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

Thu Apr 20 01:47:46 PDT 2017

Fine with me.

Stéphane Henriod <stephanebek at gmail.com> escreveu no dia terça, 18/04/2017
às 05:46:

> 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> 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
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> “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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>>>>>
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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
>>>
>>> --
>> Alexandre Neto
>> ---------------------
>> @AlexNetoGeo
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>> http://gisunchained.wordpress.com
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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
>
> --
Alexandre Neto
---------------------
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