / salsa

Code developed for the 2.3m radio telescopes SALSA in Onsala, Sweden
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Simple tab: UI doesn't tell me what actions I can do now #71

Closed maltesk closed 2 years ago

maltesk commented 2 years ago

Describe the bug When using SALSA I need to know what actions are possible at any moment. In the Simple tab, this is not obvious at all. Buttons GO/STOP and Start/Cancel are logical but not intuitive. "Tracking" looks like it might be a button but isn't.

To Reproduce Use SALSA for standard actions from the Simple tab.

Expected behavior Clearly labelled buttons for common actions. Logical locations for less common actions. Wrong or unreasonable actions are not possible.

Desktop (please complete the following information): Windows 10, Chrome 95.0.4638.69

varenius commented 2 years ago

This is possible to change, but I honestly don't know what the best layout would look like here. Could you perhaps suggest alternative labels or layouts to make this clearer?

maltesk commented 2 years ago

I think you could move the Stop button and make the status/action pairs more natural. Here's a first attempt [sketch.] fel_skiss

varenius commented 2 years ago

Allright, seems sensible. I'll try to do this asap. No more time today unfortunately, but next slot may be tomorrow. We'll see!

varenius commented 2 years ago

Found some time to fix this (and some other minor bugs). All 3 telescopes now run the updated code where the simple UI has been re-arranged. Is is better? Good enough?

maltesk commented 2 years ago

Good enough for the moment, yes.