Hmmm, I'm not sure about this version.

It's prettier than the old one but there's some bugs and niggles tha make it less easy to use.

First the pros: Better interface for setting the location, help window looks a bit better, it looks like the general graphics have been cleaned up a bit, fov now goes beyond 100 degrees so you can see more at one go (but see cons below), easier and more visible controls for speeding up/slowing down time.

Now the cons: It's a real faff to have to manually download and install three (not two as detailed in the read me file) extra components, especially as version 0.7.0 was self-contained. The keyboard arrow keys no longer allow you to wander about the sky at will, the keyboard controls for zoom don't work, the display perspective has been changed so anything over 100 degrees fov gives you a distinctly curved view (more so than before). Text menu (M) still doesn't do a lot.

Overall, I'm not sure that this is an improvement on 0.7.0, although to be fair I haven't tried everything yet. I'd give it three and a half stars, but as VT doesn't allow half-stars I gave it three. The lack of keyboard roaming and zooming is a shame - I could only zoom using the scroll zones on the trackpad which have been set up using SideTrack. It works, but getting gentle zooming is really difficult and it's very jerky when compared to 0.7.0

Configuration is easier but I'm sticking with the previous version for ease of use.