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

Tue Apr 11 04:57:53 PDT 2017

Hi Alexandre

this is indeed great!

Is the gdoc as it is now helpful enough for you to design a possible
implementation? Or, if not, what other inputs / comments would be necessary?

Cheers

Stéphane

Le lundi 10 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto <senhor.neto at gmail.com> a écrit :

> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7U
>>>>>> J1dDnCCq3VyTAY/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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>>>>> make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
>>>>> -- Clifton Fadiman
>>>>>
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