[Digikam-devel] "Album Type" or "Album Family"

[Andi Clemens]

It would also be better to have this entry (Album Category) on third position 
in the settings dialog (behind collection and album view, or even between 
those two), since they are related to each other.

Andi

On Friday 02 January 2009 21:32:20 Andi Clemens wrote:
> Yes, Category sounds way better...
>
> Andi
>
> On Friday 02 January 2009 21:12:37 Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > 2009/1/2 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> >
> > > 2009/1/2 Marcel Wiesweg <marcel.wiesweg at gmx.de>
> > >
> > >  > > I would go with "Album Type", but I don't use this feature anyway,
> > >  > > so
> > >>
> > >> I'm
> > >>
> > >> > > not a big help here. I usually only tag images, folders can be
> > >> > > found
> > >> > >
> > >> > > quickly with the album search textfield.
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Anyay,
> > >> > >
> > >> > > +1 for "Album Type" from me.
> > >> >
> > >> > Hmm: I never understood these album collections .... ;-)
> > >>
> > >> Me neither. This is a very old concept but apparently still used by
> > >> some.
> > >>
> > >> > Much more consistent to me would be the possibility to associate
> > >> >
> > >> > tags to albums, as discussed in
> > >> >
> > >> > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133011
> > >> >
> > >> > However, I am not sure about all consequences of this
> > >> >
> > >> > (and what changes would be required ...)
> > >>
> > >> We did not touch the Albums and Tags tables for 0.10 because there is
> > >> no urgent need for this. There are some wishes as the one you
> > >> mentioned and we can look into that for the future, but we can live
> > >> with the current situation quite well I think.
> > >>
> > >> > > > In KDE3, "Album Collection" term been used to sort album tree
> > >> > > > view
> > >>
> > >> by
> > >>
> > >> > > > defined type. It can be considerated a _single tag_ feature for
> > >>
> > >> albums.
> > >>
> > >> > > > Not that this data are not stored in database.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > In KDE4, i have used the term "Collections" to design "Root
> > >> > > > Album
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Paths". The old KDE3 "Album Collection" concept still here but
> > >> > > > have
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > been renamed "Album Type" (in setup page only). I need to fix
> > >> > > > the
> > >>
> > >> rest
> > >>
> > >> > > > of digiKam strings using "Album Type", for ex in View/Sort
> > >> > > > Albums,
> > >>
> > >> "By
> > >>
> > >> > > > Collection" option still present.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > But i'm not sure if "Album Type" is the right term. Perhaps
> > >> > > > "Album
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Family" is better. What do you think about ?
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Note : In KDE4, "Album Type" data still not stored in database ?
> > >>
> > >> Marcel
> > >>
> > >> > > > ?
> > >>
> > >> It is stored in the DB just as it was for KDE3, as the text field
> > >> "collection" in the Albums table.
> > >>
> > >> Marcel
> > >
> > > Yes, Album table as a properties named Collection (which must be
> > > renamed in Database schema to be consistent with the rest), but the
> > > list of Collections (Families) still stored in digikam.rc file.
> > >
> > > Gilles
> >
> > perhaps "Category" is better than "Family" ? What do you think about ?
> >
> > Gilles
>
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