Is there any difference between the Analyse/History and Analyse/Navigate/History Frame functions? Both seem to be offering the same navigation via the multi-function knob and the arrow buttons. Is this a redundancy "for historic reasons" (no pun intended), or am I overlooking something?
There is no difference. And this is there most likely just for completeness: everything that can be navigated and might include a fair amount of distance/data is summarized there. At least it has been that way since the venerable SDS1104X-E from early 2018.
I find it a bit annoying that both dialogs automatically close (after the 10s timeout I have chosen for dialogs) -- even if I still have the multi-function knob active in the frame selection control. I open the dialog specifically to browse frames, and I typically need more than 10 seconds to do so. Is there a way to override the timeout for a particular dialog?
I was a bit unsure at first, as I personally never set a menu-timeout (only I myself decide when the menu should be visible or not), but even with that 10 s timeout, the menu only disappears when I play with the History list exclusively, i.e. never touch the menu itself.
So yes, any action on the History List window doesn’t reset the timeout on the History menu, and since the History List is a separate window, this would require some special treatment for the menu timeout.
It shouldn’t be a real usability problem though, as the list is there for viewing and the occasional frame selection (which doesn’t take 10 seconds), but not for browsing through the History anyway.
When I keep the "History List" window open: Wouldn't it be nice if that list could be controlled with the multi-function knob?
Yes, it
is nice, as this is one of several methods to browse through the list, together with the virtual navigation buttons in the menu and the physical navigation buttons on the front panel.
The universal control s well as the navigation buttons in the History menu will reset the menu timeout, the physical navigation buttons on the front panel as well as clicking around on the History List do not.
The History menu has these three big navigation buttons (Play back, Pause, Play forward) with the Single Step/Continuous switch above them – we just cannot overlook them, right? In case of “Continuous” you also get an “Interval Time”. In single step mode, you just touch or click the corresponding back- and forward-buttons and you get what you want. Or in continuous mode, hit the pause button at the right moment – this is easier with a longer interval time of course 😉