Added an announcement feature to communicate important messages (outages, etc.) to SLIDER users
Bugfixes
Fixed a bug where overlays missing images near the end of a loop would prevent the loop from starting
2021-07-08
New Features
Updated labels of Day/Night Band: 0.7 µm products to “ERF-scaling” (formerly “Low Light Visible”) and “Near Constant Contrast”
2021-07-07
New Features
Added an auto-refresh button which, when checked, will regularly check for new data and automatically load it when available
Added a new product for Polar SLIDER: Near Constant Contrast
Increased the number of images and/or time steps needed to trigger the warning message for large data requests based on user feedback
2021-06-21
New Features
Added a warning message when users request large amounts of data so that the number of images and/or time steps can be adjusted for better performance
Bugfixes
Fixed a bug where removing a product could crash SLIDER and disable the hide feature of other products
2021-06-10
New Features
Added an “overzoom” feature to allow two extra zoom levels beyond the maximum imagery resolution for a given satellite/sector combination:
Bugfixes
Fixed a bug where Safari users would see a very large missing image if a colorbar didn’t load that prevented zoom/move functionality
2021-06-01
New Features
Added links to the new Release Notes page (this one!) and Twitter account
Bugfixes
Fixed a bug where Firefox users couldn’t add text when using the drawing tool
Fixed a bug where text could still be added after the drawing tool was closed
Fixed a bug where the canvas drawing was using an outdated reference, resulting in image/animation downloads crashing if drawings existed
2021-05-28
New Features
The Mouse Draw button will now open a menu allowing users to select from Pen, Arrow, Text, or Erase tools; the color and width settings have also moved to this new menu:
Arrow: Draw freely as your normally would, and when you release the mouse button an arrowhead will be drawn
Text: Click where you’d like the text to begin on the left (it will be vertically centered), enter text into the prompt, and your text will appear
Erase: Drag the mouse across the drawing you’d like to erase (Tip: increasing the drawing width will likely make this feature easier-to-use)
An example showing each new tool
New colorbars for a verity of products have been added
Bugfixes
The “Switch to km/mi.” button is now visible if the user is zoomed out but has activated Query Lat/Lon so distance measurements can be toggled
If the sector changes and x/y values result in imagery that is entirely offscreen (e.g. manually changing the url from full_disk to mesoscale_01), SLIDER will return the imagery to its default position for that sector