[Kde-imaging] ImageCollection or Browser

[Renchi Raju]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Gilles Caulier wrote:

> Le mercredi 23 Juin 2004 14:09, Renchi Raju a écrit :
> > On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > > Le mercredi 23 Juin 2004 12:36, Renchi Raju a écrit :
> > > > > > am i missing something here. if i choose to run the rotation plugin
> > > > > > and i don't have any images selected it will rotate all the images
> > > > > > in the current view/album?
> > > > >
> > > > > yes
> > > >
> > > > that is just not right
> > >
> > > Why ? It's work fine and it's not confuse for the users. Also this way
> > > is very suitable for Gwenview and Kimdaba.
> >
> > i don't how its more suitable for gwenview and kimdaba; but if i, as a
> > user, chooses to run this action will expect it act only on the selected
> > items and bail out if there are not images selected. an analogy to this
> > would be the delete items action available in most apps. if the user
> > clicks on it, he/she expects it act only on the selected items, not all
> > the items in the view. there might be plugins with non-reversible actions
> > and they should act on only those items which have been specifically
> > chosen by the user (using selection). one might say that for such actions
> > the plugin should require further interaction from the user; but then you
> > are putting the responsibility on the plugin author. another
> > possibility is that app disables such actions when there is no
> > selection; but then again we are shifting the responsibility to the app.
> > its our job to get the interface correct.
> >
> > maybe i'm not explaining this in the best possible manner. i would
> > recommend that you ask a few users as to what they expect in such a
> > scenario.
>
> This is right only for the JpegLossLess plugin actions because there isn't a
> dialog with the operations/files listed before running.
>
> For TimeAdjust and SendImages plugins, the user have the informations before
> in a dialog.
>
> I will fixed JPEGLossLess in CVS...

this topic is still under discussion. i would request that you not make
any changes to the cvs relevant to this discussion, till we have heard
back from jesper and aurelien

renchi