[Digikam-devel] [Bug 280726] Digikam Import Process Needs To Be Streamlined

[Malvern Star]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280726

--- Comment #17 from Malvern Star <malv_star at hotmail.com> ---
Hi Islam, thanks for the link. The goal outline seems good. I have also looked
at the mockups. I therefore have a couple of notes I hope are helpful:

1) If the import interface is going to switch to preview when a user
double-clicks a photo, make sure that pressing escape takes you out of preview,
and that while in preview mode, the left and right arrows on the keyboard move
you through the photo strip above. Come to think of it, that would be helpful
in the main interface as well... I've always had trouble getting out of preview
mode, and being forced to use the mouse to navigate it is annoying.

2) Make sure you set a sensible default camera path. Typically I would expect
this to be the same as the default album path displayed when the application is
run the first time. That way, when the user selects "To New Album" it will, by
default, be created under their top level album path.

3) If you're going to do video preview, make sure video playback is stable.
Video codecs can still be an issue on Linux - even simple ones like MJPEG
frequently cause crashes. You'll need to handle video playback crashes
gracefully so that they don't crash digiKam and instead merely cease video
playback (without locking the application).

4) If you are going to revamp the geolocation feature, please add an option to
disable the damn thing or detect whether blue-marble is installed so it isn't
listed as a dependency for digiKam.

I hope this feedback is useful to you, and I will do my best to be
communicative during development. Many thanks.

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