[Digikam-devel] [Bug 141530] New: use "rotate left" and "rotate right" instead of 90 and 270 degrees

[Scott Wheeler]

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           Summary: use "rotate left" and "rotate right" instead of 90 and
                    270 degrees
           Product: digikam
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: wheeler kde org


Version:           trunk (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources

This is a simple one -- I think the labels "rotate left" and "rotate right" would be more user friendly than 90 and 270 degrees.  "Clockwise" and "Counterclockwise" would be other alternatives.  I think those terms are more in line with what people both think and the terms they use in real life.  I've never had anyone ask me to turn a photo 270 degrees, but I have had someone ask if I could rotate it to the right.  :-)

A minor related issue is that they should also be in the opposite order in the menu -- rotating "270 degrees" is the most common operation (unless I'm completely wrong in my assumption that most people shooting verticle photos rotate the camera so that the shutter finger is above rather than below the camera).