Hi Adam, Thanks for your answer. I'll definitely switch to Shotwell soon, but as you suggested, I'll first wait for the features set of 0.9 !
Good luck with the implementation of this great software ! Patrick On 12/28/2010 03:33 PM, Adam Dingle [via Shotwell] wrote: > > > Patrick, > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 7:38 AM, paterijk<[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> Today I discovered one of the great new features of Shotwell 0.8 : watching >> the photo library for updates ! >> > > Glad you like it. :) > > >> >> I would really like to change to Shotwell (I'm currently using Picasa ...), >> but I'm still missing two features : >> >> a) automatically save the changes made to a photo and store the original >> version somewhere (ideally in a subdirectory of the original photo's >> directory or side by side by renaming the original photo; the first option >> being in my eyes better, as you can browse through your photos with other >> softwares without having to look at "nearly-duplicates" all the time ...) >> ( >> http://shotwell.3510.www.nabble.com/Shotwell-storing-original-and-modified-photos-td4899.html >> ); >> > > Right. The Shotwell ticket for this feature is > http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1798 . > > >> >> b) in the left pane, have the possibility to browse the folders on the disk >> (my folders are linked to events, and I completely lose my organization if >> I >> import everything into Shotwell, unless I recreate all the events manually) >> (http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1594). >> > > Yes - we want this too. > > >> >> I have read about both features in several posts (see above), but I >> wondered >> if I could have an update on the ongoing implementations of these >> features, >> before turning away from Picasa (and maybe regretting my move) ... >> > > We haven't begun implementing either of these features. In January, we'll > decide the feature set for Shotwell 0.9, which we plan to release in March. > The features you mentioned are possible candidates, but they are competing > with a good number of other high priorities - see the Shotwell 0.9 section > on the Shotwell wiki page (http://trac.yorba.org/wiki/Shotwell) for a list > of the top big-ticket items (including both of the items you mentioned). So > if the features you mentioned are essential to you, you might want to wait > until we announce the 0.9 feature set before making the switch. > > adam > _______________________________________________ > Shotwell mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell > > > ______________________________________ > View message @ > http://shotwell.3510.www.nabble.com/I-intend-to-switch-to-Shotwell-from-Picasa-but-tp31338p31342.html > > To unsubscribe from I intend to switch to Shotwell from Picasa, but ..., > visit > http://shotwell.3510.www.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=31338&code=cGF0ZXJpamtAZ21haWwuY29tfDMxMzM4fC02MTEzNTA4MzE= -- View this message in context: http://shotwell.3510.www.nabble.com/I-intend-to-switch-to-Shotwell-from-Picasa-but-tp31338p31456.html Sent from the Shotwell mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
