Idea for improvement of metadata sidebar

[Gilles Caulier]

Please, descriptions and mockup must be resumed to a new entry in bugzilla.
Like this we can assigned this entry as a new task for a student.

Gilles Caulier

2017-03-19 12:45 GMT+01:00 Tobias Margiani <margianit at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> This looks really useful to me. Thanks for your work creating the mock up.
> My only suggestions are adding the aspect ratio to the metadata field (on
> the
> proposed tab) and add this in addition to the existing tabs instead of
> removing them.
> I would keep the other tabs because there are still some options which
> would
> clutter the new tab but could benefit some users (or help people used to
> it).
> Some examples are on the properties tab the file owner, in the caption tab
> the
> caption author, or on the maps tab the larger view and the possibility to
> change properties like the map type.
>
> Best,
> Tobias Margiani
>
> On Montag, 13. Februar 2017 22:24:57 CET Jens Benecke wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > thanks for the feedback. There was also a PNG screenshot attached to my
> > email which showed the original layout. Regarding your comments:
> >
> > 1: This is not a left-side (= filter) sidebar but a right-side (= editor)
> > sidebar. So clicking on the date should modify the selected image(s)’s
> > date(s). „Select by date“ already exists on the left side of Digikam’s
> main
> > window. If multiple images are selected, this should show a date range
> and
> > editing this might even be used to shift dates (with a confirmation
> dialog
> > asking whether to set all dates to the same value or to use the first
> > selected image as base date and use the delta to shift all dates - just
> > like the extra wizard does now).
> >
> > 2: Ratings are shown to the right of the filename. Basically just like
> now
> > only that the basic image metadata isn’t spread over five different tabs.
> >
> > 3: The tags tree should stay. My original idea was not to replace
> multiple
> > existing editing tabs but to only replace the (redundant) first one
> called
> > „Properties“. I was looking for a quick and compact way to view and edit
> > common metadata of selected images explicitly *without* having to use the
> > tree. If selected images have a non-unique set of tags, the tag input
> field
> > should reflect this (either show non-unique tags greyed out or something
> > like that).
> >
> > But coming to think of it, this dashboard would have the potential to
> clean
> > up the whole right sidebar. Here’s my thoughts:
> >
> > „Properties“: replace This can be completely replaced. As of now I do not
> > see any use case that isn’t covered. Plus we save lots on translation
> > strings we don’t need any more. „Metadata“:   keep    This is a „more
> details“
> > version of Properties. It would stay. „Colors“:               keep
> This - for me - is
> > nothing I use often (I use it on my camera often, but not in Digikam).
> > „Map“:                remove  The map would become part of the
> dashboard. Smaller, though.
> > „Captions“:
> >    Description        remove  - contains most of what the Dashboard will
> contain
> > too. Tags             keep    - contain the tag tree and an entry field.
> The tree by
> > itself won’t be replaceable. Information      keep    - contains IPTC
> information
> > about the author. Also not replaceable. „Versions“:   keep    This is not
> > covered.
> > „Filter“:             keep    Also not covered.
> > „Extras“:             don’t know, these are tools that - IMHO - only
> belong into a
> > menu, not an icon view.
> >
> > I updated my mockup in the attachment plus added a screenshot so you can
> > view it even without the correct fonts).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jens Benecke - jens at spamfreemail.de <mailto:jens at spamfreemail.de>
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> > > Am 13.02.2017 um 00:22 schrieb Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > Jens,
> > >
> > > That looks interesting. I do have a couple of suggestions though.
> > >
> > > 1. Click on the date should better show all images taken on that date.
> To
> > > edit date we better have an "edit" button beside.
> > >
> > > 2. Ratings. I don't see them in your spreadsheet. Are these 5 little
> > > squares in top right corner tags? I opened the document via Libre
> Office
> > > Viewer app for Android which is still pretty raw so I won't be
> surprised
> > > if it does not show some embedded pictures or symbols. 3. I do like
> have
> > > Tags Tree uncollupsed when tagging my pics so Minimize/Maximize button
> > > would work best I think. When Minimized it looks and works just like
> you
> > > suggested. When Maximized it looks and works like it does at the
> moment.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the awesome suggestion!
> > > Cheers,
> > > Andrey
> > >
> > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
> > >
> > > -------- Original message --------
> > > From: Jens Benecke <jens-digikam at spamfreemail.de>
> > > Date: 2017-02-12 3:12 PM (GMT-07:00)
> > > To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
> > > power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org> Subject: Idea for
> > > improvement of metadata sidebar
> > >
> > > Hello everybody,
> > >
> > > I'm not posting this on bugs.kde.org since I would like some
> discussion
> > > on this topic first.
> > > I originally come from iPhoto and similar commercial apps. My workflow
> > > when importing images (and videos) into Digikam might reflect this a
> > > little - I find myself constantly switching between tabs in Digikam to
> > > perform simple image management / organizational tasks.
> > >
> > > I think this can be improved a lot by modifying the layout and
> usability
> > > of Digikam's "Properties" sidebar (the top one on the right) and
> > > converting it into a summary-/ dashboard kind of sidebar which covers
> > > 80-90% of all requirements in one single place. Currently it is just a
> > > list of image and file properties and not used for editing at all -
> > > which makes it kind of superfluous (IMHO).
> > >
> > > I have created a mockup of how this sidebar can be improved by
> > > incorporating simple editing tasks. The idea is that for simple asset
> > > management tasks (adding titles, ratings and tags, editing dates and
> > > viewing basic image metadata) you *only* need this single sidebar. The
> > > idea is *NOT* to squeeze all possible metadata into one dialog.
> > >
> > > This is a little inspired by  iPhoto's organization of metadata which I
> > > found quite usable.
> > >
> > > Please have a look and tell me what you think.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
>
>
>
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