Chemstation vs. Openlab ease of use
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2024 2:46 pm
I've always been good at figuring out software. Maybe I'm getting old, though. I miss Data Analysis from Chemstation as compared to the version in OpenLab CDS.
I want a table that shows concentration and abundance for each cal level of a peak.
I want to be able to shift all retention times by x minutes.
I don't want multiple versions of a method with the same name to be able to exist. And I'd rather not have to "link" methods/datafiles.
If I have 10 samples running and the first one is finished, I want to be able to look at the results without any special effort. As far as I can tell, you have to snapshot it to do that rather than just open the file, because all the files in a run are packaged together with "no metadata available" until the run is finished.
I don't want to have to click "refresh" to update the list of available files under "data selection." Not because it's a big deal, just because it seems like adding an option to auto-refresh the list would have been trivial.
I want to be able to choose the colors for each signal when I have them stacked. The default is Sig1=Blue Sig2=Teal Sig3=Purple. Why would you not pick dissimilar colors for that? Or better yet, allow users to choose? My vision isn't great but I feel bad for colorblind people.
Click & drag to integrate a peak exactly how I want to, even if only as a "preview."
If anyone knows workarounds for any of this (or, for curiosity's sake, understands the design choices here) I'd like to hear it.
I want a table that shows concentration and abundance for each cal level of a peak.
I want to be able to shift all retention times by x minutes.
I don't want multiple versions of a method with the same name to be able to exist. And I'd rather not have to "link" methods/datafiles.
If I have 10 samples running and the first one is finished, I want to be able to look at the results without any special effort. As far as I can tell, you have to snapshot it to do that rather than just open the file, because all the files in a run are packaged together with "no metadata available" until the run is finished.
I don't want to have to click "refresh" to update the list of available files under "data selection." Not because it's a big deal, just because it seems like adding an option to auto-refresh the list would have been trivial.
I want to be able to choose the colors for each signal when I have them stacked. The default is Sig1=Blue Sig2=Teal Sig3=Purple. Why would you not pick dissimilar colors for that? Or better yet, allow users to choose? My vision isn't great but I feel bad for colorblind people.
Click & drag to integrate a peak exactly how I want to, even if only as a "preview."
If anyone knows workarounds for any of this (or, for curiosity's sake, understands the design choices here) I'd like to hear it.
It's a gem.