[Digikam-users] Multiple album roots - what's the point?

[Chris G]

On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 04:29:43PM +0200, Anders Troberg wrote:
> > I suppose it can do that but in this day and age of 1Tb disk drives 
> > that isn't often necessary is it?
> 
> Come back when the 4TB drives arrive, then it's not a problem for me. Then again, by then, I'll probably have more data anyway...
> 
> > However, I personally like having all my images from different root album paths in one overview.
> 
> I agree. I see it as a way to increase storage space and to organize, not to filter out content.
> 
> Hmm, perhaps a quick filter combo box in the the tool bar, which remembers previously used filters? Enter "scans" and it will only display the parts of the album that contains "scans" somewhere in the path/filename. That would also work as a quick-search. Perhaps that would be a quick-and-dirty solution? It would also fit nicely into the useage model of the "google generation".
> 
Yes, a way of selectively hiding albums would do what I want, in fact
it would be better than ways I've suggested.

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Chris Green