[Digikam-users] Search GUI (was Re: (no subject))

Graham grahamtodd2 at googlemail.com
Sun Jan 6 07:16:46 GMT 2008


On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 23:00:59 +0000
hex <hex at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> I'm a complete Linux 'newbie' so like the idea of a nice 'windozy'
> search GUI.....
[snipped]

Please don't top-post as it makes following an email quoting others,
less easy to follow.

Now to specifics: isn't Beagle with the Kerry interface sufficient?  It
can search specifically for images.  Its not specific to Digikam but is
there any reason why Digikam should duplicate a facility that already
exists? Then there's always the file manager Krusader, which has
excellent search facilities too.

Why re-invent the wheel?

On an other point, you're now using Linux, one of the most powerful and
secure operating systems created, not Windows.  Why do you want
something to act "windozy"?  I assume you mean easy to use, but often a
GUI calls upon a CLI command and doesn't use all of the options
available (clearly this is a generalisation) so ease of use sometimes
means using the CLI commands to harness the power that Linux
applications hold.  A good example is MPlayer: most facilities can be
accessed through the GUI, but there's even more facilities available
through the CLI.  Once you've used the CLI and got used to it, you tend
to use it for even those commands you could use through the GUI.

That the Linux way......

-- 

Graham




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