[KimDaBa] Main irritations in Kimdaba: Selections and serial configuration

Lars Clausen lars at raeder.dk
Fri Nov 18 21:27:46 GMT 2005


Hello Jesper (and other developers)!

This is the classical "thank you for a great program, here's what really
needs to change" mail:)  KimDaBa has become my picture organizing
program of choice after trying out quite a few that just weren't up to
handling large amounts of pictures.  I am especially fond of the keyword
& grouping system, it's the only of its kind I've seen making sense.  So
many thanks for helping me getting organized -- Lord knows I need that:)

There is (as in all programs) things I'd like to see improved in
KimDaBa, these are the most important ones in v. 2.1:

Selecting a group: When selecting by clicking one picture then
shift-clicking another, I expect (from just about every other interface
I've seen) to select all pictures from the first to the second, not a
rectangular subset of the columns.  Typical use scenario:  I have a
number of pictures taken at one occasion that I want to all mark with
appropriate keywords.  Right now, I'd have to select them individually
or select too many and deselect a bunch.  Very annoying.

Serial configuration: I often have a series of related pictures
together, and it would be nice if the keywords I select for one picture
are automatically selected for the next one, or easily toggled or
something.  I feel rather stupid setting the same four keywords on a
series of pictures.  The exact interface is not obvious, but I'm
thinking KimDaBa could consider a keyword that is set explicitly (as
opposed to having been set earlier) to be 'sticky' and also be set when
going on to the next picture.  Having something like this would save me
much time when going through a group.

That the HTML export seems to be broken I have no problem with right
now, I'm still busy going through old photos:)  It's slightly more
annoying that with four columns of keywords, the keywords + preview
side-by-side are too big to fit my screen and cannot in 2.1 be made
smaller.

-Lars

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Lars Clausen <lars at raeder.dk>





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