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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi, thank you for the kind
words and the feedback! The set of minimum deliverables I wish to
achieve during the GSoC timeline are:<br>
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<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Easy selection modes
with the built in Dolphin file view, including the standard
ctrl+c/v keyboard shortcuts interaction</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Copy/cut/paste with
a directory chosen in a "Folder open" dialog or into the
currently active Dolphin directory</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Put search results
from a search query into the panel</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Feature parity with
collective file actions already available in most file
managers - such as Archive, send over Bluetooth, attach with
email, rename files, etc <br>
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</ul>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Features which I want to
add, but may not be possible to achieve during the GSoC timeline
include:<br>
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<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Create a diff output
of any two directories/files staged on the panel</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Explore version
history of the file if a compatible VCS (such as git) if found</font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Enhanced sharing
features - such as upload files to Dropbox or to create music
playlists if music files are staged on the panel</font></li>
</ul>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">My question is, how many
of these features are likely to benefit the user? Should I mention
the list of stretch goals of the project in my GSoC proposal (such
as the three listed above) stating that I might not be able to
finish it within the timeline?<br>
<br>
Finally, how can I conduct user surveys? Are Balsamiq mockups good
enough?<br>
<br>
Thank you all for your time : )<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Sunday 27 December 2015 02:29 PM,
Heiko Tietze wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Saturday 26 December 2015 08:59:15 Johan Ouwerkerk wrote:
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<pre wrap="">How does this idea improve on hold Ctrl, then click files? I.e.
can/does it apply to multiple disjoint folder trees at the same time?
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I'd recommend to keep the UI clean. It has the side-effect of supporting
multiselection but the first use case is to generate a temporary list of items.
However your reply reminds me on the discussion we had some time ago in the
context of the HIG about listviews (dig the web to find the old thread). The
idea was to balance the simplicity of multiselection in classic list views
with the efficience of checkboxes by offering those when multiple items have
been selected, maybe optionally. In other words you get the normal listview
and everything looks familiar. But when you hold down the ctrl or shift key
the items offer you check boxes that make any selection sticky.
This enhanchment should be done on a core level, not Dolphin specific. The idea
was stalled at that time because of the transition to Qt5. Maybe it's the
right time now...
On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Arnav Dhamija <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:arnav.dhamija@gmail.com"><arnav.dhamija@gmail.com></a>
wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Trays Panel Extension for the Dolphin File Manager for improving GUI file
selection operations
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Great idea. After having some kind of extra panel in mind it now sounds like
another history layer, manually controlled. Users can chose whether to show a
list of the today's files or the manually selected. The good thing is that two
ideas makes it easy to run a survey with community. Question in this first
stage should be about scope, and after that how the interaction is done.
Feel free to ask for help. Drawing mockups and running a survey is much fun.
Cheers,
Heiko
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<font face="arial">arnav dhamija</font></div>
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