[Digikam-users] Impressions about importing pictures

[Dotan Cohen]

On 07/04/07, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2007/4/7, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com>:
> > Today I ran the import pictures wizard for the first time. I have some
> > constructive criticism to help make Digikam better.
> >
> > 1) There is no option to delete the photos from the camera. This
> > necessitates a redundant step for the user: to remove the photos
> > manually. If he forgets, then there is a chance that the photos will
> > be reimported to digikam.
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> There is a file in Bugzilla about this subject. Planed...

Good, thanks. I should have looked there first.

> > 2) In the options dialog, there is the possibility to create new
> > albums based upon date, with the options of ISO, full text, and local
> > settings. However, the user has no idea how this will look in the end.
> > A sample example of each option would be nice.
>
> Use the tool tip for details, or take a look into handbook.

I cannot seem to build the handbook. It stops at 0% and says that it
is finished. It may be a locale problem, I'll play with it a bit.

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> > 3) I cannot select Download All Photos, it is greyed out. So I must
> > Select All and then Download selected. How can we enable Download All?
>
> Yes, it's a bug. Must be fixed.

I filed it here:
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143934

Dotan Cohen

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