by DavidLeodis » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:51 pm
Thanks kovil for your response, from which I quote “Also try clicking on the blue words. Now it is true, not all subjects are interesting to all people, so dismay not, something of interest will come along shortly”.
I do click on virtually all of “the blue words” in APOD’s to find out more, despite that the number of those links seem to be increasing all the time! I did not say that I found the APOD uninteresting. It’s simply that I would prefer APOD’s to be a single image. I believe that APOD’s are meant for international viewing, but I wonder how many people are put off when they access the site and then find they cannot see an APOD because it is a movie and they do not have the necessary viewing format and/or internet connection speed or that they find APOD’s becoming increasingly too scientific. NASA alone must have tens of thousands, or more, of single images that could be used.
Thanks JohnD for your response. In it you state “As the APOD says, on its header, "Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured" This was an image that was very different, fascinating and about understanding our Universe, so I say full marks to APOD for putting it up!”
But that illustrates my point. It was not an “image or photograph”, it was an animation which it would not have been if it had followed APOD’s own header. Perhaps somebody (probably NASA) could consider providing an ‘Astronomy Imagery of the Day’ website.
Clearly I have a difference of opinion to others as to what APOD’s should show. It seems that I'm likely in a very tiny minority (possibly the only person!
) to want a single daily image.
Hi BMAONE23. Glad you tried the red/blue glasses. The result is most effective.
Cheers all
Dave 8)
Thanks kovil for your response, from which I quote “Also try clicking on the blue words. Now it is true, not all subjects are interesting to all people, so dismay not, something of interest will come along shortly”.
I do click on virtually all of “the blue words” in APOD’s to find out more, despite that the number of those links seem to be increasing all the time! I did not say that I found the APOD uninteresting. It’s simply that I would prefer APOD’s to be a single image. I believe that APOD’s are meant for international viewing, but I wonder how many people are put off when they access the site and then find they cannot see an APOD because it is a movie and they do not have the necessary viewing format and/or internet connection speed or that they find APOD’s becoming increasingly too scientific. NASA alone must have tens of thousands, or more, of single images that could be used.
Thanks JohnD for your response. In it you state “As the APOD says, on its header, "Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured" This was an image that was very different, fascinating and about understanding our Universe, so I say full marks to APOD for putting it up!”
But that illustrates my point. It was not an “image or photograph”, it was an animation which it would not have been if it had followed APOD’s own header. Perhaps somebody (probably NASA) could consider providing an ‘Astronomy Imagery of the Day’ website.
Clearly I have a difference of opinion to others as to what APOD’s should show. It seems that I'm likely in a very tiny minority (possibly the only person! :)) to want a single daily image.
Hi BMAONE23. Glad you tried the red/blue glasses. The result is most effective.
Cheers all
Dave 8)