OPUS Updates for August 2019 - Cart Improvements

This month we are pleased to bring you a number of updates to the cart and the selection of observations to put in the cart.

Selecting Ranges

There are several ways to select ranges of observations to put in the cart, or remove from the cart. To indicate the beginning of the range you can shift+click on a thumbnail or table row, or select "Start add range to cart here" or "Start remove range from cart here" from the hamburger menu at the bottom of each thumbnail or on the left side of each table row. If the observation you are starting with is not currently in the cart, you will be starting an "add range" operation; if the observation is already in the cart, you will be starting a "remove range" operation. To end the range, you either shift+click on a second observation, or select "End add range to cart here " or "End remove range from cart here", as appropriate.

To help you keep track of where the range started, the starting thumbnail or table row will show a flashing green square. In addition, there is now a small window in the lower left corner of the gallery or table views that gives you the relevant information. Then you can scroll away, or use the slider to jump much further away, and still know that you are in the middle of a range select operation and where that range started.

Details about Products Available for Download

The Cart tab now shows complete information about the data products available for download. For each product type (such as "Raw image"), you are given the number of observations in the cart that are providing that product type, the number of files (including data files, label files, and support files) that will be included in the archive, and the total size of those files. You may (de)select individual product types, entire categories, or all product types to limit the download to just those products you need. As you make your selections, the "Total Size" and "Total Files" fields at the top will update.

New Location for Download Links

When you select Download Data Archive or Download URL Archive, a special window will pop up in the lower right corner showing the link to use for the current download, plus a history of previous downloads you have requested during this session. You may toggle the presence of this window by clicking on the Download History button at the bottom (or dismiss it using the X in the corner) and you can remove all the links from the history by clicking the Clear All button. Click on one of the links to start the actual download operation in your browser.

Please keep those suggestions coming!