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

Mon Apr 17 21:45:59 PDT 2017

Hi all

Harrissou has quite intensively re-organised the doc, which is now, IMO,
much clearer. Thanks for that!

But lots of changes are in "suggestion mode". I'd like to accept all those
changes to increase the clarity and readability. Any objection on this?

Thanks and cheers

Stéphane

Le mercredi 12 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto <senhor.neto at gmail.com> a écrit :

> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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/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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>>
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>>
>> “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
>>
>> --
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