Re: Discolered Pics Return

Alon,

> few months back, so I would just ask that you refer to that for my
> feelings on it, but to some them up… while hierarchical organization 

Right, I remember. As a result of that debate, as well as input from
others, I do intend to implement hierarchical albums eventually. I
just haven't yet figured out how to present them to viewers.

I'll start to think about this after I've delivered the new sharing
features over the next several releases.

regards,

joe


--- In [email protected], "Alon :\)" <alonfw@w...> wrote:
> Joe,
>  
> Thanks for implementing the filenames so quickly!
>  
> As for the hierarchy… I recall you and I had a good discussion on this a
> few months back, so I would just ask that you refer to that for my
> feelings on it, but to some them up… while hierarchical organization has
> glaring flaws when compared to relational DB organization, it is the
> current standard and what people know… ideally Pixory should give users
> the option to choose how they want to organize their photos… being able
> to compare the pros and cons of both organization schemes will only make
> the massive advantages of relational DB organization more obvious :-)
>  
> I am still curious as to when we might be seeing full functionality of
> folder with sub folders and pictures in them… so long as the DB
> functionality is not there, missing the sub folder functionality is
> quite a nuisance!  And would still be even with DB functionality IMHO.
> It is little things like this that can turn people off to your program
> prematurely… think of it as marketing!
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Panico [mailto:pixory@y...] 
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 9:20 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [pixory-beta] Re: Discolered Pics Return
>  
> Alon,
> 
> Your suggestion for the filenames in the Album pages sounds very
> reasonable so I'll implement it for the next release (it's pretty easy).
> 
> Yes, I'll use a checkbox for the cascading feature.
> 
> I'm not yet fully committed to the idea of hierarchical albums-- I
> still have to think about it a little more. Unlike cascading
> attributes, hierarchical albums will require a redesign of the
> top-level navigation of "Viewer" pages. I haven't yet thought through
> how to achieve this without confusing the viewer (allowing them to get
> lost). So this feature is somewhere further out on my todo list, but
> not entirely off the radar screen.
> 
> regards,
> 
> joe
> 
> 
> --- In [email protected], "Alon :\)" <alonfw@w...> wrote:
> > Joe,
> >  
> > Ya, I think the image name and the caption should both be able to
> show…
> > my opinion is that if I want the image name to show it could replace
> the
> > image number.  The reason I like to show the image name is so that
> when
> > someone asks about a specific image I can refer to it easily… same as
> > having the image number up there only more `robust'.  So if I check
> show
> > image name, I have not use for the image number.
> >  
> > The cascading sounds great!  I would suggest you make it a separate
> > check box though… so it is optional… then the user can decide if the
> > want to cascade down or not, which is an advantage and also prevents
> > them from accidentally overwriting stuff.
> >  
> > By making the cascading a default, you lose the ability to make
> settings
> > specific to a parent folder.  This will become a bigger nuisance once
> > you are able to have pictures and subfolders in a parent folder fully
> > functional. I.E. you can have folders and pics in a folder and the
> pics
> > are still `viewable'.  May I ask what your eta is on that?  I
> understand
> > your `disclaimer'… these are pretty soft estimates.
> >  
> > Thanks,
> > Alon :-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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