[Shotwell] Basic -v- Extended information

[Jim Nelson]

There's been some interest in changing the behavior of the extended
information window:

http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1918
http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2351
http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2779

I too would be interested in what people think about where Extended
Information should be displayed.  Your suggestion is closest to #1918.
Since we're sensitive to screen real estate, if we did move the Extended
Information to the Basic Information pane, it would probably be in a
collapsible segment so it was not always displayed (which would leave less
space for the navigation tree).

Note that these tickets merely cover where the Extended Information is
located.  There are other tickets in our database about what we display in
it.  You might search Trac for those ideas as well.

-- Jim



On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Bob Giles <thecorfiot at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering whether others find the 'modal' extended information panel
> that pops up in the middle of the viewed image irritating?
>
> Don't get me wrong, the information is useful but I fail to see why there
> is the necessity to have both basic and extended information options at all.
> To me, it seems more logical to combine both into one information panel and
> that it should be displayed where the basic information is currently
> displayed. In that way, all available information would be immediately
> available without obscuring the image.
>
> I am aware that the extended information panel has been raised at
> http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2779 but was wondering whether there were
> others that find the current display as irritating as I do but just 'grin
> and bare it'!
>
> I guess that what I am really hoping for is enough interest to raise the
> importance of this feature in the minds of the esteemed developers! I
> suspect that this wouldn't be a major development issue. I just wish that I
> had the ability!
>
> Alternatively, maybe somebody could convince me that the current situation
> is more appropriate than my suggestion.
>
> Keep up the good work on a much needed application!
>
> Bob Giles
> Corfu
>
>
>
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