Dne středa 04 únor 2009 Christopher Beland napsal(a): > On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 22:29 +0100, Vladimir Nadvornik wrote: > > - Queue is written on disk, it happens after click on the button, switch > > to another image, directory or timeout. Corresponding options are > > > > "Write metadata after timeout" > > "Write metadata on image change" > > "Write metadata on directory change" > > As far as the UI is concerned, there are two standard mechanisms which > people generally understand. > > 1.) Instant save - what you write will be stored to disk with no > opportunity to cancel, unless there is a catastrophic crash or power > loss. > > 2.) There is a "Save" button and a "Cancel" button or mechanism. What > you write will only be written to disk if you intentionally hit "Save".
> I don't understand the icons that are in the keyword editing interface > right now. The icons are for writting to multiple files. This is a required feature but GUI should be probably changed. You can just ignore the buttons for now. > > I would recommend picking one of these traditional methods and eliminate > the option to set when metadata is actually written. If "instant save" > is chosen, just do something sensible - like write on any one of these > events, or when the metadata editor is closed, or on a timeout of 1 > second or so. > It is difficult to pick one method when the requirements are different for writting to image files or for writting to Geeqie's private data. Current configuration allows both these methods and also something inbetween. But maybe some options could be merged to simplify it. > This is a bit different from changing image orientation, where there is > no opportunity to have a "Save" button; it either gets written right > away if you are doing an "Edit" operation, or not at all if you do a > "View" operation. > I can imagine a menu entry "Save orientation permanently", however I am not sure how good idea it is. Vladimir ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Geeqie-devel mailing list Geeqie-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geeqie-devel
