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

Wed Apr 12 07:20:15 PDT 2017

Hi Stéphane,

I believe it's a great starting point, very complete (I would not
remember/consider some types of data).

We still need to fill the second page and discuss the possible UI/UX
implementation. Then, we will need some developers (I'm not a developer) to
consider the requests and filter what would be hard or impossible to tackle.

Our best chance to have this implemented is by doing baby steps. I would
not consider more data format/providers than the ones we have in the manage
layers toolbar in this first phase.

Thanks!

Stéphane Henriod <stephanebek at gmail.com> escreveu no dia terça, 11/04/2017
às 12:57:

> 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> 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> 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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