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[digikam] [Bug 377857] New: Ideas to improve usability of metadata sidebar

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377857

Bug ID: 377857
Summary: Ideas to improve usability of metadata sidebar
Product: digikam
Version: 5.5.0
Platform: Appimage
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Usability
Assignee: [hidden email]
Reporter: [hidden email]
Target Milestone: ---

Created attachment 104657
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improved metadata sidebar - mockup & screenshot

See also my post in digikam-users (and users's replies) starting 13.02.2017.

I originally come from iPhoto and similar commercial apps. My workflow
when importing images (and videos) into Digikam might reflect this a
little - I find myself constantly switching between tabs in Digikam to
perform simple image management / organizational tasks.

I think this can be improved a lot by modifying the layout and usability
of Digikam's "Properties" sidebar (the top one on the right) and
converting it into a summary-/ dashboard kind of sidebar which covers
80-90% of all requirements in one single place. Currently the "Properties"
sidebar is just a list of image and file properties and not used for editing at
all - which makes it kind of superfluous (IMHO).

I have created a mockup of how this sidebar can be improved by
incorporating simple metadata editing tasks. The idea is that for simple asset
management tasks (adding titles, ratings and tags, editing dates and
viewing basic image metadata) you *only* need this single sidebar. The
idea is *NOT* to squeeze all possible metadata into one dialog.

This is a little inspired by iPhoto's organization of metadata which I
found quite usable.

Please have a look and tell me what you think.

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[digikam] [Bug 377857] Ideas to improve usability of metadata sidebar

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I like the idea. It could be a good additional "Quick Access" tab. I would use
it 80% of the time.

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