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<p>Hi,</p>
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<p>When I start Digikam on my Mac I briefly see this error message
flashing</p>
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<p>Why do I see this error?</p>
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<p>I already have ExifTool installed:</p>
<p>$ brew install exiftool<br>
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<p>==> Downloading <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula.jws.json">https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula.jws.json</a><br>
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==> Downloading <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://formulae.brew.sh/api/cask.jws.json">https://formulae.brew.sh/api/cask.jws.json</a><br>
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Warning: exiftool 12.76 is already installed and up-to-date.<br>
To reinstall 12.76, run:<br>
brew reinstall exiftool</p>
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<p>How do I fix this?</p>
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<p>About the error and the UX:</p>
<p>I really love DK it is a pure open source gem. However, this UX
pattern of flashing scary looking messages briefly is pretty bad.
It took me like 5 digikam startups to actually be able to read
this as the message is only shown for 10 seconds. DK takes
probably over 30-60 seconds to start up on my mac. So keeping
attention while just watching the splash screen is difficult. Then
when it finally appears, this message is only flashed for 10
seconds.<i> <br>
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<p><i>Please</i> do not just flash a seemingly important message for
only 10 seconds without even providing the user a way to keep the
message up (there is only a close button).</p>
<p>Preferably, either decide if the message is important or not. If
it is not then do not show it. If it <i>is</i> important, keep
the message available.</p>
<p>It is unclear from the message text what this actually means. I
am a fairly technical user and I have no idea really. I know what
exiftool is, but I have no idea if DK actually <i>needs</i> it -
or if it relies on its own internal libexif or similar if external
exiftool is not available? <br>
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