Comments on: Summer of Code Update

By: Bob W.

Bob W. — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:50:28 +0000

I second the request from John McHugh. An option to hide/remove the info box at the bottom of the left sidebar would be great. I always found that for me that box is just waisting space.

By: Robert Smol

Robert Smol — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:52:39 +0000

Hi,
it looks ok. regarding the speed, would it be possible to FIRST do the showing up the picture THEN do that fancy animation which scrolls over the miniatures in the top bar?
At home, I have to wait like 5 seconds to see the picture in good quiality (it first shows a ‘demo’ of the picture, then that fancy animation starts for 4 seconds and lastly the quality of the viewed image is improved).

By: Stijn

Stijn — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:30:15 +0000

I love the new side bar, this enables you to ‘easy’ implement other views like folder view or map view (geotagging)

By: mike

mike — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:43:53 +0000

Good work so far, glad to see F-spot getting some love.

By: John McHugh

John McHugh — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:22:11 +0000

Hi, great work…. Any chance you could make it so that you can hide the metadata on the bottom of the left sidebar. I always wanted the ability to hide it :D :P

By: RubenV

RubenV — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:02:57 +0000

Mårten: We do keep the original version, that one is never touched (you can switch versions using the dropdown on the left).

As for the speed: That’s coming, really really soon. I have a big patch ready and Stephane has one as well. Together, it’ll kick ass.

But that’s just the start, am doing all I can to clean things up and make them faster, but there’s *a lot* of work to do, with way too little developers.

By: Mårten Woxberg

Mårten Woxberg — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:29:37 +0000

RubenV: Solve undo as Picasa, make a hidden folder that stores the original. Then you can always revert to the original if need be.

When is F-spot going to be quick then I wonder? Speed optimizations in day-to day use is more important for me than the ability to tamper with photos.

By: RubenV

RubenV — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:04:01 +0000

I agree, but I am not planning on adding undo. With the current architecture, this is very hard to do. I am planning on looking into GEGL support somewhere later this summer, which should make it easier to add though.

By: Alex Launi

Alex Launi — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:32:41 +0000

Cool stuff, as part of your project are you going to add an undo button to the edit menu? Even if it just called jumped back one version, no undo is confusing as hell.