Re: Drag and Drop Categorization of Images

[Stephane Delcroix <stephane delcroix org>]

Even in edit mode, you can drop tags on images...

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On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 11:02 -0400, Richard Krone wrote:
> I find that when an end-user is not in the thumbnail mode but is
> instead has the image enlarged but not yet full-screen it becomes
> annoying that an end-user cannot drag the image to the categories and
> label them like they could if they were in thumbnail mode.
> 
> I have had several area users tell me that f-spot was broken because
> of their natural intuition that if categorization was as easy as drag
> and drop in thumbnail mode it should be as easy in enlarged mode to
> categorize them as well.
> 
> The reason that some end-users have come across this issue is because
> of the inclination to enlarge some images before making the decision
> of what category they belonged in. Please note I am not talking about
> full screen mode at all.
> 
> While I realize that an end-user can right click on an image and then
> select a category for the enlarged image it just is not intuitive
> enough to many end-users. The concept of the drag and drop is so good
> that it should be used through out the whole of the program no matter
> what size or mode the image is in.
> 
> I would suggest enabling the simple drag and drop categorization for
> the enlarged mode of viewing.
> 
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Stephane Delcroix
stephane delcroix org