Bug 90131

Summary: unify image property information into consistent dialog
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: Richard Taylor <rjt-kde-bugs>
Component: Usability-ErgonomyAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: ach
Priority: NOR    
Version: 0.7.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: 7.6.0
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Description Richard Taylor 2004-09-23 19:30:06 UTC 
Version:           0.7.0-cvs (using KDE 3.3.0, Gentoo)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.3 20040412 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.3-r6, ssp-3.3.2-2, pie-8.7.6)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.8-gentoo-r3

At present the properties of an image are spread over a number of different dialogs. Some information appears in more than one place and is not always called the same thing (e.g. "Image->File Properties" in the viewer is nearly, but not quite the same as: "Image Properties" in the main app).

"I wish that" all the image meta-data could be consolodated into one "Properties" dialog that was used consistently from the "Image" menu in the main app, the RMB in the thumbnail window and the "Image" menu in the viewer.

The dialog should include the information currently found under:

Main App:
  Image-> Edit image comments and Tags
  Image-> View Exif information
  Image-> Properties

RMB:
  Edit image comments and Tags
  View Exif information
  Properties

Viewer:
  Image-> Edit image comments
  Image-> Exif information
  Image-> File properties
  Image-> Histogram...

Doing this would make for a more consistent experience for the user, who would know that where ever they were in the application accessing Image->Properties would give them access to all meta-data associated with the image.

It would also mean that the image viewer could rename the "File" menu to "Image" and have a single Image->Properties entry. I don't think that it makes sense to have a "File" and an "Image" menu in the viewer.


I guess that others might disagree with this wish but I thought that it would be useful to record it here anyway.

Richard
Comment 1 Thorsten Schnebeck 2004-09-26 02:01:28 UTC 
I secound this wish and vote for it :-)

Current digikam has a exif-based tabbed dialog, konqueror-like file properties and a mixture of both as tooltip.

I suggest a complete new property info dialog. These infos should mainly be based on the exif data. But noone is interested in stuff like sensor size, I'm interested in
- file name 
- file size in human readable and exact bytes
- file date/time (exif date if avaliable)
- camera model
- resolution
- flash used
- focal length (+ 35mm equivalent)
- exposure time
- aperture
- ISO equiv.
- comment
This is the information I weant to see in a tooltip window and in a corresponding dialog. All other datas should be hidden in an expert dialog
Of course, a free configuration of the important info data would be the best.

Bye
 
  Thorsten
Comment 2 Achim Bohnet 2004-09-27 13:09:14 UTC 
*** Bug 86995 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2004-11-24 14:59:14 UTC 
Current implementation in CVS and available for Digikam 0.7.1 solve all problems. An advanced config for meta-data selection can be done for 0.8.0 when other meta-data types will be supported (IPTC, RDF, XPM, etc).
Comment 4 caulier.gilles 2004-12-22 14:53:31 UTC 
Image Properties dialog unified in CVS and available for digiKam 0.7.1

Gilles Caulier