Re: [gthumb-list] ext branch first impressions

[Paolo Bacchilega <paolo bacchilega libero it>]

Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak ha scritto:
> Paolo Bacchilega wrote:
> > Speed was one of my goals when rewriting the code, I noticed that in the 
>
> Good job!
>
>
> > I don't think a standard user wants to change the importer 
> > preferences every single time he imports photos from a camera, I 
> > don't know why this happens to you, maybe you want to list your use 
> > cases so I can better understand your needs. The group-by-month 
> > option seems useful to me, on the other hand if the custom format can 
> > be avoided I'll be happier because it's really hard to understand 
> > even for an advanced user.
>
> I switch constantly between three use cases:
maybe we need an easy way save various configurations and put a 
configuration chooser in the main dialog
> - personal photos to /photos/2009-08 (i.e., grouped by month)
> - my son's photos to /photos/2009-08-John (custom format, yyyy-mm-John)
in this case you could use /photos/John/2009-08 to avoid custom formats
> - work photos to /workdir/new (no grouping at all)
>
> The trunk UI accommodates all that very nicely. I think any serious 
> photographer will have their own organizing scheme, which is why the 
> custom format codes are nice to have. The ability to combine something 
> like "Smith Wedding" and the date will be handy.
even in this case you can use a subfolder scheme as I suggest above
> I'm not saying the trunk UI is perfect. But it is useful!
> - Mike 
the ext branch is open to changes, I just want to avoid a too complicated UI