On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:17 AM, Norman Gray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Chipping in here...
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> On 2012 Sep 25, at 10:45, Mark Taylor wrote:
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>> I should say I have the same trouble with leopards and snow leopards etc -
>> if you live and breathe the software in question no doubt it's clear
>> as day, but for more casual users it's not.
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> For what it's worth (and I don't live and breath OS X), I can never remember which damn cat goes with which version, and can't reliably remember the ordering without translating to 10.x.
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> Is the polynesian catalogue extensive enough that release names could stay in alphabetical order, thus solving the ordering problem? Of course, it may be that the current names are ordered in increasing RA, or something; stylish if so, but intimidating.
>
The naming scheme was star brightness.
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Tim Jenness
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