[Kde-imaging] ImageCollection or Browser

[Gilles Caulier]

Le mercredi 23 Juin 2004 14:25, Renchi Raju a écrit :
> 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
>
OK. I staying !
-- 
Gilles Caulier