[Shotwell] Shotwell 0.7 plan

[Adam Dingle]

On 07/19/2010 08:21 AM, Peter DO Smith wrote:
> I have just tried out the trunk version and I am very encouraged.
>
> 1) Hidden files. Good idea. There are many reasons for having hidden files.
> I might wish to show a photo shoot to my client but find it expedient not to
> show some of the photos.
> 2) Rejected files. Another good idea. I like to mark my bad photos and then
> review them some time later, say a month, before deleting. This gives me a
> cooling off period, which can be valuable.
> 3) Star ratings. 5 stars is more than I need but others will like it. I tend
> to work with three stars and just ignore the rest.
> 4) Indicators on thumbnails. Good idea except that you have used a red cross
> for both hidden and rejected photos. It would be a good idea to use another
> icon for hidden photos.
> Peter
>    

Peter,

thanks for your encouraging feedback.  Note that the trunk is in 
transition right now: it still includes the old hidden/favorites feature 
from 0.6, but also has the beginnings of the new 1-5 rating + rejected 
feature from 0.7.  We're currently planning to eliminate 
hidden/favorites in the very near future.  If you want to hide photos, 
you can mark them as rejected.  Normally Shotwell will display all 
photos except rejects, but there will soon be a View option that shows 
all photos (similar to the previous option View->Hidden Photos).

If you think we should allow the user to hide photos *and* independently 
allow the user to mark photos as rejects, we could discuss that here, 
though my personal opinion is that it would be overkill to have both.  I 
like the Rejected concept since it is integrated with the rating system 
(unlike hiding photos, which would be independent of it).

adam