[Digikam-devel] [Bug 166580] New: Interface configuration options for friendlier Digikam

[Dotan Cohen]

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           Summary: Interface configuration options for friendlier Digikam
           Product: digikam
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: kde-2 dotancohen com


Version:           SVN: Version 0.10.0-beta2 (rev.: 832007) (using KDE 4.0.83)

While giving Digikam 0.10 to some friends to test, two users were startled by the 'complicated' interface. This has been expressed to me in the past by other Digikam users as well (I have quite a few people that I have installed Kubuntu for). It appears that many users do not like four sides of interface options. Digikam has a menubar and toolbar at the top, a side panel on the left, another sidepanel on the right, and then a zoom and quick search bar at the bottom. For these users, the bottom bar and one of the sidebars must go!

In my opinion Digikam could be made a bit more inviting to simple users by adopting Kate's tabs idea. In Kate, one can click on a sidebar tab and configure it's presentation. Digikam could incorporate this as well, with options to remove and switch sidebars for each tab.