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APOD Viewer

APOD Viewer - 1.01

Sherlock channel; view NASA's images & data

All Time: (3.9)
This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 1.01
Release Date: 2004-06-02
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 4,012
Downloads (all versions): 9,172
Price: $5.00

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Product Description:

APOD Viewer is a Sherlock 3 channel that provides easy access to the images and data on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day website.

Key features:
  • On launch, today's APOD picture and explantion data is automatically retrieved and displayed
  • Day to day navigation via the 'Next', 'Previous' & 'Go Today' buttons
  • Search mechanism to find up to 199 pictures for specified criteria (e.g. "nebula", "halley", "working in space" etc) with the clickable results loaded into a separate results drawer
  • Ability to save selected APODs into a "Favourites" area for easy retrieval at a later date
  • Option to view the high resolution image either Proportionally or at Actual Size
  • Local saving of Full Size picture via dragging (i.e. to the desktop etc.)

What's new in this version:

Minor bug fixes for v1.01:
  • Search now returns the correct number of results (previously first result was not displayed).
  • Site Stats changed to show previous month's stats (more relevant)
  • Version History added to the stats window and associated button renamed "History & Usage"


Major Improvements worthy for this v1.0 release:
  • New Favourites area where you can add, store (and remove) chosen APODs
  • The "Large" image can now be displayed at its Actual size as well as proportionally "to fit"
  • Recognition of APOD Viewer supporters via a scrolling area
  • It is now possible to save the APOD image locally by dragging the "actual Size" image to the desktop etc.
  • Font size of Explanation area can now be increased/decreased through a single click (a requirement of the Disabilities Discrimination Act 2004)
  • Under the hood improvements : images are now fully downloaded and cached locally as well as in the the http cache; optimisation for Mac OS X 10.3
  • Fixed a bug when the search progress bar did not update correctly when no results where found
  • APOD Dates are now correctly displayed in APOD style i.e "Long Month, Short Day, Long Year" (e.g. November 9 2003)
  • Network Indicator now accurately represents when network activity is occuring (i.e. only spins whilst downloading is in progress)
  • Disabled Search button during an active search to prevent inconsistent search results
  • Splitters in Search/Favourites area so each section can be resized
  • Other interface Improvements
  • Other minor bugs fixed
  • Minor change to PayPal Donation Link (help keep APOD Viewer Alive)
  • Minor change to Site Stats information

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.2 or higher (optimized for OS X 10.3)

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APOD Viewer ReviewNow available for iPhone... - Version: 1.01, 11/21/2008 06:34AM PST

P356
Apod Viewer is now available for the iPhone:

Its been renamed iAPODViewer and details can be found here:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/iphone/205805
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APOD Viewer ReviewBrilliant - Version: 1.01, 6/9/2004 11:21AM PST

bigjim1
Found this as a result of using the developers other Channel (London Jam Cams) and I must say this is brill. Lovely images daily, easy to search and best yet I can store my favourites! Great man.
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APOD Viewer ReviewAPOD Viewer - Version: 1.01, 6/3/2004 04:05PM PST

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Airwolf2000
Being a NASA employee, I believe this is excellent! Well done. Haven't had time to check all of it yet. So far it is running and working quite well. Good Job!
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