Bug 177608

Summary:	Wrong button text to save image tags and caption
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Anders Lund <anderslund>
Component:	Tags-Captions	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	caulier.gilles
Priority:	NOR
Version:	0.10.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	7.6.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Anders Lund 2008-12-12 18:08:08 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.1.3)
Compiler:          Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.27-ARCH
Installed from:    Unlisted Binary Package

This is a suggestion to change the button text on the caption/rating/tags 'apply' button to 'save'.

I suggest it because what happens is that the user data is saved when the button is pressed (or the prompt accepted), and otherwise lost. In newer versions of digikam, the data can even be stored in the image file, making this even more obvious.

Usually 'apply' is used for changing settings, which is very different in that the options not used are not lost.

Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2008-12-12 18:45:42 UTC

Anders,

Apply want mean "Apply metadata changes to files"...

Save is more delicate to use. It's generally used to mean save full image and it can be misunderstand. Don't forget that here, we touch only metadata of files and never image data.

Also, if digiKam is set to not touch metadata of file and only changes caption and tags to digiKam database, "save" is fully unadapted.

For me the text button "Apply" is fine...

Marcel, Andi, Mik ?

Gilles Caulier

Comment 2 Andi Clemens 2008-12-12 18:53:52 UTC

+1 for Apply

Comment 3 Marcel Wiesweg 2008-12-13 11:10:39 UTC

"Apply" for me too.
I see some valid points in the bug report, but more valid points in Gilles' response. The only thing to convince me would be input from UI guidelines / usability guidelines.

Comment 4 caulier.gilles 2008-12-15 18:22:46 UTC

To discut with Arnd on IRC, "Apply" sound like the better way for the moment.

I close this file as "work for me"

Gilles