[Kde-imaging] ImageCollection or Browser

[Aurelien Gateau]

> I would like to start the discussion with the first issue: ImageCollection 
or 
> Browser.
> 
> This issue is described in the libkipi/design document, wrote by Jesper. In 
> short, I suggested to modify all plugins to use a QListView which would 
> display the available image collections, letting the user select an image 
> collection within this list.
> 
> Jesper had a problem with this because this model would not fit with the way 
> KimDaBa works. Instead, he suggested to replace the current system with a 
new 
> host-app implemented class: KIPI::Browser, which would provide to the 
> plugins:
> - A widget to choose images from
> - A method to get the list of images the user selected.

Hum... I hate doing this, but does no one have an opinion on this issue?

Aurélien