[Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?
Werner Macho
werner.macho at gmail.com
Mon Apr 10 10:12:03 PDT 2017
Just because I recently found it ..
Mapwindow (which seem to have the same icon set as QGIS and GRASS) has
introduced such a "Add Data" Layer right from the beginning.
Maybe it is a good point to start (just because I see that there are
still Database buttons too)
http://www.mapwindow.org
regards
Werner
On 10/04/17 17:11, Alexandre Neto wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in this
> "unified add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our idea was
> to use the browser panel as a base for replacing most of the buttons and
> add any capabilities that are still missing.
>
> So, let's work together to find what are those missing pieces, and how
> it would be the best way to implement it. We will put our thoughts in
> the Google document. As soon we have it stabilized we can start creating
> a QEP for it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alexandre Neto
>
> Stéphane Henriod <stephanebek at gmail.com <mailto:stephanebek at gmail.com>>
> escreveu no dia quinta, 6/04/2017 às 12:14:
>
> Thanks Harrissou!
>
> I took the liberty to remove the first table (that I created) and to
> leave only yours. It is more complete anyway
>
> Cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le mercredi 5 avril 2017, DelazJ <delazj at gmail.com
> <mailto:delazj at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>
> I took the liberty to do some changes to the doc (especially add
> a new table with more detailed features on the existing tools +
> comments). It's supposed to replace the table already drafted
> but I didn't go so far without a review.
>
> 2017-04-05 10:36 GMT+02:00 DelazJ <delazj at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi Stéphane,
> actually there's no more UX team (list). UX mailing list has
> been shut down months ago because it used to refer to dev
> list for most of decisions/advices so UX matters are now
> discussed either in the dev mailing list (we maybe can keep
> this thread) or, I guess until QGIS3 release, in the
> qgis3_UIX_discussion repository.
>
>
> Regards,
> Harrissou
>
> 2017-04-05 10:19 GMT+02:00 Stéphane Henriod
> <stephanebek at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi all
>
> there have been a few additions in the Gdoc already (not
> sure from whom) but I don't know if this is already
> sufficient for developers to take this up?
>
> Also, I am not sure how to reach out to the UX team.
> Through a separate mailing list? Or is it sufficient to
> have it
> here https://github.com/qgis/qgis3_UIX_discussion/issues/1 ?
>
> Cheer
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le mardi 4 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod
> <stephanebek at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Thanks Nyall!
>
> Here I just created a Gdoc to collect info mentioned
> in your points 1-4 + a:
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>
> All interested, feel free to contribute, I might not
> have the full overview
>
> Thanks and cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
>
> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is
> not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed
> to make its own people comfortable." -- Clifton Fadiman
>
> 2017-04-04 13:53 GMT+06:00 Nyall Dawson
> <nyall.dawson at gmail.com>:
>
> On 4 April 2017 at 17:46, Stéphane Henriod
> <stephanebek at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks a lot Anita for the info!
> >
> > I re-located the issue: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/9451
> >
> > Not sure though if this will make it alive again. Let's see if this seems to
> > be a priority for enough users...
> >
>
> I'd say a good plan to move this forward would
> be to:
>
> 1. conduct a thorough survey of what's available
> via the individual
> add vector layer dialogs vs what's currently
> available in the browser
> 2. rank each of the missing settings vs whether
> or not they are still required
> 3. file issues for these missing settings
> 4. ...and get these fixed/implemented
>
> a. While this is underway I'd also suggest the
> UX team could test and
> evaluate Anita's plugin to identify whether the
> browser alone is a
> sufficient replacement or whether some tweaks
> would be required to
> make it a suitable replacement without any loss
> of "user friendliness"
>
> 1,2,3 and (a) don't require any development
> experience, so would be a
> great project for any interested user to
> undertake. I suspect 4
> wouldn't be much work for a developer either
> after all this groundwork
> is done.
>
> Nyall
>
>
>
>
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