Hi Klaus, On Sunday 31 May 2009 17:43:37 Klaus Ethgen wrote: > Hi, > > some thoughts I had recently (don't hit me cause the most are todos. The > application is much more nice than month before. But it was points I > stumbled over. ;-): > > - There seems to be not all user visible texts localized. I will figure > it out the days.
Some texts come from Exiv2 and must be translated there. I did not notice any untranslated texts in geeqie itself. > > - Should we localize the README? It is referenced in Help so for the > user that might be important. > The README is no longer needed for hotkeys, the only remaining use is for the release notes. I am not sure if it is that important. > - Some workflows has to be defined and crosschecked. (i.e. saving > metadata with different settings and so) I think there are some traps > for the user. 'Will check it. > I agree. > - What about read only GQView-Metadata? Shouldn't there be a configure > option? > Can you please describe how it would work? > - I should check some translations in the finished application. Some are > a bit ... well, strange. ;-) (Some still not committed.) For some > words it is difficult to find the correct translation. > Feel free to change the English string if it is hard to translate. > - There should be the possibility to _use_ the checkbox "hidden" in > Application config. Maybe better saving that state in the geeqie > configuration. (What do that trigger anyway? It seems to be random for > me.) > The checkbox indicates the "Hidden" flag from the desktop file. It can be changed by editing the file. Maybe we could replace the checkbox with something else. > - There should be a kind of wizzard for new editors. > The template is not enough? > - There should be a way to add a new application with just specifying > the path to a desktop file. > All correctly installed desktop files are found automatically. Do we need anything else? > - The order might be better Name, Hidden, Desktop file, Path > Feel free to change it ;) > - It should not be possible to edit or delete a desktop file that is not > writable. Not writable desktop file is cloned and saved to user writable directory. Then it overrides the original. I think that it works OK, but maybe it needs to be documented somewhere. > > - Is it possible to ad a small free space below all keywords if they are > all viewed? > > - The tabs in the information bar should be resizable as well as the > complete bar. That might be important at least for Comment, histogram, > keywords, but also for others (Maybe showing a "..." to indicate that > the view is to small.) It might be also good to have the size relative > to the high and make the max size the window (configurable?). > Do you have an idea how to implement it with GTK? The current sidebar is the best I was able to do. I had many problems with various GTK bugs or "features". > - Maybe enable to add to open collections in sort manager. That might be > best to have a extra view maybe. > Collections will have to be rewritten after 1.0. > - In pan view we could allow to shorten the directory name to the part > after the current one. > > - It should be possible to change the pan view mode while it reads image > data. > I would wait for clutter backend before any other panview changes, unless the fix is trivial. > Ui, it is more as I want to tell. :) > > Regards > Klaus Vladimir ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ Geeqie-devel mailing list Geeqie-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geeqie-devel
