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Proposed Menu Changes! Please Help me decide if Digikam should use the term 'Folder' or 'Album'. Currently I'm using the term "Folder". I welcome any comments. Lines with "-" in front of them are part of a submenu, and lines in brackets "[ ]" can be toggled. "-LINE-" designates a line inserted between items. I wish the post would save my format, try copy/paste to a text editor and tab the "-" lines for a better view.


File:
Import
-Images
-Folder
-From Camera
-From USB Storage Device (Maybe change this to just Storage Device?)
-From Card Reader
-From Scanner
-From Remote Computer
-From Facebook
-From Smugmug
Export
-To Email
-To HTML
-To Remote Computer
-To Gallery...
-To 23
-To Facebook
-To Flash
-To Flickr
-To Ipod
-To KML
-To PicasaWeb
-To Smugmug
-To Zoomr
-LINE-
Print
Print Assistant
-LINE-
Rename
Move to Trash (Folder if no images selected in Album view or selected Image(s) – Request Confirmation)
Delete (Same options as 'Move to Trash')
-LINE-
Properties
Open With
-Showfoto
-Gwenview
-Other Application (List taken from KDE Application Preference Order for image or folder)
-LINE-
Quit

Edit:
Undo
-(Up to 10 Changes listed)
Redo
-(Up to 10 Changes listed)
-LINE-
Cut
Copy
Paste
-LINE-
Select All
Deselect All
Invert Selection

View:
View Mode
-[Album View]
-[Image View]
[Fullscreen]
Slideshow
-Selected Images
-Folder
-Folder and Subfolders
-Advanced Slideshow
-LINE-
Zoom In
Zoom Out
Actual Size (formerly Zoom to 100%)
Fit to Window
-LINE-
[Show Thumbbar]
[Show Left Sidebar]
[Show Right Sidebar]
-LINE-
[Include Sub-Trees] (formerly Include Album Sub-tree & Include Tag-Subtree)

Album:
Back
-(Up to 10 changes)
Forward
-(Up to 10 changes)
New...
Refresh
Sort by...
-Category
-Date
-Name
Additional Information
-Size
-Name
-Date
-Rating
-Type
-(etc.)

Image:
Sort by...
-Date
-File Path
-File Size
-Name
-Rating
--LINE-
-[Ascending]
-[Descending]
Group Images (What is this and why is it needed?)
-Flat List
-By Album
-By Format
Rotate
-Left
-Right
-Auto Rotate
Flip
-Horizontally
-Vertically
-Auto Flip
Tag
-New Tag
-(List of Tags for selected images)
Rating
-1 Star
-2 Stars
-3 Stars
-4 Stars
-5 Stars
Metadata
-Refresh
-Edit Metadata
-Write to Image
-Write to All Images (formerly Write Metadata to All Images)
Location
-Edit Coordinates
-Edit Track List (formerly Track List Editor)
-Correlations (formerly Correlator)
-Remove Coordinates
Adjust Date & Time (formerly Adjust Time & Date)

Tools:
Search (Advanced Search renamed)
Find
-Duplicates
-Similar
Rebuild Thumbnails
Rebuild Fingerprints (Could potentially use a more easily understood name)
-LINE-
Image Editor
Light Table
-Place onto Light Table
-Add to Light Table
Batch Queue Manager
-Add to Current Queue
-Add to Existing Queue
-(list of precious queues)
-Add to New Queue
Create Calendar
-LINE-
Convert to Black & White
Red-Eye Removal
Border Images
Color Images
Convert Images
Image Effects
Filter Images
Recompress Images
Resize Images
Blend Bracketed Images (will maybe remove, when ran it says its not installed)
DNG Converter
Batch RAW Converter
-LINE-
Components Information
Database Statistics

Settings:
[Main Toolbar]
Toolsbars Shown
-[Main Toolbar]
-[Statusbar]
-LINE-
Change Theme
-(List of Available Themes)
Configure Shortcuts
Configure Toolbars
Configure Notifications
Configure Digikam

Help:
What's This?
Tip of The Day
Digikam Handbook
Kipi Plugins Handbook
-LINE-
Report Bug
Contribute
Donate
-LINE-
About Digikam
About KDE



Taken Out:
Open in Dolphin (Obsolete by 'Open With')
Open in Terminal (Obsolete by 'Open With')
Switch Application Language (Should be in 'Configure Digikam')
Supported RAW Cameras (Should be in 'Import>From Camera')
Scan for New Images (Does same thing as 'Refresh' in Folder Menu)
OpenGL Image View (Practically same thing as slideshow, but could be included if really needed)

Added New Screenshot that shows how the "Tags" tab should look and work! Please check it out and let me know what you think!

Supreme1012 wrote:Taken Out:
Configure Notifications (Should be in 'Configure Digikam')

This is a standard KDE menu item, so should be in the Settings menu.

pinotree wrote:

Supreme1012 wrote:Taken Out:
Configure Notifications (Should be in 'Configure Digikam')

This is a standard KDE menu item, so should be in the Settings menu.

I looked it over and I have to agree. I'll make revisions to the original post. Also, Ill be changing "Folder" to "Album" and adding "Additional Information" with a submenu into the "Album" Menu.

Why so slow to load thumbnails? I really like how Picasa works in windows (haven't tried it in linux yet) and how it displays thumbnails without lag.
In Digikam pictures lag when there are many images in one folder. Maybe not on a up-to-date machine with a good graphic card, but if Picasa can why now Digikam?

You may post this idea in KDE Brainstorm.

It may get better attention.