[Digikam-devel] [Bug 166622] Confusing Add Images use

[Andi Clemens]

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------- Additional Comments From andi.clemens gmx net  2008-07-16 12:34 -------
> Those other windows don't have activities that take time to finish. Well,
> actually, they do: the Rebuild Thumbnails activity (Which has a popup
> progress bar that stays at 100% when done).


Yes, they have. Tagging and rating of images for example use progress bar in 
the main window.
All filters use a progress bar. I think it is not very nice to close a popup 
progress bar window all the time an action was triggered.

>
> > See it the other way around: If no progress bar is there, you
> > are done
>
> That is not very intuitive for users.


Why not? Nearly all apps I use work this way, what is so confusing about this?

> I'll now propose a more general solution, and interface change. The way
> digikam now works is that the main window has two functions: 1) Thumbnails
> mode
> 2) View mode
>
> Other modes,such as the Image Editor and Import, are handled in popup
> windows. How about incorporating these popup windows into the main Digikam
> window, which would now have four modes: 1) Thumbnails mode
> 2) View mode
> 3) Image Editor mode
> 4) Import mode


That has been discussed before and I don't think it will be changed, ever. The 
good thing about these multiple windows is that you can work on multiple 
screens / virtual desktops (like in Gimp). You said before the digiKam 
interface is too overloaded with tabs / functions. But bringing the image 
editor into the main window will expand it even more... the menu bar will 
explode :-)

Andi