Hi Folks - Instead of the current setup that is partialy a hangover from classic CPDN - how about these keys for the various visualisation displays instead:

Clouds - [C]
Rain (or precipitation) - [R]
Temperature - [T]
Pressure - [P]

& filter them all with [2]

Nick...

PS: Darned if I can get 'zoom' to work, hints anybody..? (Multiple [Control] key strikes trigger my KVM switch's control functions.)

Just hold the control key and then drag

Too easy, no wonder I couldn't figure it out. Thanks Pconfig...

yeah I guess we'll need a vis help page, I'm still discovering keys that Tolu put in, it's like an "Easter Egg hunt!" I like "Death Star wireframe" mode myself! :-0

I guess the keys need to be more intuitive since this is the only way to interact
with the viz. i'll make this the defaults in the next release.

I have a similar question. Can these controls be put in the project specific preferences? If you try to use keys on the screensaver it just pops you to your desktop.
<br>John Keck
BOINCing since 2002/12/08

&gt; I have a similar question. Can these controls be put in the project specific
&gt; preferences? If you try to use keys on the screensaver it just pops you to
&gt; your desktop.
&gt; <br>John Keck
&gt; BOINCing since 2002/12/08
&gt;
I have found that if you show graphics and adjust the settings it will remember until the next time the client is restarted. I would still like to have settings on the web site though so I can change the default behaviour.
<br>John Keck
BOINCing since 2002/12/08

I could and it sounds like a neat idea.
But this would require addition I/O and server interaction which i was trying to avoid.
Alternatively or additionally, i'm thinking of adding a .ini file for lang and user prefs. maybe i'll add it to this.

&gt; I have a similar question. Can these controls be put in the project specific
&gt; preferences? If you try to use keys on the screensaver it just pops you to
&gt; your desktop.
&gt; <br>John Keck
&gt; BOINCing since 2002/12/08
&gt;
&gt;

Seti@home is doing this with their screensaver. Preferences are also dumped in account_setiathome.berkeley.edu.xml file under XML tag.

{account}
{master_url}http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/{/master_url}
{project_name}SETI@home{/project_name}
{project_preferences}
{resource_share}50{/resource_share}
{project_specific}
{format_preset}SETI@home classic{/format_preset}
{text_style}Pillars{/text_style}
{graph_style}Rectangles{/graph_style}
{max_fps}30{/max_fps}
{max_cpu}50{/max_cpu}
{grow_time}10{/grow_time}
{hold_time}5{/hold_time}
{graph_alpha}0.7{/graph_alpha}
{roll_period}10{/roll_period}
{roll_range}20{/roll_range}
{pitch_period}30{/pitch_period}
{pitch_range}30{/pitch_range}
{starfield_size}2000{/starfield_size}
{starfield_speed}40{/starfield_speed}
{color_preset}Tahiti Sunset{/color_preset}
{start_hue}0.5{/start_hue}
{hue_change}0.5{/hue_change}
{/project_specific}
{/project_preferences}
{/account}

Just need to do the same and use CP parameters for the screensaver.

I like John's idea to save the graphics configuration and include the defaults in the project prefs. Would be nice. :)

And I had no problems with the graphics control because a nice menu pops up on using my right mouse button with linux viz utility. For my feeling this would be helpfully on MS Windows too.

Greetings from Bremen/Germany
Jens Seidler
Webmaster http://www.boinc.de/