Bug 279402

Version:           2.0.0 (using KDE 4.7.0) 
OS:                Linux

When identifying faces, it is a lot of repetitive work to identify every unknown face. This work is made even more difficult by the focus and selection behaviour of the textbox for typing the name for the face.

Currently the focus seems to follow the mouse in unexpected ways. So when I swipe over the current (automatically filled) tag to change it, the focus on the box gets lost as soon as the mouse leaves the box area. This is unlike other textboxes which remain focussed when being used. (BTW, I'm so used to selecting and overtyping to change the text, that I completely overlooked the <x] thingy at the right of the box...)

I'm sure there are lots of ways to improve the usability of the face-identification, because it is a lot of hard work to do right now.
As example, I scanned my limited collection of about 20 months and got around 2000 unknown faces. Most of these represent the same faces over and over, so it should be possible to group them based on similarity (that's what it does anyway, when looking for faces, right?)

Another problem is the fact that I shoot RAW+JPG and this leads to mostly double the number of faces found, since each RAW and each JPG is a different image to the detector, it seems.

The check and minus signs also come without any explanation. They seem obvious at first, but a small hint in a tooltip could make a big difference in usability for new users. (Check adds the tag to the face, minus says: this is not a face? or something else?)

It would also help to select multiple images and identify them at once.

Undo the identification would help correct mistakes in the identification (easily done when having so many repeating clicks).


Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
have about 2000 faces in unknown for about 20 people and 50% of one person, 30% of another. Start identifying them and use the swipe select method to change the tag below the image.

Actual Results:  
focus gets lost easily

Expected Results:  
focus remains in the textbox after selecting and for the rest: less manual work to identify faces (that's what face detection is intended to improve, I think).