Re: Dreaming

[tim netsimplex com]

Well in my opinion, that's the beauty of F-Spot, that it and all of its
artifacts (database being the main one) are open source and free.

So, instead of thinking about doing this FOR F-Spot, think about doing it
INSTEAD of F-Spot. I'm not personally advocating this approach, just
pointing out that there are no limits just because no one will do it in
F-Spot proper.

Either you could solicit for changes in the database that support this new
functionality, or you could treat it totally separate and maintain it as
an add-on. People with huge F-Spot organized collections could easily drop
your program in place and begin playing with their photos in this fashion.
Stop using it, start F-Spot and have the same, familiar layout as always.

Just a thought. Of course if F-Spot had a robust plugin architecture. Oh
well, c'est la vie.


cheers!


> I attended DemoCampMontreal2 last night, and saw a demo of
> http://bumptop.com - it was quite fascinating and I really like the idea
> of being able to sort photos that way.
>
> Has anyone considered doing something like this for f-spot?   It's been
> quite a while since I've done any OpenGL coding, but to get a UI like
> this for sorting my photos I think I'd be willing to dust off those
> skills.
>
> Just a thought...
>
> Warren
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