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

Fri Apr 28 04:28:18 PDT 2017

Very good!

Looking forward to hearing the outcome of these discussions!

Cheers and thanks for your support here

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

2017-04-27 22:54 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto <senhor.neto at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> Some of my colleagues will be in Essen for QGIS Developers meeting. They
> will bring this up, and try to get the opinion of other developers. I'm
> sure everyone there will be interested in contributing with ideas for it.
>
> So, let's wait for now.
>
> Thanks for your work.
>
> Stéphane Henriod <stephanebek at gmail.com> escreveu no dia quinta,
> 27/04/2017 às 09:42:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I would be more than happy to help push this new feature forward but I am
>> not really sure what is needed now?
>>
>> Alexandre, I think you mentioned that your company might be interested to
>> implement this unique "Add layer" button. Does the Gdoc now contain
>> sufficient information for you to move on and identify what can
>> realistically be done? Or is there a need for more polishing?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Stéphane
>>
>>
>> Le vendredi 21 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod <stephanebek at gmail.com> a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> Done!
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7U
>>> J1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
>>>
>>> “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
>>>
>>> 2017-04-20 14:47 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto <senhor.neto at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> 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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>>>>>>>> http://gisunchained.wordpress.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> “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
>>>>>> http://sigsemgrilhetas.wordpress.com
>>>>>> http://gisunchained.wordpress.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> “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
>>>> http://sigsemgrilhetas.wordpress.com
>>>> http://gisunchained.wordpress.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> “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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