OPUS Update for October 2021 - Resizeable slideshow, share details

It's time for another multi-month update! This time we have a few small features that should make your life easier.

Resizing the Slideshow View

The slideshow view can now be resized, including being minimized or maximized. This allows you to view the metadata details of observations while still being able to get a good view of the entire thumbnail gallery. The observation you are currently viewing is marked with a large pair of binoculars. Once you have exited the slideshow view, the last observation you viewed is marked with a small pair of binoculars in the top-left corner.

Showing Which Observation is Featured on the Detail Tab

Do you ever lose track of which observation is currently showing on the Detail tab? There are now two indications to help you:

• The thumbnail for the observation will have the word "DETAIL" in the upper-right corner
• A small version of the thumbnail is shown in the header next to the word Detail; hovering over this thumbnail will show the observation's OPUS ID

Creating a Short URL for the Detail Tab

Have you ever wanted to share a single observation with someone? You can do this using the full OPUS URL, but it can be very long. To help with this, there is now a "SHARE" button on the Detail tab that copies to the clipboard a short URL of the form:

https://opus.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/view=detail&detail=co-iss-w1665997909

This URL can be saved for future use, or sent to another researcher, mailing list, or even tweeted to give an easy way to see the details about the given observation, without including information about the search or selected metadata fields.

Help for Preview Images

Did you ever wonder what the design and coloring of the thumbnails for Cassini CIRS, UVIS, and VIMS mean? The documents that describe these are now available directly from the Help menu.

As always we actively solicit your questions, feedback, and comments. Feel free to send a DM on Twitter or use the Feedback tab found on the right side of the OPUS screen. No question or comment is too small. We wish you and yours a happy holiday season.