[Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

Mon Apr 10 13:47:21 PDT 2017

Hi

> On 10 Apr 2017, at 5:11 PM, Alexandre Neto <senhor.neto at gmail.com> 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.

This is really great to hear! Thanks Alexandre!

Regards

Tim

> 
> 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 <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 <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 <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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