On 22 August 2013 11:23, Matt Wallis <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22/08/2013 09:44, Michael Hendry wrote: >> >> On 22 Aug 2013, at 09:32, Matt Wallis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I see in the text of that ticket repeated use of the tern >>> "event". What is an "event"? To me, it is not an obvious >>> concept in the domain of managing photos. >> >> Shotwell supports the idea of grouping images into Events - e.g. "Jim & >> Mary's Wedding", or "Killers Gig at Wembley". >> >> Having no information to go on apart from the date-stamp in the file, when >> Shotwell imports an image it allocates it an event corresponding to the >> date. If you run more than one import session, you'll end up with more than >> one event for that date. > > Thanks for that clear explanation. As Andy Stevens pointed out, I can see > why this is a cause of confusion. It confused me! For me, Events and Dates > are separate concepts that can co-exist: my holiday (an "event") ran over > many days; more than one event can be depicted in the same photo (Jim and > Mary's Wedding at the Killers Gig at Wembley!).
IMHO, you've got the point. Event is a feature with known 'location' in time. Date is a particular location in time. Now, Event can span across *continuous* range of Dates. This is how I perceive an Event in Shotwell. What I am missing in Shotwell is an Album, which sits at higher level and can be used to gather photos from multiple Dates or Events, according to personal preferences. A similar concept to Album is Flickr's Collection and Set. Here are my suggested User Stories; 1. As a Shotwell user, I want to create an Album, so I can attach a selection of photos to it. 2. As a Shotwell user, I want to be able to open an Album, so I can list Events from which photos are attached to it. IMHO, this would cover most of common use cases. Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net "Participation in this whole process is a form of torture" ~~ Szalony _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
