Re: [gthumb-list] importer catalogs

["Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak" <mjc avtechpulse com>]

On 12/22/2009 01:42 PM, Paolo Bacchilega wrote:

> The problem is that the imported images could be saved to different
> folders if the file date is different, in this case you don't have a
> single destination folder to go into.

In trunk, that problem was addressed by going into the last used 
destination folder (normally the one corresponding to the most recently 
taken photos.) I thought it worked pretty well.

> On the other hand the catalog allows you to view all the imported images
> at once, furthermore a catalog is created for each creation date of the
> imported files, so you get an automatic organization by the date the
> photos were taken and the date the photos were imported.
>
> The general idea is that the user shouldn't care about the location of
> the files on the filesystem, he just needs to organize the files using
> the catalogs.

Yes, I understand the idea, and I personally can probably get used to it.

However, some people will be very upset, because gThumb is so nice for 
manipulating simple folders (whereas F-Spot forces things into albums). 
They will be annoyed at the use of catalogs when folders would do.

It would be nice to accommodate the folders-only style of workflow too.

Just my 2 cents :-)


- Mike