Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Alexandre Neto]

I see your point, but I was not asking it for be the default behavior.

That might not work for all users, specially those with small screen, but
for others with big high resolution screens, may look strange to have a
bunch of tools stacked and tabbed, with still so much space in the screen
to use.

Also, keeping the exact number of space used, people could move style dock
right next to the layers panel.

Anyway, no big deal, just me wondering about it.

Régis Haubourg  escreveu no dia terça, 2/05/2017
às 16:21:

> Hi, we already can put the dock panels as tabs in the same dock as the
> layer tree, this is convenient to me in general for the browser.
> Agreed with Andréa, we can't afford to use more space for the docks.. even
> for medium size screens.
> Régis
>
> 2017-05-02 16:46 GMT+02:00 Neumann, Andreas :
>
>> Hi Alexandre,
>>
>> hm - I don't think we can allow more docking space for additional panels
>> taking more away from the
>>
>> Assuming you work on a small Netbook screen: if you have the layer panel
>> on the left and the styling panel on the right, you have a few pixels left
>> for the map itself. If you add another column for the browser panel, you
>> won't even have enough space for all the panels.
>>
>> Now you could say, one shouldn't use a Netbook for QGIS - but how many
>> times did you have to present on a video projector that only supports
>> 1024x768, or even worse 800x600. It would be nightmare if there is an
>> additional panel.
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>> On 2017-05-02 16:10, Alexandre Neto wrote:
>>
>> Looking into the proposal, makes me wonder if it would be possible to add
>> the Browser panel (that will need to be big enough for the dialogs) to the
>> right of the Layers Panel (assuming the default). That would imply a new
>> area to allow docking panels.
>>
>> Alexandre Neto  escreveu no dia segunda,
>> 1/05/2017 às 00:02:
>>
>>> Great, thanks for the update!
>>>
>>> Anita Graser  escreveu no dia domingo, 30/04/2017
>>> às 21:19:
>>>
 Hi,

 We just finished our discussion on the unified add layer dialog and we
 are optimistic that it will make its way into 3.0. You can find a short
 summary of the planned steps at the end of the doc:


 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing

 Please feel free to ask if there are any questions.

 Best wishes,
 Anita




 On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Stéphane Henriod <
 stephane...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Very good!
>
> Looking forward to hearing the outcome of these discussions!
>
> Cheers and thanks for your support here
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> "When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
> make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
> -- Clifton Fadiman
> 2017-04-27 22:54 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto :
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Some of my colleagues will be in Essen for QGIS Developers meeting.
>> They will bring this up, and try to get the opinion of other developers.
>> I'm sure everyone there will be interested in contributing with ideas for
>> it.
>>
>> So, let's wait for now.
>>
>> Thanks for your work.
>>
>> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta,
>> 27/04/2017 às 09:42:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I would be more than happy to help push this new feature forward but
>>> I am not really sure what is needed now?
>>>
>>> Alexandre, I think you mentioned that your company might be
>>> interested to implement this unique "Add layer" button. Does the Gdoc 
>>> now
>>> contain sufficient information for you to move on and identify what can
>>> realistically be done? Or is there a need for more polishing?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>> Stéphane
>>>
>>>
>>> Le vendredi 21 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod 
>>> a écrit :
>>>
 Done!


 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing


 "When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed
 to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people
 comfortable." -- Clifton Fadiman

 2017-04-20 14:47 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto :

> Fine with me.
>
> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça,
> 18/04/2017 às 05:46:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Harrissou has quite intensively re-organised the doc, which is
>> now, IMO, much clearer. Thanks for that!
>>
>> But lots of changes are in "suggestion mode". I'd like to accept

Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Régis Haubourg]

Hi, we already can put the dock panels as tabs in the same dock as the
layer tree, this is convenient to me in general for the browser.
Agreed with Andréa, we can't afford to use more space for the docks.. even
for medium size screens.
Régis

2017-05-02 16:46 GMT+02:00 Neumann, Andreas :

> Hi Alexandre,
>
> hm - I don't think we can allow more docking space for additional panels
> taking more away from the
>
> Assuming you work on a small Netbook screen: if you have the layer panel
> on the left and the styling panel on the right, you have a few pixels left
> for the map itself. If you add another column for the browser panel, you
> won't even have enough space for all the panels.
>
> Now you could say, one shouldn't use a Netbook for QGIS - but how many
> times did you have to present on a video projector that only supports
> 1024x768, or even worse 800x600. It would be nightmare if there is an
> additional panel.
>
> Andreas
>
> On 2017-05-02 16:10, Alexandre Neto wrote:
>
> Looking into the proposal, makes me wonder if it would be possible to add
> the Browser panel (that will need to be big enough for the dialogs) to the
> right of the Layers Panel (assuming the default). That would imply a new
> area to allow docking panels.
>
> Alexandre Neto  escreveu no dia segunda, 1/05/2017
> às 00:02:
>
>> Great, thanks for the update!
>>
>> Anita Graser  escreveu no dia domingo, 30/04/2017 às
>> 21:19:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We just finished our discussion on the unified add layer dialog and we
>>> are optimistic that it will make its way into 3.0. You can find a short
>>> summary of the planned steps at the end of the doc:
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7U
>>> J1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
>>> Please feel free to ask if there are any questions.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Anita
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Stéphane Henriod >> > wrote:
>>>
 Very good!

 Looking forward to hearing the outcome of these discussions!

 Cheers and thanks for your support here

 Stéphane


 "When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
 make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
 -- Clifton Fadiman
 2017-04-27 22:54 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto :

> Hi,
>
> Some of my colleagues will be in Essen for QGIS Developers meeting.
> They will bring this up, and try to get the opinion of other developers.
> I'm sure everyone there will be interested in contributing with ideas for
> it.
>
> So, let's wait for now.
>
> Thanks for your work.
>
> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta,
> 27/04/2017 às 09:42:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I would be more than happy to help push this new feature forward but
>> I am not really sure what is needed now?
>>
>> Alexandre, I think you mentioned that your company might be
>> interested to implement this unique "Add layer" button. Does the Gdoc now
>> contain sufficient information for you to move on and identify what can
>> realistically be done? Or is there a need for more polishing?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Stéphane
>>
>>
>> Le vendredi 21 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod 
>> a écrit :
>>
>>> Done!
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7U
>>> J1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
>>>
>>> "When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
>>> make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people 
>>> comfortable."
>>> -- Clifton Fadiman
>>>
>>> 2017-04-20 14:47 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto :
>>>
 Fine with me.

 Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça,
 18/04/2017 às 05:46:

> Hi all
>
> Harrissou has quite intensively re-organised the doc, which is
> now, IMO, much clearer. Thanks for that!
>
> But lots of changes are in "suggestion mode". I'd like to accept
> all those changes to increase the clarity and readability. Any 
> objection on
> this?
>
> Thanks and cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le mercredi 12 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto 
> a écrit :
>
>> Hi Stéphane,
>>
>> I believe it's a great starting point, very complete (I would not
>> remember/consider some types of data).
>>
>> We still need to fill the second page and discuss the possible
>> UI/UX implementation. Then, we will need some developers (I'm not a
>> developer) to consider the requests and 

Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Neumann, Andreas]

Hi Alexandre, 

hm - I don't think we can allow more docking space for additional panels
taking more away from the  

Assuming you work on a small Netbook screen: if you have the layer panel
on the left and the styling panel on the right, you have a few pixels
left for the map itself. If you add another column for the browser
panel, you won't even have enough space for all the panels. 

Now you could say, one shouldn't use a Netbook for QGIS - but how many
times did you have to present on a video projector that only supports
1024x768, or even worse 800x600. It would be nightmare if there is an
additional panel. 

Andreas 

On 2017-05-02 16:10, Alexandre Neto wrote:

> Looking into the proposal, makes me wonder if it would be possible to add the 
> Browser panel (that will need to be big enough for the dialogs) to the right 
> of the Layers Panel (assuming the default). That would imply a new area to 
> allow docking panels. 
> 
> Alexandre Neto  escreveu no dia segunda, 1/05/2017 às 
> 00:02: 
> Great, thanks for the update!  
> 
> Anita Graser  escreveu no dia domingo, 30/04/2017 às 
> 21:19: 
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> We just finished our discussion on the unified add layer dialog and we are 
> optimistic that it will make its way into 3.0. You can find a short summary 
> of the planned steps at the end of the doc: 
> 
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>  
> 
> Please feel free to ask if there are any questions. 
> 
> Best wishes, 
> Anita 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Stéphane Henriod  
> wrote:
> 
> Very good! 
> 
> Looking forward to hearing the outcome of these discussions! 
> 
> Cheers and thanks for your support here 
> 
> Stéphane 
> 
> "When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you 
> comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." -- Clifton 
> Fadiman
> 
> 2017-04-27 22:54 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto :
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> Some of my colleagues will be in Essen for QGIS Developers meeting. They will 
> bring this up, and try to get the opinion of other developers. I'm sure 
> everyone there will be interested in contributing with ideas for it.
> 
> So, let's wait for now.
> 
> Thanks for your work. 
> 
> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta, 27/04/2017 
> às 09:42: Hi all 
> 
> I would be more than happy to help push this new feature forward but I am not 
> really sure what is needed now? 
> 
> Alexandre, I think you mentioned that your company might be interested to 
> implement this unique "Add layer" button. Does the Gdoc now contain 
> sufficient information for you to move on and identify what can realistically 
> be done? Or is there a need for more polishing?
> 
> Thanks in advance! 
> 
> Stéphane 
> 
> Le vendredi 21 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod  a écrit :
> 
> Done! 
> 
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>  
> 
> "When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you 
> comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." -- Clifton 
> Fadiman
> 
> 2017-04-20 14:47 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto :
> 
> Fine with me.  
> 
> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça, 18/04/2017 às 
> 05:46: Hi all 
> 
> Harrissou has quite intensively re-organised the doc, which is now, IMO, much 
> clearer. Thanks for that! 
> 
> But lots of changes are in "suggestion mode". I'd like to accept all those 
> changes to increase the clarity and readability. Any objection on this? 
> 
> Thanks and cheers 
> 
> Stéphane 
> 
> Le mercredi 12 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a écrit :
> 
> Hi Stéphane, 
> 
> I believe it's a great starting point, very complete (I would not 
> remember/consider some types of data).
> 
> We still need to fill the second page and discuss the possible UI/UX 
> implementation. Then, we will need some developers (I'm not a developer) to 
> consider the requests and filter what would be hard or impossible to tackle. 
> 
> Our best chance to have this implemented is by doing baby steps. I would not 
> consider more data format/providers than the ones we have in the manage 
> layers toolbar in this first phase. 
> 
> Thanks! 
> 
> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça, 11/04/2017 às 
> 12:57: Hi Alexandre 
> 
> this is indeed great! 
> 
> Is the gdoc as it is now helpful enough for you to design a possible 
> implementation? Or, if not, what other inputs / comments would be necessary? 
> 
> Cheers 
> 
> Stéphane 
> 
> Le lundi 10 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a écrit :
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in this "unified 
> add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our idea was to use the 
> browser 

Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Alexandre Neto]

Looking into the proposal, makes me wonder if it would be possible to add
the Browser panel (that will need to be big enough for the dialogs) to the
right of the Layers Panel (assuming the default). That would imply a new
area to allow docking panels.

Alexandre Neto  escreveu no dia segunda, 1/05/2017
às 00:02:

> Great, thanks for the update!
>
> Anita Graser  escreveu no dia domingo, 30/04/2017 às
> 21:19:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We just finished our discussion on the unified add layer dialog and we
>> are optimistic that it will make its way into 3.0. You can find a short
>> summary of the planned steps at the end of the doc:
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> Please feel free to ask if there are any questions.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Anita
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Stéphane Henriod 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Very good!
>>>
>>> Looking forward to hearing the outcome of these discussions!
>>>
>>> Cheers and thanks for your support here
>>>
>>> Stéphane
>>>
>>>
>>> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
>>> make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
>>> -- Clifton Fadiman
>>>
>>> 2017-04-27 22:54 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto :
>>>
 Hi,

 Some of my colleagues will be in Essen for QGIS Developers meeting.
 They will bring this up, and try to get the opinion of other developers.
 I'm sure everyone there will be interested in contributing with ideas for
 it.

 So, let's wait for now.

 Thanks for your work.

 Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta,
 27/04/2017 às 09:42:

> Hi all
>
> I would be more than happy to help push this new feature forward but I
> am not really sure what is needed now?
>
> Alexandre, I think you mentioned that your company might be interested
> to implement this unique "Add layer" button. Does the Gdoc now contain
> sufficient information for you to move on and identify what can
> realistically be done? Or is there a need for more polishing?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le vendredi 21 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod  a
> écrit :
>
>> Done!
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>>
>> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
>> make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
>> -- Clifton Fadiman
>>
>> 2017-04-20 14:47 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto :
>>
>>> Fine with me.
>>>
>>> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça,
>>> 18/04/2017 às 05:46:
>>>
 Hi all

 Harrissou has quite intensively re-organised the doc, which is now,
 IMO, much clearer. Thanks for that!

 But lots of changes are in "suggestion mode". I'd like to accept
 all those changes to increase the clarity and readability. Any 
 objection on
 this?

 Thanks and cheers

 Stéphane


 Le mercredi 12 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto 
 a écrit :

> Hi Stéphane,
>
> I believe it's a great starting point, very complete (I would not
> remember/consider some types of data).
>
> We still need to fill the second page and discuss the possible
> UI/UX implementation. Then, we will need some developers (I'm not a
> developer) to consider the requests and filter what would be hard or
> impossible to tackle.
>
> Our best chance to have this implemented is by doing baby steps. I
> would not consider more data format/providers than the ones we have 
> in the
> manage layers toolbar in this first phase.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça,
> 11/04/2017 às 12:57:
>
>> Hi Alexandre
>>
>> this is indeed great!
>>
>> Is the gdoc as it is now helpful enough for you to design a
>> possible implementation? Or, if not, what other inputs / comments 
>> would be
>> necessary?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Stéphane
>>
>>
>> Le lundi 10 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in
>>> this "unified add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our 
>>> idea
>>> was to use the browser 

Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Alexandre Neto]

Great, thanks for the update!

Anita Graser  escreveu no dia domingo, 30/04/2017 às
21:19:

> Hi,
>
> We just finished our discussion on the unified add layer dialog and we are
> optimistic that it will make its way into 3.0. You can find a short summary
> of the planned steps at the end of the doc:
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>
> Please feel free to ask if there are any questions.
>
> Best wishes,
> Anita
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Stéphane Henriod 
> wrote:
>
>> Very good!
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing the outcome of these discussions!
>>
>> Cheers and thanks for your support here
>>
>> Stéphane
>>
>>
>> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make
>> you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." --
>> Clifton Fadiman
>>
>> 2017-04-27 22:54 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto :
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Some of my colleagues will be in Essen for QGIS Developers meeting. They
>>> will bring this up, and try to get the opinion of other developers. I'm
>>> sure everyone there will be interested in contributing with ideas for it.
>>>
>>> So, let's wait for now.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your work.
>>>
>>> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta,
>>> 27/04/2017 às 09:42:
>>>
 Hi all

 I would be more than happy to help push this new feature forward but I
 am not really sure what is needed now?

 Alexandre, I think you mentioned that your company might be interested
 to implement this unique "Add layer" button. Does the Gdoc now contain
 sufficient information for you to move on and identify what can
 realistically be done? Or is there a need for more polishing?

 Thanks in advance!

 Stéphane


 Le vendredi 21 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod  a
 écrit :

> Done!
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>
>
> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
> make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
> -- Clifton Fadiman
>
> 2017-04-20 14:47 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto :
>
>> Fine with me.
>>
>> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça,
>> 18/04/2017 às 05:46:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> Harrissou has quite intensively re-organised the doc, which is now,
>>> IMO, much clearer. Thanks for that!
>>>
>>> But lots of changes are in "suggestion mode". I'd like to accept all
>>> those changes to increase the clarity and readability. Any objection on
>>> this?
>>>
>>> Thanks and cheers
>>>
>>> Stéphane
>>>
>>>
>>> Le mercredi 12 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a
>>> écrit :
>>>
 Hi Stéphane,

 I believe it's a great starting point, very complete (I would not
 remember/consider some types of data).

 We still need to fill the second page and discuss the possible
 UI/UX implementation. Then, we will need some developers (I'm not a
 developer) to consider the requests and filter what would be hard or
 impossible to tackle.

 Our best chance to have this implemented is by doing baby steps. I
 would not consider more data format/providers than the ones we have in 
 the
 manage layers toolbar in this first phase.

 Thanks!

 Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça,
 11/04/2017 às 12:57:

> Hi Alexandre
>
> this is indeed great!
>
> Is the gdoc as it is now helpful enough for you to design a
> possible implementation? Or, if not, what other inputs / comments 
> would be
> necessary?
>
> Cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le lundi 10 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a
> écrit :
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in this
>> "unified add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our idea 
>> was to
>> use the browser panel as a base for replacing most of the buttons 
>> and add
>> any capabilities that are still missing.
>>
>> So, let's work together to find what are those missing pieces,
>> and how it would be the best way to implement it. We will put our 
>> thoughts
>> in the Google document. As soon we have it stabilized we can start 
>> creating
>> a QEP for it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alexandre Neto

Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Anita Graser]

Hi,

We just finished our discussion on the unified add layer dialog and we are
optimistic that it will make its way into 3.0. You can find a short summary
of the planned steps at the end of the doc:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing

Please feel free to ask if there are any questions.

Best wishes,
Anita




On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Stéphane Henriod 
wrote:

> Very good!
>
> Looking forward to hearing the outcome of these discussions!
>
> Cheers and thanks for your support here
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make
> you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." --
> Clifton Fadiman
>
> 2017-04-27 22:54 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto :
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Some of my colleagues will be in Essen for QGIS Developers meeting. They
>> will bring this up, and try to get the opinion of other developers. I'm
>> sure everyone there will be interested in contributing with ideas for it.
>>
>> So, let's wait for now.
>>
>> Thanks for your work.
>>
>> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta,
>> 27/04/2017 às 09:42:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I would be more than happy to help push this new feature forward but I
>>> am not really sure what is needed now?
>>>
>>> Alexandre, I think you mentioned that your company might be interested
>>> to implement this unique "Add layer" button. Does the Gdoc now contain
>>> sufficient information for you to move on and identify what can
>>> realistically be done? Or is there a need for more polishing?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>> Stéphane
>>>
>>>
>>> Le vendredi 21 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod  a
>>> écrit :
>>>
 Done!

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRp
 HCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing


 “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
 make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
 -- Clifton Fadiman

 2017-04-20 14:47 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto :

> Fine with me.
>
> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça,
> 18/04/2017 às 05:46:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Harrissou has quite intensively re-organised the doc, which is now,
>> IMO, much clearer. Thanks for that!
>>
>> But lots of changes are in "suggestion mode". I'd like to accept all
>> those changes to increase the clarity and readability. Any objection on
>> this?
>>
>> Thanks and cheers
>>
>> Stéphane
>>
>>
>> Le mercredi 12 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> Hi Stéphane,
>>>
>>> I believe it's a great starting point, very complete (I would not
>>> remember/consider some types of data).
>>>
>>> We still need to fill the second page and discuss the possible UI/UX
>>> implementation. Then, we will need some developers (I'm not a 
>>> developer) to
>>> consider the requests and filter what would be hard or impossible to 
>>> tackle.
>>>
>>> Our best chance to have this implemented is by doing baby steps. I
>>> would not consider more data format/providers than the ones we have in 
>>> the
>>> manage layers toolbar in this first phase.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça,
>>> 11/04/2017 às 12:57:
>>>
 Hi Alexandre

 this is indeed great!

 Is the gdoc as it is now helpful enough for you to design a
 possible implementation? Or, if not, what other inputs / comments 
 would be
 necessary?

 Cheers

 Stéphane


 Le lundi 10 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a
 écrit :

> Hello all,
>
> At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in this
> "unified add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our idea 
> was to
> use the browser panel as a base for replacing most of the buttons and 
> add
> any capabilities that are still missing.
>
> So, let's work together to find what are those missing pieces, and
> how it would be the best way to implement it. We will put our 
> thoughts in
> the Google document. As soon we have it stabilized we can start 
> creating a
> QEP for it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alexandre Neto
>
> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta,
> 6/04/2017 às 12:14:
>
>> Thanks Harrissou!
>>
>> I took the liberty to remove the first table (that I created) and
>> to leave only yours. It 

Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Stéphane Henriod]

Very good!

Looking forward to hearing the outcome of these discussions!

Cheers and thanks for your support here

Stéphane


“When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make
you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." --
Clifton Fadiman

2017-04-27 22:54 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto :

> Hi,
>
> Some of my colleagues will be in Essen for QGIS Developers meeting. They
> will bring this up, and try to get the opinion of other developers. I'm
> sure everyone there will be interested in contributing with ideas for it.
>
> So, let's wait for now.
>
> Thanks for your work.
>
> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta,
> 27/04/2017 às 09:42:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I would be more than happy to help push this new feature forward but I am
>> not really sure what is needed now?
>>
>> Alexandre, I think you mentioned that your company might be interested to
>> implement this unique "Add layer" button. Does the Gdoc now contain
>> sufficient information for you to move on and identify what can
>> realistically be done? Or is there a need for more polishing?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Stéphane
>>
>>
>> Le vendredi 21 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod  a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> Done!
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7U
>>> J1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
>>>
>>> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
>>> make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
>>> -- Clifton Fadiman
>>>
>>> 2017-04-20 14:47 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto :
>>>
 Fine with me.

 Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça,
 18/04/2017 às 05:46:

> Hi all
>
> Harrissou has quite intensively re-organised the doc, which is now,
> IMO, much clearer. Thanks for that!
>
> But lots of changes are in "suggestion mode". I'd like to accept all
> those changes to increase the clarity and readability. Any objection on
> this?
>
> Thanks and cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le mercredi 12 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a
> écrit :
>
>> Hi Stéphane,
>>
>> I believe it's a great starting point, very complete (I would not
>> remember/consider some types of data).
>>
>> We still need to fill the second page and discuss the possible UI/UX
>> implementation. Then, we will need some developers (I'm not a developer) 
>> to
>> consider the requests and filter what would be hard or impossible to 
>> tackle.
>>
>> Our best chance to have this implemented is by doing baby steps. I
>> would not consider more data format/providers than the ones we have in 
>> the
>> manage layers toolbar in this first phase.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça,
>> 11/04/2017 às 12:57:
>>
>>> Hi Alexandre
>>>
>>> this is indeed great!
>>>
>>> Is the gdoc as it is now helpful enough for you to design a possible
>>> implementation? Or, if not, what other inputs / comments would be 
>>> necessary?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Stéphane
>>>
>>>
>>> Le lundi 10 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a
>>> écrit :
>>>
 Hello all,

 At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in this
 "unified add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our idea 
 was to
 use the browser panel as a base for replacing most of the buttons and 
 add
 any capabilities that are still missing.

 So, let's work together to find what are those missing pieces, and
 how it would be the best way to implement it. We will put our thoughts 
 in
 the Google document. As soon we have it stabilized we can start 
 creating a
 QEP for it.

 Thanks,

 Alexandre Neto

 Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta,
 6/04/2017 às 12:14:

> Thanks Harrissou!
>
> I took the liberty to remove the first table (that I created) and
> to leave only yours. It is more complete anyway
>
> Cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le mercredi 5 avril 2017, DelazJ  a écrit :
>
>> I took the liberty to do some changes to the doc (especially add
>> a new table with more detailed features on the existing tools + 
>> comments).
>> It's supposed to replace the table already drafted but I didn't go 
>> so far
>> without a review.
>>
>> 2017-04-05 10:36 GMT+02:00 DelazJ :
>>
>>> Hi Stéphane,
>>> actually 

Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Alexandre Neto]

Hi,

Some of my colleagues will be in Essen for QGIS Developers meeting. They
will bring this up, and try to get the opinion of other developers. I'm
sure everyone there will be interested in contributing with ideas for it.

So, let's wait for now.

Thanks for your work.

Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta, 27/04/2017
às 09:42:

> Hi all
>
> I would be more than happy to help push this new feature forward but I am
> not really sure what is needed now?
>
> Alexandre, I think you mentioned that your company might be interested to
> implement this unique "Add layer" button. Does the Gdoc now contain
> sufficient information for you to move on and identify what can
> realistically be done? Or is there a need for more polishing?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le vendredi 21 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod  a
> écrit :
>
>> Done!
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>>
>> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make
>> you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." --
>> Clifton Fadiman
>>
>> 2017-04-20 14:47 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto :
>>
>>> Fine with me.
>>>
>>> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça,
>>> 18/04/2017 às 05:46:
>>>
 Hi all

 Harrissou has quite intensively re-organised the doc, which is now,
 IMO, much clearer. Thanks for that!

 But lots of changes are in "suggestion mode". I'd like to accept all
 those changes to increase the clarity and readability. Any objection on
 this?

 Thanks and cheers

 Stéphane


 Le mercredi 12 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a
 écrit :

> Hi Stéphane,
>
> I believe it's a great starting point, very complete (I would not
> remember/consider some types of data).
>
> We still need to fill the second page and discuss the possible UI/UX
> implementation. Then, we will need some developers (I'm not a developer) 
> to
> consider the requests and filter what would be hard or impossible to 
> tackle.
>
> Our best chance to have this implemented is by doing baby steps. I
> would not consider more data format/providers than the ones we have in the
> manage layers toolbar in this first phase.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça,
> 11/04/2017 às 12:57:
>
>> Hi Alexandre
>>
>> this is indeed great!
>>
>> Is the gdoc as it is now helpful enough for you to design a possible
>> implementation? Or, if not, what other inputs / comments would be 
>> necessary?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Stéphane
>>
>>
>> Le lundi 10 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in this
>>> "unified add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our idea was 
>>> to
>>> use the browser panel as a base for replacing most of the buttons and 
>>> add
>>> any capabilities that are still missing.
>>>
>>> So, let's work together to find what are those missing pieces, and
>>> how it would be the best way to implement it. We will put our thoughts 
>>> in
>>> the Google document. As soon we have it stabilized we can start 
>>> creating a
>>> QEP for it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Alexandre Neto
>>>
>>> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta,
>>> 6/04/2017 às 12:14:
>>>
 Thanks Harrissou!

 I took the liberty to remove the first table (that I created) and
 to leave only yours. It is more complete anyway

 Cheers

 Stéphane


 Le mercredi 5 avril 2017, DelazJ  a écrit :

> I took the liberty to do some changes to the doc (especially add a
> new table with more detailed features on the existing tools + 
> comments).
> It's supposed to replace the table already drafted but I didn't go so 
> far
> without a review.
>
> 2017-04-05 10:36 GMT+02:00 DelazJ :
>
>> Hi Stéphane,
>> actually there's no more UX team (list). UX mailing list has been
>> shut down months ago because it used to refer to dev list for most of
>> decisions/advices so UX matters are now discussed either in the dev 
>> mailing
>> list (we maybe can keep this thread) or, I guess until QGIS3 
>> release, in
>> the qgis3_UIX_discussion repository.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Harrissou
>>
>> 2017-04-05 10:19 GMT+02:00 Stéphane Henriod <
>> 

Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Stéphane Henriod]

Hi all

I would be more than happy to help push this new feature forward but I am
not really sure what is needed now?

Alexandre, I think you mentioned that your company might be interested to
implement this unique "Add layer" button. Does the Gdoc now contain
sufficient information for you to move on and identify what can
realistically be done? Or is there a need for more polishing?

Thanks in advance!

Stéphane


Le vendredi 21 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod  a
écrit :

> Done!
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7U
> J1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>
>
> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make
> you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." --
> Clifton Fadiman
>
> 2017-04-20 14:47 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto  >:
>
>> Fine with me.
>>
>> Stéphane Henriod > > escreveu no dia
>> terça, 18/04/2017 às 05:46:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> Harrissou has quite intensively re-organised the doc, which is now, IMO,
>>> much clearer. Thanks for that!
>>>
>>> But lots of changes are in "suggestion mode". I'd like to accept all
>>> those changes to increase the clarity and readability. Any objection on
>>> this?
>>>
>>> Thanks and cheers
>>>
>>> Stéphane
>>>
>>>
>>> Le mercredi 12 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto >> > a écrit :
>>>
 Hi Stéphane,

 I believe it's a great starting point, very complete (I would not
 remember/consider some types of data).

 We still need to fill the second page and discuss the possible UI/UX
 implementation. Then, we will need some developers (I'm not a developer) to
 consider the requests and filter what would be hard or impossible to 
 tackle.

 Our best chance to have this implemented is by doing baby steps. I
 would not consider more data format/providers than the ones we have in the
 manage layers toolbar in this first phase.

 Thanks!

 Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça,
 11/04/2017 às 12:57:

> Hi Alexandre
>
> this is indeed great!
>
> Is the gdoc as it is now helpful enough for you to design a possible
> implementation? Or, if not, what other inputs / comments would be 
> necessary?
>
> Cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le lundi 10 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a
> écrit :
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in this
>> "unified add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our idea was 
>> to
>> use the browser panel as a base for replacing most of the buttons and add
>> any capabilities that are still missing.
>>
>> So, let's work together to find what are those missing pieces, and
>> how it would be the best way to implement it. We will put our thoughts in
>> the Google document. As soon we have it stabilized we can start creating 
>> a
>> QEP for it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alexandre Neto
>>
>> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta,
>> 6/04/2017 às 12:14:
>>
>>> Thanks Harrissou!
>>>
>>> I took the liberty to remove the first table (that I created) and to
>>> leave only yours. It is more complete anyway
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Stéphane
>>>
>>>
>>> Le mercredi 5 avril 2017, DelazJ  a écrit :
>>>
 I took the liberty to do some changes to the doc (especially add a
 new table with more detailed features on the existing tools + 
 comments).
 It's supposed to replace the table already drafted but I didn't go so 
 far
 without a review.

 2017-04-05 10:36 GMT+02:00 DelazJ :

> Hi Stéphane,
> actually there's no more UX team (list). UX mailing list has been
> shut down months ago because it used to refer to dev list for most of
> decisions/advices so UX matters are now discussed either in the dev 
> mailing
> list (we maybe can keep this thread) or, I guess until QGIS3 release, 
> in
> the qgis3_UIX_discussion repository.
>
>
> Regards,
> Harrissou
>
> 2017-04-05 10:19 GMT+02:00 Stéphane Henriod  >:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> there have been a few additions in the Gdoc already (not sure
>> from whom) but I don't know if this is already sufficient for 
>> developers to
>> take this up?
>>
>> Also, I am not sure how to reach out to the UX team. Through a
>> separate 

Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Alexandre Neto]

Fine with me.

Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça, 18/04/2017
às 05:46:

> Hi all
>
> Harrissou has quite intensively re-organised the doc, which is now, IMO,
> much clearer. Thanks for that!
>
> But lots of changes are in "suggestion mode". I'd like to accept all those
> changes to increase the clarity and readability. Any objection on this?
>
> Thanks and cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le mercredi 12 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a
> écrit :
>
>> Hi Stéphane,
>>
>> I believe it's a great starting point, very complete (I would not
>> remember/consider some types of data).
>>
>> We still need to fill the second page and discuss the possible UI/UX
>> implementation. Then, we will need some developers (I'm not a developer) to
>> consider the requests and filter what would be hard or impossible to tackle.
>>
>> Our best chance to have this implemented is by doing baby steps. I would
>> not consider more data format/providers than the ones we have in the manage
>> layers toolbar in this first phase.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça,
>> 11/04/2017 às 12:57:
>>
>>> Hi Alexandre
>>>
>>> this is indeed great!
>>>
>>> Is the gdoc as it is now helpful enough for you to design a possible
>>> implementation? Or, if not, what other inputs / comments would be necessary?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Stéphane
>>>
>>>
>>> Le lundi 10 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a écrit :
>>>
 Hello all,

 At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in this
 "unified add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our idea was to
 use the browser panel as a base for replacing most of the buttons and add
 any capabilities that are still missing.

 So, let's work together to find what are those missing pieces, and how
 it would be the best way to implement it. We will put our thoughts in the
 Google document. As soon we have it stabilized we can start creating a QEP
 for it.

 Thanks,

 Alexandre Neto

 Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta,
 6/04/2017 às 12:14:

> Thanks Harrissou!
>
> I took the liberty to remove the first table (that I created) and to
> leave only yours. It is more complete anyway
>
> Cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le mercredi 5 avril 2017, DelazJ  a écrit :
>
>> I took the liberty to do some changes to the doc (especially add a
>> new table with more detailed features on the existing tools + comments).
>> It's supposed to replace the table already drafted but I didn't go so far
>> without a review.
>>
>> 2017-04-05 10:36 GMT+02:00 DelazJ :
>>
>>> Hi Stéphane,
>>> actually there's no more UX team (list). UX mailing list has been
>>> shut down months ago because it used to refer to dev list for most of
>>> decisions/advices so UX matters are now discussed either in the dev 
>>> mailing
>>> list (we maybe can keep this thread) or, I guess until QGIS3 release, in
>>> the qgis3_UIX_discussion repository.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Harrissou
>>>
>>> 2017-04-05 10:19 GMT+02:00 Stéphane Henriod :
>>>
 Hi all

 there have been a few additions in the Gdoc already (not sure from
 whom) but I don't know if this is already sufficient for developers to 
 take
 this up?

 Also, I am not sure how to reach out to the UX team. Through a
 separate mailing list? Or is it sufficient to have it here
 https://github.com/qgis/qgis3_UIX_discussion/issues/1 ?

 Cheer

 Stéphane


 Le mardi 4 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod  a
 écrit :

> Thanks Nyall!
>
> Here I just created a Gdoc to collect info mentioned in your
> points 1-4 + a:
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>
> All interested, feel free to contribute, I might not have the full
> overview
>
> Thanks and cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
>
> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed
> to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people
> comfortable." -- Clifton Fadiman
>
> 2017-04-04 13:53 GMT+06:00 Nyall Dawson :
>
>> On 4 April 2017 at 17:46, Stéphane Henriod 
>> wrote:
>> > Thanks a lot Anita for the info!
>> >
>> > I re-located the issue: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/9451
>> >
>> > Not sure though if this will make it alive again. Let's 

Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Stéphane Henriod]

Hi all

Harrissou has quite intensively re-organised the doc, which is now, IMO,
much clearer. Thanks for that!

But lots of changes are in "suggestion mode". I'd like to accept all those
changes to increase the clarity and readability. Any objection on this?

Thanks and cheers

Stéphane


Le mercredi 12 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a écrit :

> Hi Stéphane,
>
> I believe it's a great starting point, very complete (I would not
> remember/consider some types of data).
>
> We still need to fill the second page and discuss the possible UI/UX
> implementation. Then, we will need some developers (I'm not a developer) to
> consider the requests and filter what would be hard or impossible to tackle.
>
> Our best chance to have this implemented is by doing baby steps. I would
> not consider more data format/providers than the ones we have in the manage
> layers toolbar in this first phase.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Stéphane Henriod  > escreveu no dia
> terça, 11/04/2017 às 12:57:
>
>> Hi Alexandre
>>
>> this is indeed great!
>>
>> Is the gdoc as it is now helpful enough for you to design a possible
>> implementation? Or, if not, what other inputs / comments would be necessary?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Stéphane
>>
>>
>> Le lundi 10 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto > > a écrit :
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in this
>>> "unified add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our idea was to
>>> use the browser panel as a base for replacing most of the buttons and add
>>> any capabilities that are still missing.
>>>
>>> So, let's work together to find what are those missing pieces, and how
>>> it would be the best way to implement it. We will put our thoughts in the
>>> Google document. As soon we have it stabilized we can start creating a QEP
>>> for it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Alexandre Neto
>>>
>>> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta,
>>> 6/04/2017 às 12:14:
>>>
 Thanks Harrissou!

 I took the liberty to remove the first table (that I created) and to
 leave only yours. It is more complete anyway

 Cheers

 Stéphane


 Le mercredi 5 avril 2017, DelazJ  a écrit :

> I took the liberty to do some changes to the doc (especially add a new
> table with more detailed features on the existing tools + comments). It's
> supposed to replace the table already drafted but I didn't go so far
> without a review.
>
> 2017-04-05 10:36 GMT+02:00 DelazJ :
>
>> Hi Stéphane,
>> actually there's no more UX team (list). UX mailing list has been
>> shut down months ago because it used to refer to dev list for most of
>> decisions/advices so UX matters are now discussed either in the dev 
>> mailing
>> list (we maybe can keep this thread) or, I guess until QGIS3 release, in
>> the qgis3_UIX_discussion repository.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Harrissou
>>
>> 2017-04-05 10:19 GMT+02:00 Stéphane Henriod :
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> there have been a few additions in the Gdoc already (not sure from
>>> whom) but I don't know if this is already sufficient for developers to 
>>> take
>>> this up?
>>>
>>> Also, I am not sure how to reach out to the UX team. Through a
>>> separate mailing list? Or is it sufficient to have it here
>>> https://github.com/qgis/qgis3_UIX_discussion/issues/1 ?
>>>
>>> Cheer
>>>
>>> Stéphane
>>>
>>>
>>> Le mardi 4 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod  a
>>> écrit :
>>>
 Thanks Nyall!

 Here I just created a Gdoc to collect info mentioned in your points
 1-4 + a:

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7U
 J1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing

 All interested, feel free to contribute, I might not have the full
 overview

 Thanks and cheers

 Stéphane



 “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed
 to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people
 comfortable." -- Clifton Fadiman

 2017-04-04 13:53 GMT+06:00 Nyall Dawson :

> On 4 April 2017 at 17:46, Stéphane Henriod 
> wrote:
> > Thanks a lot Anita for the info!
> >
> > I re-located the issue: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/9451
> >
> > Not sure though if this will make it alive again. Let's see if
> this seems to
> > be a priority for enough users...
> >
>
> I'd say a good plan to move this 

Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Alexandre Neto]

Hi Stéphane,

I believe it's a great starting point, very complete (I would not
remember/consider some types of data).

We still need to fill the second page and discuss the possible UI/UX
implementation. Then, we will need some developers (I'm not a developer) to
consider the requests and filter what would be hard or impossible to tackle.

Our best chance to have this implemented is by doing baby steps. I would
not consider more data format/providers than the ones we have in the manage
layers toolbar in this first phase.

Thanks!

Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia terça, 11/04/2017
às 12:57:

> Hi Alexandre
>
> this is indeed great!
>
> Is the gdoc as it is now helpful enough for you to design a possible
> implementation? Or, if not, what other inputs / comments would be necessary?
>
> Cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le lundi 10 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a écrit :
>
> Hello all,
>
> At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in this "unified
> add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our idea was to use the
> browser panel as a base for replacing most of the buttons and add any
> capabilities that are still missing.
>
> So, let's work together to find what are those missing pieces, and how it
> would be the best way to implement it. We will put our thoughts in the
> Google document. As soon we have it stabilized we can start creating a QEP
> for it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alexandre Neto
>
> Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta,
> 6/04/2017 às 12:14:
>
> Thanks Harrissou!
>
> I took the liberty to remove the first table (that I created) and to leave
> only yours. It is more complete anyway
>
> Cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le mercredi 5 avril 2017, DelazJ  a écrit :
>
> I took the liberty to do some changes to the doc (especially add a new
> table with more detailed features on the existing tools + comments). It's
> supposed to replace the table already drafted but I didn't go so far
> without a review.
>
> 2017-04-05 10:36 GMT+02:00 DelazJ :
>
> Hi Stéphane,
> actually there's no more UX team (list). UX mailing list has been shut
> down months ago because it used to refer to dev list for most of
> decisions/advices so UX matters are now discussed either in the dev mailing
> list (we maybe can keep this thread) or, I guess until QGIS3 release, in
> the qgis3_UIX_discussion repository.
>
>
> Regards,
> Harrissou
>
> 2017-04-05 10:19 GMT+02:00 Stéphane Henriod :
>
> Hi all
>
> there have been a few additions in the Gdoc already (not sure from whom)
> but I don't know if this is already sufficient for developers to take this
> up?
>
> Also, I am not sure how to reach out to the UX team. Through a separate
> mailing list? Or is it sufficient to have it here
> https://github.com/qgis/qgis3_UIX_discussion/issues/1 ?
>
> Cheer
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le mardi 4 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod  a écrit :
>
> Thanks Nyall!
>
> Here I just created a Gdoc to collect info mentioned in your points 1-4 +
> a:
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>
> All interested, feel free to contribute, I might not have the full overview
>
> Thanks and cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
>
> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make
> you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." --
> Clifton Fadiman
>
> 2017-04-04 13:53 GMT+06:00 Nyall Dawson :
>
> On 4 April 2017 at 17:46, Stéphane Henriod  wrote:
> > Thanks a lot Anita for the info!
> >
> > I re-located the issue: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/9451
> >
> > Not sure though if this will make it alive again. Let's see if this
> seems to
> > be a priority for enough users...
> >
>
> I'd say a good plan to move this forward would be to:
>
> 1. conduct a thorough survey of what's available via the individual
> add vector layer dialogs vs what's currently available in the browser
> 2. rank each of the missing settings vs whether or not they are still
> required
> 3. file issues for these missing settings
> 4. ...and get these fixed/implemented
>
> a. While this is underway I'd also suggest the UX team could test and
> evaluate Anita's plugin to identify whether the browser alone is a
> sufficient replacement or whether some tweaks would be required to
> make it a suitable replacement without any loss of "user friendliness"
>
> 1,2,3 and (a) don't require any development experience, so would be a
> great project for any interested user to undertake. I suspect 4
> wouldn't be much work for a developer either after all this groundwork
> is done.
>
> Nyall
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make
> you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." --
> Clifton Fadiman
>
>
> 

Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Stéphane Henriod]

Hi Alexandre

this is indeed great!

Is the gdoc as it is now helpful enough for you to design a possible
implementation? Or, if not, what other inputs / comments would be necessary?

Cheers

Stéphane


Le lundi 10 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto  a écrit :

> Hello all,
>
> At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in this "unified
> add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our idea was to use the
> browser panel as a base for replacing most of the buttons and add any
> capabilities that are still missing.
>
> So, let's work together to find what are those missing pieces, and how it
> would be the best way to implement it. We will put our thoughts in the
> Google document. As soon we have it stabilized we can start creating a QEP
> for it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alexandre Neto
>
> Stéphane Henriod  > escreveu no dia
> quinta, 6/04/2017 às 12:14:
>
>> Thanks Harrissou!
>>
>> I took the liberty to remove the first table (that I created) and to
>> leave only yours. It is more complete anyway
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Stéphane
>>
>>
>> Le mercredi 5 avril 2017, DelazJ > > a écrit :
>>
>>> I took the liberty to do some changes to the doc (especially add a new
>>> table with more detailed features on the existing tools + comments). It's
>>> supposed to replace the table already drafted but I didn't go so far
>>> without a review.
>>>
>>> 2017-04-05 10:36 GMT+02:00 DelazJ :
>>>
 Hi Stéphane,
 actually there's no more UX team (list). UX mailing list has been shut
 down months ago because it used to refer to dev list for most of
 decisions/advices so UX matters are now discussed either in the dev mailing
 list (we maybe can keep this thread) or, I guess until QGIS3 release, in
 the qgis3_UIX_discussion repository.


 Regards,
 Harrissou

 2017-04-05 10:19 GMT+02:00 Stéphane Henriod :

> Hi all
>
> there have been a few additions in the Gdoc already (not sure from
> whom) but I don't know if this is already sufficient for developers to 
> take
> this up?
>
> Also, I am not sure how to reach out to the UX team. Through a
> separate mailing list? Or is it sufficient to have it here
> https://github.com/qgis/qgis3_UIX_discussion/issues/1 ?
>
> Cheer
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le mardi 4 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod  a
> écrit :
>
>> Thanks Nyall!
>>
>> Here I just created a Gdoc to collect info mentioned in your points
>> 1-4 + a:
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7U
>> J1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> All interested, feel free to contribute, I might not have the full
>> overview
>>
>> Thanks and cheers
>>
>> Stéphane
>>
>>
>>
>> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
>> make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
>> -- Clifton Fadiman
>>
>> 2017-04-04 13:53 GMT+06:00 Nyall Dawson :
>>
>>> On 4 April 2017 at 17:46, Stéphane Henriod 
>>> wrote:
>>> > Thanks a lot Anita for the info!
>>> >
>>> > I re-located the issue: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/9451
>>> >
>>> > Not sure though if this will make it alive again. Let's see if
>>> this seems to
>>> > be a priority for enough users...
>>> >
>>>
>>> I'd say a good plan to move this forward would be to:
>>>
>>> 1. conduct a thorough survey of what's available via the individual
>>> add vector layer dialogs vs what's currently available in the browser
>>> 2. rank each of the missing settings vs whether or not they are
>>> still required
>>> 3. file issues for these missing settings
>>> 4. ...and get these fixed/implemented
>>>
>>> a. While this is underway I'd also suggest the UX team could test and
>>> evaluate Anita's plugin to identify whether the browser alone is a
>>> sufficient replacement or whether some tweaks would be required to
>>> make it a suitable replacement without any loss of "user
>>> friendliness"
>>>
>>> 1,2,3 and (a) don't require any development experience, so would be a
>>> great project for any interested user to undertake. I suspect 4
>>> wouldn't be much work for a developer either after all this
>>> groundwork
>>> is done.
>>>
>>> Nyall
>>>
>>
>>
>
> --
>
> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
> make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
> -- Clifton Fadiman
>
>
> ___
> 

Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

> On 10 Apr 2017, at 5:11 PM, Alexandre Neto  wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in this "unified 
> add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our idea was to use the 
> browser panel as a base for replacing most of the buttons and add any 
> capabilities that are still missing.
> 
> So, let's work together to find what are those missing pieces, and how it 
> would be the best way to implement it. We will put our thoughts in the Google 
> document. As soon we have it stabilized we can start creating a QEP for it.


This is really great to hear! Thanks Alexandre!

Regards

Tim

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alexandre Neto
> 
> Stéphane Henriod > 
> escreveu no dia quinta, 6/04/2017 às 12:14:
> Thanks Harrissou!
> 
> I took the liberty to remove the first table (that I created) and to leave 
> only yours. It is more complete anyway
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Stéphane
> 
> 
> Le mercredi 5 avril 2017, DelazJ > 
> a écrit :
> I took the liberty to do some changes to the doc (especially add a new table 
> with more detailed features on the existing tools + comments). It's supposed 
> to replace the table already drafted but I didn't go so far without a review.
> 
> 2017-04-05 10:36 GMT+02:00 DelazJ >:
> Hi Stéphane,
> actually there's no more UX team (list). UX mailing list has been shut down 
> months ago because it used to refer to dev list for most of decisions/advices 
> so UX matters are now discussed either in the dev mailing list (we maybe can 
> keep this thread) or, I guess until QGIS3 release, in the 
> qgis3_UIX_discussion repository.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Harrissou
> 
> 2017-04-05 10:19 GMT+02:00 Stéphane Henriod >:
> Hi all
> 
> there have been a few additions in the Gdoc already (not sure from whom) but 
> I don't know if this is already sufficient for developers to take this up?
> 
> Also, I am not sure how to reach out to the UX team. Through a separate 
> mailing list? Or is it sufficient to have it here 
> https://github.com/qgis/qgis3_UIX_discussion/issues/1 
>  ?
> 
> Cheer
> 
> Stéphane
> 
> 
> Le mardi 4 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod > a écrit :
> Thanks Nyall!
> 
> Here I just created a Gdoc to collect info mentioned in your points 1-4 + a:
> 
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>  
> 
> 
> All interested, feel free to contribute, I might not have the full overview
> 
> Thanks and cheers
> 
> Stéphane
> 
> 
> 
> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you 
> comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." -- Clifton 
> Fadiman
> 
> 2017-04-04 13:53 GMT+06:00 Nyall Dawson >:
> On 4 April 2017 at 17:46, Stéphane Henriod > wrote:
> > Thanks a lot Anita for the info!
> >
> > I re-located the issue: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/9451 
> > 
> >
> > Not sure though if this will make it alive again. Let's see if this seems to
> > be a priority for enough users...
> >
> 
> I'd say a good plan to move this forward would be to:
> 
> 1. conduct a thorough survey of what's available via the individual
> add vector layer dialogs vs what's currently available in the browser
> 2. rank each of the missing settings vs whether or not they are still required
> 3. file issues for these missing settings
> 4. ...and get these fixed/implemented
> 
> a. While this is underway I'd also suggest the UX team could test and
> evaluate Anita's plugin to identify whether the browser alone is a
> sufficient replacement or whether some tweaks would be required to
> make it a suitable replacement without any loss of "user friendliness"
> 
> 1,2,3 and (a) don't require any development experience, so would be a
> great project for any interested user to undertake. I suspect 4
> wouldn't be much work for a developer either after all this groundwork
> is done.
> 
> Nyall
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you 
> comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." -- Clifton 
> Fadiman
> 
> 
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Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Werner Macho]

Just because I recently found it ..
Mapwindow (which seem to have the same icon set as QGIS and GRASS) has
introduced such a "Add Data" Layer right from the beginning.
Maybe it is a good point to start (just because I see that there are
still Database buttons too)

http://www.mapwindow.org

regards
Werner

On 10/04/17 17:11, Alexandre Neto wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in this
> "unified add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our idea was
> to use the browser panel as a base for replacing most of the buttons and
> add any capabilities that are still missing.
> 
> So, let's work together to find what are those missing pieces, and how
> it would be the best way to implement it. We will put our thoughts in
> the Google document. As soon we have it stabilized we can start creating
> a QEP for it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alexandre Neto
> 
> Stéphane Henriod >
> escreveu no dia quinta, 6/04/2017 às 12:14:
> 
> Thanks Harrissou!
> 
> I took the liberty to remove the first table (that I created) and to
> leave only yours. It is more complete anyway
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Stéphane
> 
> 
> Le mercredi 5 avril 2017, DelazJ  > a écrit :
> 
> I took the liberty to do some changes to the doc (especially add
> a new table with more detailed features on the existing tools +
> comments). It's supposed to replace the table already drafted
> but I didn't go so far without a review.
> 
> 2017-04-05 10:36 GMT+02:00 DelazJ :
> 
> Hi Stéphane,
> actually there's no more UX team (list). UX mailing list has
> been shut down months ago because it used to refer to dev
> list for most of decisions/advices so UX matters are now
> discussed either in the dev mailing list (we maybe can keep
> this thread) or, I guess until QGIS3 release, in the
> qgis3_UIX_discussion repository.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Harrissou
> 
> 2017-04-05 10:19 GMT+02:00 Stéphane Henriod
> :
> 
> Hi all
> 
> there have been a few additions in the Gdoc already (not
> sure from whom) but I don't know if this is already
> sufficient for developers to take this up?
> 
> Also, I am not sure how to reach out to the UX team.
> Through a separate mailing list? Or is it sufficient to
> have it
> here https://github.com/qgis/qgis3_UIX_discussion/issues/1 ?
> 
> Cheer
> 
> Stéphane
> 
> 
> Le mardi 4 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod
>  a écrit :
> 
> Thanks Nyall!
> 
> Here I just created a Gdoc to collect info mentioned
> in your points 1-4 + a:
> 
> 
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
> 
> All interested, feel free to contribute, I might not
> have the full overview
> 
> Thanks and cheers
> 
> Stéphane
> 
> 
> 
> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is
> not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed
> to make its own people comfortable." -- Clifton Fadiman
> 
> 2017-04-04 13:53 GMT+06:00 Nyall Dawson
> :
> 
> On 4 April 2017 at 17:46, Stéphane Henriod
>  wrote:
> > Thanks a lot Anita for the info!
> >
> > I re-located the issue: 
> http://hub.qgis.org/issues/9451
> >
> > Not sure though if this will make it alive again. 
> Let's see if this seems to
> > be a priority for enough users...
> >
> 
> I'd say a good plan to move this forward would
> be to:
> 
> 1. conduct a thorough survey of what's available
> via the individual
> add vector layer dialogs vs what's currently
> available in the browser
> 2. rank each of the missing settings vs whether
> or not they are still required
> 3. file issues for these missing settings
> 4. ...and get these fixed/implemented
> 
> a. While this is underway I'd also suggest the
>  

Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Alexandre Neto]

Hello all,

At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in this "unified
add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our idea was to use the
browser panel as a base for replacing most of the buttons and add any
capabilities that are still missing.

So, let's work together to find what are those missing pieces, and how it
would be the best way to implement it. We will put our thoughts in the
Google document. As soon we have it stabilized we can start creating a QEP
for it.

Thanks,

Alexandre Neto

Stéphane Henriod  escreveu no dia quinta, 6/04/2017
às 12:14:

Thanks Harrissou!

I took the liberty to remove the first table (that I created) and to leave
only yours. It is more complete anyway

Cheers

Stéphane


Le mercredi 5 avril 2017, DelazJ  a écrit :

I took the liberty to do some changes to the doc (especially add a new
table with more detailed features on the existing tools + comments). It's
supposed to replace the table already drafted but I didn't go so far
without a review.

2017-04-05 10:36 GMT+02:00 DelazJ :

Hi Stéphane,
actually there's no more UX team (list). UX mailing list has been shut down
months ago because it used to refer to dev list for most of
decisions/advices so UX matters are now discussed either in the dev mailing
list (we maybe can keep this thread) or, I guess until QGIS3 release, in
the qgis3_UIX_discussion repository.


Regards,
Harrissou

2017-04-05 10:19 GMT+02:00 Stéphane Henriod :

Hi all

there have been a few additions in the Gdoc already (not sure from whom)
but I don't know if this is already sufficient for developers to take this
up?

Also, I am not sure how to reach out to the UX team. Through a separate
mailing list? Or is it sufficient to have it here
https://github.com/qgis/qgis3_UIX_discussion/issues/1 ?

Cheer

Stéphane


Le mardi 4 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod  a écrit :

Thanks Nyall!

Here I just created a Gdoc to collect info mentioned in your points 1-4 + a:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing

All interested, feel free to contribute, I might not have the full overview

Thanks and cheers

Stéphane



“When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make
you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." --
Clifton Fadiman

2017-04-04 13:53 GMT+06:00 Nyall Dawson :

On 4 April 2017 at 17:46, Stéphane Henriod  wrote:
> Thanks a lot Anita for the info!
>
> I re-located the issue: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/9451
>
> Not sure though if this will make it alive again. Let's see if this seems
to
> be a priority for enough users...
>

I'd say a good plan to move this forward would be to:

1. conduct a thorough survey of what's available via the individual
add vector layer dialogs vs what's currently available in the browser
2. rank each of the missing settings vs whether or not they are still
required
3. file issues for these missing settings
4. ...and get these fixed/implemented

a. While this is underway I'd also suggest the UX team could test and
evaluate Anita's plugin to identify whether the browser alone is a
sufficient replacement or whether some tweaks would be required to
make it a suitable replacement without any loss of "user friendliness"

1,2,3 and (a) don't require any development experience, so would be a
great project for any interested user to undertake. I suspect 4
wouldn't be much work for a developer either after all this groundwork
is done.

Nyall




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Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Stéphane Henriod]

Thanks Harrissou!

I took the liberty to remove the first table (that I created) and to leave
only yours. It is more complete anyway

Cheers

Stéphane


Le mercredi 5 avril 2017, DelazJ  a écrit :

> I took the liberty to do some changes to the doc (especially add a new
> table with more detailed features on the existing tools + comments). It's
> supposed to replace the table already drafted but I didn't go so far
> without a review.
>
> 2017-04-05 10:36 GMT+02:00 DelazJ  >:
>
>> Hi Stéphane,
>> actually there's no more UX team (list). UX mailing list has been shut
>> down months ago because it used to refer to dev list for most of
>> decisions/advices so UX matters are now discussed either in the dev mailing
>> list (we maybe can keep this thread) or, I guess until QGIS3 release, in
>> the qgis3_UIX_discussion repository.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Harrissou
>>
>> 2017-04-05 10:19 GMT+02:00 Stéphane Henriod > >:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> there have been a few additions in the Gdoc already (not sure from whom)
>>> but I don't know if this is already sufficient for developers to take this
>>> up?
>>>
>>> Also, I am not sure how to reach out to the UX team. Through a separate
>>> mailing list? Or is it sufficient to have it here
>>> https://github.com/qgis/qgis3_UIX_discussion/issues/1 ?
>>>
>>> Cheer
>>>
>>> Stéphane
>>>
>>>
>>> Le mardi 4 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod >> > a écrit :
>>>
 Thanks Nyall!

 Here I just created a Gdoc to collect info mentioned in your points 1-4
 + a:

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRp
 HCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing

 All interested, feel free to contribute, I might not have the full
 overview

 Thanks and cheers

 Stéphane



 “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
 make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
 -- Clifton Fadiman

 2017-04-04 13:53 GMT+06:00 Nyall Dawson :

> On 4 April 2017 at 17:46, Stéphane Henriod 
> wrote:
> > Thanks a lot Anita for the info!
> >
> > I re-located the issue: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/9451
> >
> > Not sure though if this will make it alive again. Let's see if this
> seems to
> > be a priority for enough users...
> >
>
> I'd say a good plan to move this forward would be to:
>
> 1. conduct a thorough survey of what's available via the individual
> add vector layer dialogs vs what's currently available in the browser
> 2. rank each of the missing settings vs whether or not they are still
> required
> 3. file issues for these missing settings
> 4. ...and get these fixed/implemented
>
> a. While this is underway I'd also suggest the UX team could test and
> evaluate Anita's plugin to identify whether the browser alone is a
> sufficient replacement or whether some tweaks would be required to
> make it a suitable replacement without any loss of "user friendliness"
>
> 1,2,3 and (a) don't require any development experience, so would be a
> great project for any interested user to undertake. I suspect 4
> wouldn't be much work for a developer either after all this groundwork
> is done.
>
> Nyall
>


>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
>>> make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
>>> -- Clifton Fadiman
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[DelazJ]

I took the liberty to do some changes to the doc (especially add a new
table with more detailed features on the existing tools + comments). It's
supposed to replace the table already drafted but I didn't go so far
without a review.

2017-04-05 10:36 GMT+02:00 DelazJ :

> Hi Stéphane,
> actually there's no more UX team (list). UX mailing list has been shut
> down months ago because it used to refer to dev list for most of
> decisions/advices so UX matters are now discussed either in the dev mailing
> list (we maybe can keep this thread) or, I guess until QGIS3 release, in
> the qgis3_UIX_discussion repository.
>
>
> Regards,
> Harrissou
>
> 2017-04-05 10:19 GMT+02:00 Stéphane Henriod :
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> there have been a few additions in the Gdoc already (not sure from whom)
>> but I don't know if this is already sufficient for developers to take this
>> up?
>>
>> Also, I am not sure how to reach out to the UX team. Through a separate
>> mailing list? Or is it sufficient to have it here
>> https://github.com/qgis/qgis3_UIX_discussion/issues/1 ?
>>
>> Cheer
>>
>> Stéphane
>>
>>
>> Le mardi 4 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod  a écrit :
>>
>>> Thanks Nyall!
>>>
>>> Here I just created a Gdoc to collect info mentioned in your points 1-4
>>> + a:
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRp
>>> HCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
>>> All interested, feel free to contribute, I might not have the full
>>> overview
>>>
>>> Thanks and cheers
>>>
>>> Stéphane
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
>>> make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
>>> -- Clifton Fadiman
>>>
>>> 2017-04-04 13:53 GMT+06:00 Nyall Dawson :
>>>
 On 4 April 2017 at 17:46, Stéphane Henriod 
 wrote:
 > Thanks a lot Anita for the info!
 >
 > I re-located the issue: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/9451
 >
 > Not sure though if this will make it alive again. Let's see if this
 seems to
 > be a priority for enough users...
 >

 I'd say a good plan to move this forward would be to:

 1. conduct a thorough survey of what's available via the individual
 add vector layer dialogs vs what's currently available in the browser
 2. rank each of the missing settings vs whether or not they are still
 required
 3. file issues for these missing settings
 4. ...and get these fixed/implemented

 a. While this is underway I'd also suggest the UX team could test and
 evaluate Anita's plugin to identify whether the browser alone is a
 sufficient replacement or whether some tweaks would be required to
 make it a suitable replacement without any loss of "user friendliness"

 1,2,3 and (a) don't require any development experience, so would be a
 great project for any interested user to undertake. I suspect 4
 wouldn't be much work for a developer either after all this groundwork
 is done.

 Nyall

>>>
>>>
>>
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>>
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>> you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." --
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Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[DelazJ]

Hi Stéphane,
actually there's no more UX team (list). UX mailing list has been shut down
months ago because it used to refer to dev list for most of
decisions/advices so UX matters are now discussed either in the dev mailing
list (we maybe can keep this thread) or, I guess until QGIS3 release, in
the qgis3_UIX_discussion repository.


Regards,
Harrissou

2017-04-05 10:19 GMT+02:00 Stéphane Henriod :

> Hi all
>
> there have been a few additions in the Gdoc already (not sure from whom)
> but I don't know if this is already sufficient for developers to take this
> up?
>
> Also, I am not sure how to reach out to the UX team. Through a separate
> mailing list? Or is it sufficient to have it here https://github.com/qgis/
> qgis3_UIX_discussion/issues/1 ?
>
> Cheer
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le mardi 4 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod  a écrit :
>
>> Thanks Nyall!
>>
>> Here I just created a Gdoc to collect info mentioned in your points 1-4 +
>> a:
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRp
>> HCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> All interested, feel free to contribute, I might not have the full
>> overview
>>
>> Thanks and cheers
>>
>> Stéphane
>>
>>
>>
>> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make
>> you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." --
>> Clifton Fadiman
>>
>> 2017-04-04 13:53 GMT+06:00 Nyall Dawson :
>>
>>> On 4 April 2017 at 17:46, Stéphane Henriod 
>>> wrote:
>>> > Thanks a lot Anita for the info!
>>> >
>>> > I re-located the issue: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/9451
>>> >
>>> > Not sure though if this will make it alive again. Let's see if this
>>> seems to
>>> > be a priority for enough users...
>>> >
>>>
>>> I'd say a good plan to move this forward would be to:
>>>
>>> 1. conduct a thorough survey of what's available via the individual
>>> add vector layer dialogs vs what's currently available in the browser
>>> 2. rank each of the missing settings vs whether or not they are still
>>> required
>>> 3. file issues for these missing settings
>>> 4. ...and get these fixed/implemented
>>>
>>> a. While this is underway I'd also suggest the UX team could test and
>>> evaluate Anita's plugin to identify whether the browser alone is a
>>> sufficient replacement or whether some tweaks would be required to
>>> make it a suitable replacement without any loss of "user friendliness"
>>>
>>> 1,2,3 and (a) don't require any development experience, so would be a
>>> great project for any interested user to undertake. I suspect 4
>>> wouldn't be much work for a developer either after all this groundwork
>>> is done.
>>>
>>> Nyall
>>>
>>
>>
>
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Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Stéphane Henriod]

Hi all

there have been a few additions in the Gdoc already (not sure from whom)
but I don't know if this is already sufficient for developers to take this
up?

Also, I am not sure how to reach out to the UX team. Through a separate
mailing list? Or is it sufficient to have it here
https://github.com/qgis/qgis3_UIX_discussion/issues/1 ?

Cheer

Stéphane


Le mardi 4 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod  a écrit :

> Thanks Nyall!
>
> Here I just created a Gdoc to collect info mentioned in your points 1-4 +
> a:
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7U
> J1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>
> All interested, feel free to contribute, I might not have the full overview
>
> Thanks and cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
>
> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make
> you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." --
> Clifton Fadiman
>
> 2017-04-04 13:53 GMT+06:00 Nyall Dawson  >:
>
>> On 4 April 2017 at 17:46, Stéphane Henriod > > wrote:
>> > Thanks a lot Anita for the info!
>> >
>> > I re-located the issue: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/9451
>> >
>> > Not sure though if this will make it alive again. Let's see if this
>> seems to
>> > be a priority for enough users...
>> >
>>
>> I'd say a good plan to move this forward would be to:
>>
>> 1. conduct a thorough survey of what's available via the individual
>> add vector layer dialogs vs what's currently available in the browser
>> 2. rank each of the missing settings vs whether or not they are still
>> required
>> 3. file issues for these missing settings
>> 4. ...and get these fixed/implemented
>>
>> a. While this is underway I'd also suggest the UX team could test and
>> evaluate Anita's plugin to identify whether the browser alone is a
>> sufficient replacement or whether some tweaks would be required to
>> make it a suitable replacement without any loss of "user friendliness"
>>
>> 1,2,3 and (a) don't require any development experience, so would be a
>> great project for any interested user to undertake. I suspect 4
>> wouldn't be much work for a developer either after all this groundwork
>> is done.
>>
>> Nyall
>>
>
>

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Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Stéphane Henriod]

Thanks Nyall!

Here I just created a Gdoc to collect info mentioned in your points 1-4 + a:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing

All interested, feel free to contribute, I might not have the full overview

Thanks and cheers

Stéphane



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you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." --
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2017-04-04 13:53 GMT+06:00 Nyall Dawson :

> On 4 April 2017 at 17:46, Stéphane Henriod  wrote:
> > Thanks a lot Anita for the info!
> >
> > I re-located the issue: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/9451
> >
> > Not sure though if this will make it alive again. Let's see if this
> seems to
> > be a priority for enough users...
> >
>
> I'd say a good plan to move this forward would be to:
>
> 1. conduct a thorough survey of what's available via the individual
> add vector layer dialogs vs what's currently available in the browser
> 2. rank each of the missing settings vs whether or not they are still
> required
> 3. file issues for these missing settings
> 4. ...and get these fixed/implemented
>
> a. While this is underway I'd also suggest the UX team could test and
> evaluate Anita's plugin to identify whether the browser alone is a
> sufficient replacement or whether some tweaks would be required to
> make it a suitable replacement without any loss of "user friendliness"
>
> 1,2,3 and (a) don't require any development experience, so would be a
> great project for any interested user to undertake. I suspect 4
> wouldn't be much work for a developer either after all this groundwork
> is done.
>
> Nyall
>
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Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Nyall Dawson]

On 4 April 2017 at 17:46, Stéphane Henriod  wrote:
> Thanks a lot Anita for the info!
>
> I re-located the issue: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/9451
>
> Not sure though if this will make it alive again. Let's see if this seems to
> be a priority for enough users...
>

I'd say a good plan to move this forward would be to:

1. conduct a thorough survey of what's available via the individual
add vector layer dialogs vs what's currently available in the browser
2. rank each of the missing settings vs whether or not they are still required
3. file issues for these missing settings
4. ...and get these fixed/implemented

a. While this is underway I'd also suggest the UX team could test and
evaluate Anita's plugin to identify whether the browser alone is a
sufficient replacement or whether some tweaks would be required to
make it a suitable replacement without any loss of "user friendliness"

1,2,3 and (a) don't require any development experience, so would be a
great project for any interested user to undertake. I suspect 4
wouldn't be much work for a developer either after all this groundwork
is done.

Nyall
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Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Anita Graser]

On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 7:46 AM, Stéphane Henriod 
wrote:

> To go one step further :-) Any reason why it couldn't be polished and
> directly integrated in the core? As a non-developer, I maybe underestimate
> the workload here? Isn't it something that could "easily" be done by one of
> the core developers without requiring substantial additional funding?
>

​Mostly, the interested core developers wanted to implement something more
sophisticated than my hack ... but then they didn't get around to doing it
...

I think there is a ticket on Redmine or Github on this issue. Maybe you can
locate and revive it.

Best wishes,
Anita​
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Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Stéphane Henriod]

Hi Anita

To go one step further :-) Any reason why it couldn't be polished and
directly integrated in the core? As a non-developer, I maybe underestimate
the workload here? Isn't it something that could "easily" be done by one of
the core developers without requiring substantial additional funding?

I think such unified button would be very helpful, especially for beginners
(who don't intuitively understand yet the difference between vector,
raster, etc.) and I would hate to start a GIS introduction by saying
"First, you'll have to download and install a plugin" :-)

It also would be a good way to catch former ArcGIS users, who grew up used
to such a unified approach.

All the best

Stéphane


Le lundi 3 avril 2017, Anita Graser  a écrit :

>
>
> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 10:50 AM, DelazJ  > wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Thanks Anita for this work. I wasn't aware of your tool. Any reason to
>> not make it available in the Plugins repo? It might get more audience,
>> unless I overestimate our repo... Btw: I like the title of the blog post.
>> :-)
>>
>
> ​Thanks Harrissou! No good reason why it's not in the rep really. Mostly,
> because it's just 10 lines of code added to a plugin tempalte and requires
> manual GUI customization to remove all the redundant add layer icons.
>
> I'll put it on Github and publish it.
>
> Best wishes,
> Anita
>
>
>
> ​
>


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Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Anita Graser]

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 10:50 AM, DelazJ  wrote:

> Hi,
> Thanks Anita for this work. I wasn't aware of your tool. Any reason to not
> make it available in the Plugins repo? It might get more audience, unless I
> overestimate our repo... Btw: I like the title of the blog post. :-)
>

​Thanks Harrissou! No good reason why it's not in the rep really. Mostly,
because it's just 10 lines of code added to a plugin tempalte and requires
manual GUI customization to remove all the redundant add layer icons.

I'll put it on Github and publish it.

Best wishes,
Anita



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Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[DelazJ]

Hi,
Thanks Anita for this work. I wasn't aware of your tool. Any reason to not
make it available in the Plugins repo? It might get more audience, unless I
overestimate our repo... Btw: I like the title of the blog post. :-)

So other than Anita's plugin, there's currently no ongoing work to unify
the tools.
>From a doc writer's perspective, it's ok; we'll see how we structure the
chapter.
>From a user's one, would be nice to have things moved in the way of a
unified tool in the next releases. Landing in 3.0 could even sound like a
big change between 2.x series and 3.0. Maybe, taking Anita's work as a
first step and 

Regards,
Harrissou


2017-04-03 6:05 GMT+02:00 Stéphane Henriod :

> Hi all
>
> I must say that Anita's hack seems quite handy and straight forward from a
> user's perspective. Would it be heavy to "just" integrate into the Master
> QGIS? I would be happy to help with testing. More, I unfortunately cannot
> do :-)
>
> Cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
>
> Le lundi 3 avril 2017, Tim Sutton  a écrit :
>
>> Hi Anita
>>
>> On 02 Apr 2017, at 10:21 PM, Anita Graser  wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 9:32 PM, Tim Sutton  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Harrisou
>>>
>>> On 02 Apr 2017, at 4:57 PM, DelazJ  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi devs,
>>>
>>> In the documentation team, we plan to rewrite the "Supported data
>>> formats" chapter (http://docs.qgis.org/2.14/en/
>>> docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/supported_data.html) which
>>> actually explores many of the different ways to add (vector) layers to
>>> QGIS. It's full of redundant information, not easy to maintain and doesn't
>>> expose tools like the browser panel. Discussion at
>>> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/issues/1088
>>>  if you want
>>> to help.
>>> Before we engage any time on this restructuring and to avoid doing
>>> things twice and because I read some related assertions in the past, I'd
>>> like to ask if there's any plan to merge some of these tools for 3.0... And
>>> if ever, what's the state of the work ?
>>>
>>>
>>> This has been discussed a number of times, and Nathan made some initial
>>> mockups once. But as far as I know, nobody is actively working on this so I
>>> don't know if anything will land in 3.0.
>>>
>>
>> ​I've been working with my "unified add layer button" modification for a
>> few months now: https://anitagraser.com/2016/07/20/one-add-button-to-ru
>> le-them-all/​
>>
>> Wouldn't want to go back. I still sometimes use the Add PostGIS layer
>> dialog from the menus though.
>>
>>
>> Ah thanks I forgot about your post Anita!
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Anita
>>
>>
>> —
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Tim Sutton*
>>
>> *Co-founder:* Kartoza
>> *Project chair:* QGIS.org
>>
>> Visit http://kartoza.com to find out about open source:
>>
>> Desktop GIS programming services
>> Geospatial web development
>> GIS Training
>> Consulting Services
>>
>> *Skype*: timlinux
>> *IRC:* timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net
>>
>> Kartoza is a merger between Linfiniti and Afrispatial
>>
>>
>
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Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Stéphane Henriod]

Hi all

I must say that Anita's hack seems quite handy and straight forward from a
user's perspective. Would it be heavy to "just" integrate into the Master
QGIS? I would be happy to help with testing. More, I unfortunately cannot
do :-)

Cheers

Stéphane



Le lundi 3 avril 2017, Tim Sutton  a écrit :

> Hi Anita
>
> On 02 Apr 2017, at 10:21 PM, Anita Graser  > wrote:
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 9:32 PM, Tim Sutton  > wrote:
>
>> Hi Harrisou
>>
>> On 02 Apr 2017, at 4:57 PM, DelazJ > > wrote:
>>
>> Hi devs,
>>
>> In the documentation team, we plan to rewrite the "Supported data
>> formats" chapter (http://docs.qgis.org/2.14/en/
>> docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/supported_data.html) which actually
>> explores many of the different ways to add (vector) layers to QGIS. It's
>> full of redundant information, not easy to maintain and doesn't expose
>> tools like the browser panel. Discussion at https://github.com/qgis/QGI
>> S-Documentation/issues/1088
>>  if you want to
>> help.
>> Before we engage any time on this restructuring and to avoid doing things
>> twice and because I read some related assertions in the past, I'd like to
>> ask if there's any plan to merge some of these tools for 3.0... And if
>> ever, what's the state of the work ?
>>
>>
>> This has been discussed a number of times, and Nathan made some initial
>> mockups once. But as far as I know, nobody is actively working on this so I
>> don't know if anything will land in 3.0.
>>
>
> ​I've been working with my "unified add layer button" modification for a
> few months now: https://anitagraser.com/2016/07/20/one-add-button-to-
> rule-them-all/​
>
> Wouldn't want to go back. I still sometimes use the Add PostGIS layer
> dialog from the menus though.
>
>
> Ah thanks I forgot about your post Anita!
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Anita
>
>
> —
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Tim Sutton*
>
> *Co-founder:* Kartoza
> *Project chair:* QGIS.org
>
> Visit http://kartoza.com to find out about open source:
>
> Desktop GIS programming services
> Geospatial web development
> GIS Training
> Consulting Services
>
> *Skype*: timlinux
> *IRC:* timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net
>
> Kartoza is a merger between Linfiniti and Afrispatial
>
>

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Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Tim Sutton]

Hi Anita

> On 02 Apr 2017, at 10:21 PM, Anita Graser  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 9:32 PM, Tim Sutton  > wrote:
> Hi Harrisou
> 
>> On 02 Apr 2017, at 4:57 PM, DelazJ > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hi devs,
>> 
>> In the documentation team, we plan to rewrite the "Supported data formats" 
>> chapter 
>> (http://docs.qgis.org/2.14/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/supported_data.html
>>  
>> )
>>  which actually explores many of the different ways to add (vector) layers 
>> to QGIS. It's full of redundant information, not easy to maintain and 
>> doesn't expose tools like the browser panel. Discussion at 
>> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/issues/1088 
>>  if you want to 
>> help.
>> Before we engage any time on this restructuring and to avoid doing things 
>> twice and because I read some related assertions in the past, I'd like to 
>> ask if there's any plan to merge some of these tools for 3.0... And if ever, 
>> what's the state of the work ?
> 
> This has been discussed a number of times, and Nathan made some initial 
> mockups once. But as far as I know, nobody is actively working on this so I 
> don't know if anything will land in 3.0. 
> 
> ​I've been working with my "unified add layer button" modification for a few 
> months now: 
> https://anitagraser.com/2016/07/20/one-add-button-to-rule-them-all/ 
> ​
> 
> Wouldn't want to go back. I still sometimes use the Add PostGIS layer dialog 
> from the menus though. 

Ah thanks I forgot about your post Anita!

Regards

Tim

> 
> Best wishes,
> Anita

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Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Anita Graser]

On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 9:32 PM, Tim Sutton  wrote:

> Hi Harrisou
>
> On 02 Apr 2017, at 4:57 PM, DelazJ  wrote:
>
> Hi devs,
>
> In the documentation team, we plan to rewrite the "Supported data formats"
> chapter (http://docs.qgis.org/2.14/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_
> vector/supported_data.html) which actually explores many of the different
> ways to add (vector) layers to QGIS. It's full of redundant information,
> not easy to maintain and doesn't expose tools like the browser panel.
> Discussion at https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/issues/1088
>  if you want to
> help.
> Before we engage any time on this restructuring and to avoid doing things
> twice and because I read some related assertions in the past, I'd like to
> ask if there's any plan to merge some of these tools for 3.0... And if
> ever, what's the state of the work ?
>
>
> This has been discussed a number of times, and Nathan made some initial
> mockups once. But as far as I know, nobody is actively working on this so I
> don't know if anything will land in 3.0.
>

​I've been working with my "unified add layer button" modification for a
few months now:
https://anitagraser.com/2016/07/20/one-add-button-to-rule-them-all/​

Wouldn't want to go back. I still sometimes use the Add PostGIS layer
dialog from the menus though.

Best wishes,
Anita
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Re: [Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Tim Sutton]

Hi Harrisou

> On 02 Apr 2017, at 4:57 PM, DelazJ  wrote:
> 
> Hi devs,
> 
> In the documentation team, we plan to rewrite the "Supported data formats" 
> chapter 
> (http://docs.qgis.org/2.14/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/supported_data.html
>  
> )
>  which actually explores many of the different ways to add (vector) layers to 
> QGIS. It's full of redundant information, not easy to maintain and doesn't 
> expose tools like the browser panel. Discussion at 
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/issues/1088 
>  if you want to help.
> Before we engage any time on this restructuring and to avoid doing things 
> twice and because I read some related assertions in the past, I'd like to ask 
> if there's any plan to merge some of these tools for 3.0... And if ever, 
> what's the state of the work ?

This has been discussed a number of times, and Nathan made some initial mockups 
once. But as far as I know, nobody is actively working on this so I don't know 
if anything will land in 3.0. 

One suggestion would be to focus the bulk of the documentation on showing how 
to use the browser panel and then save the dialogs for special cases (e.g. 
using OGR::Protocol etc.). My rationale for this is that I suspect that any 
unified add vector dialog in the future would use the browser widget as its 
basis. Also in my experience many users miss the fact that the browser panel 
exists so it would be good to make it more 'front and center'.

Thank you and the rest of the docs team for all the hard work you are doing!

Regards

Tim


> 
> Thanks for any information,
> Harrissou
> 
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