[Shotwell] UI help

[Adam Dingle]

Ingo,

> when my current display settings (such as "Only Favorites") match
> nothing in the current event, nothing is displayed. While this is
> obviously correct behavior, it can be confusing...

I agree that this is a potential usability problem.  I myself got confused
by this a week or two ago when I had Only Favorites checked and it took me a
little while to figure out why newly imported photos weren't being
displayed.

> It would be really cool if Shotwell could display some hint, either just
> in such situations, or describing the effect of settings (e.g., the
> number of photos not displayed or something).

That's a reasonable idea.  Another possibility might be to clear Only
Favorites every time Shotwell starts up since I think the user is most
likely to be confused if that setting is set on startup.  We'll think about
this more and hopefully make some kind of change for 0.5.

adam

On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Ingo Lütkebohle <
iluetkeb at techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> when my current display settings (such as "Only Favorites") match
> nothing in the current event, nothing is displayed. While this is
> obviously correct behavior, it can be confusing, for example, when I
> have left on the settings from the last session and do not remember that
> they are on.
>
> It would be really cool if Shotwell could display some hint, either just
> in such situations, or describing the effect of settings (e.g., the
> number of photos not displayed or something).
>
> cheers, Ingo
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