[Qgis-developer] plugin's menu organization

Borys Jurgiel borysiasty at aster.pl
Sun Mar 28 16:22:03 EDT 2010


Dnia niedziela, 28 marca 2010 o 22:10:11 Micha Silver napisał(a):

> As I see it, QGIS offers two somewhat unique advantages: first, the
> basic installation is quite easy to get into for new (and even
> experienced) users. It doesn't overwhelm you like other GIS software.
> But on the other hand, thru the plugin's you get access to a huge set of
> GIS tools. In order to maintain these good qualities:
> - the base installation (core features) should stay as clean as
> possible, without mixing plugin menus into the core menus
> - plugins should add their own buttons and/or menus (like now) but with
> the addition of categorization, as Borys says. Thus all plugins that
> deal with PostGIS should be in the same menu or toolbar; all plugins
> that interact with GPS in the same menu, raster tools together (already
> partly done), the R plugins under one menu, etc...
> Just my 2 cents worth from a user's perspective.

But do you think they should be added to the native menus (all plugins below 
the native commands) or to completely separate menus?


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