New to Digikam - a few questions

[Mica Semrick]

It is my intention to start publishing tips and/or pushing experienced digikam users to share their knowledge in the near-ish future.

I've still got a few more web site this GS I'd like to handle before that effort begins.

I feel with the semi recent Apple Photos crap, Picasa going away, etc etc that digikam is perfectly poised to step in. There are some fantastic community contributors as well, so I expect great things.

Certainly as you take your first steps, your feedback is very valuable... You can only experience things with a fresh perspective once!

-m

On May 15, 2017 12:18:09 PM PDT, Mitz <mitzeclipse at gmail.com> wrote:
>Thank you for the response and the welcome - I've spent a lot of time
>scouring these forums for further info. I'm surprise there aren't more
>posts
>about how to take better advantage of DigiKam - eg like top tips for
>power
>users etc..
>
>I was able to get the delete keyboard shortcut to work, albeit NOT the
>shortcut I had assigned in the shortcut menu!  I have it programmed as
>"Delete" however only "FN+Delete" works. Odd..!
>
>Thanks for the background on the trash folder - odd, but I'll get used
>to
>it.
>
>I'm surprised there aren't more plugins - I found a further list of
>plugins
>here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE_Image_Plugin_Interface
>
>Are there any stats on who uses digiKam?  eg number of users, which
>platforms, locations, etc...?  Just out of curiosity as not many people
>default to digiKam, especially after Picasa was removed from service.
>
>Cheers
>
>
>Hello Mitz,
>
>Welcome to the digikam community.
>
>Re Del key
>I am not sure why Del isn't working on your Mac. I have never used a
>Mac
>computer though. It works on Linux and Windows.
>
>Re plugins
>If you are looking for plugins please search for kipi-plugins.
>
>Re Google Photos plugin
>I think I have tried the plugin once or twice and it crashed on me so I
>stopped using it and use web upload instead.
>Perhaps Saurabh Patel might help you since he seems to be the one who
>wrote
>the plugin.
>
>Re digiKam trash folder
>I don't believe you can change that. I think dev team could not figure
>out
>how to make digiKam work with system trash on Linux, Windows and Mac
>and
>created the internal digiKam trash folder as a workaround to make
>digiKam a
>trully cross-platform application.
>
>Re Album section
>I don't think it is possible to flatten the album view. You can make
>the
>font smaller though. Settings - configure digiKam - Views - Tree views
>
>Best regards,
>
>
>
>
>
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