Re: mapview-patch

Am Mittwoch, 30. Dezember 2020, 00:39:57 CET schrieb Johannes Zarl-Zierl:
> Hi Reimar,
> 
> Am Montag, 28. Dezember 2020, 18:32:12 CET schrieb Reimar Imhof:
> > For me the locations are a nice feature I'm using frequently, but i also
> > don't know much about the code.
> > I think my patch just fits with the actual user interface.
> > But I didn't mean to say anything about how the user interface should
> > behave. If there is a GUI standard kphotoalbum should try to implement it.
> 
> We don't really depart from what Marble is providing us with, UI-wise. OTOH,
> Marble isn't centered around *selecting* something on a map.
> 
> > And I think, it should be obvious to the user how the user can interact
> > with the software. At the moment it's not that clear - at least to me.
> 
> I agree with you. Our goal when rewriting the map interface was more
> technical (i.e. replacing kgeomap with Marble) than user-centered, and it
> shows. In the end I decided that the state as we have now is "good enough"
> to be usable.
> 
> Thanks for reminding us that we should really improve things in this
> department ;-)
> 
> > I
> > don't understand when clicking on the map outside an image cluster does
> > select an image cluster (I don't expect this at all and don't understand
> > what's selected) and when it does not. The next thing is, when it doesn't
> > select an image cluster I can move the map around and the hand mouse
> > pointer indicates I could do so. But if (why ever) an cluster got selected
> > I can't move the map.
> 
> This should get more intuitive by implementing visual feedback (i.e.
> changing the mouse cursor and highlighting the "active" cluster).
> 
> I mostly avoided/ignored the map code since moving to Marble - I guess this
> is a good time to revisit it and implement the visual feedback.
> 
> > So I'd be happy if the user interface could get a
> > little more obvious or simple to use.
> 
> I'm not entirely sure whether the whole Ctrl+drag selection is discoverable,
> but I don't have any ideas on how to improve this. I'm happy for tips,
> though...
> 
> Cheers,
>   Johannes

Hi Johannes,

are you going to apply my patch? With that I get the images selected I want to 
select.

Cheeers,
Reimar