https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377857
--- Comment #26 from José Oliver-Didier <jose_oli...@hotmail.com> --- Created attachment 135663 --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=135663&action=edit Proposal 2 I have been giving quite some thought to the Properties pane in digiKam, which I see as having a lot of potential. I like the previous proposal made by Jens, and building upon it would like to also present a "more in the middle proposal" for the community's consideration, for when a single image is selected on what information should be displayed. I think of the Properties pane usage as the principal pane when browsing thru photos but something which could also serve as a "jumping pad" to existing functionality. I created a mockup which leverages existing functionality were information is always displayed read-only. A small button is made available which takes the user to the pane where he/she can edit some of this information saving a few mouse clicks in the process. It also adds discoverability to new/novice users which may find digikam's UI dauting given all the options available. Photograph Properties are presented as previously proposed simulating an SLR Camera top display found in some other Photo Managers. An optional setting could be added to simulate an LCD display later on. Sections displaying Tags, Location (similar to GeoTag in Windows Photo Gallery) and Rights are added and displayed only when information is present. Presenting such location information is quite useful, thinking of services such as Instagram which users can add a geotag. Rights I feel are important and neglected functionality in photos that has taken more prominence recently with Google Images highlighting these fields values and the IPTC actively encouraging it. I thought of adding a People section to the mockup but given that the people's names are added as tags and that the user can enable/disable display of face regions when browsing I thought it would be redundant. I also thought of adding a map and display of lat/long, but given that the Map tab is quite accessible and adding a map could have performance impact I would opt not to. Personally, I like the less is more approach - displaying just the essentials but giving the user the ability to collapse these sections can leave it up to the user. Hope this proposal encourages healthy discussion and a means to attract more users to digiKam. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
