[Qgis-developer] Future of standalone browser?

[Jorge Gustavo Rocha]

Hi,

I never used it, and it is definitely a source of confusion in workshops.

Regards,

Jorge Gustavo

Às 07:52 de 20-02-2017, Nathan Woodrow escreveu:
> It's the same code, just in dock form.  I find the browser dock to be
> super helpful but have never used the standalone version.
> 
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 5:30 PM, Richard Duivenvoorde
> <rdmailings at duif.net <mailto:rdmailings at duif.net>> wrote:
> 
>     On 19-02-17 23:33, Nyall Dawson wrote:
>     > Hi all,
>     >
>     > Just wanted to raise the discussion about the future of the standalone
>     > QGIS browser.
>     ...
>     > So what should we do with the standalone browser in 3.0 and future? is
>     > there a future here, or should we just drop this functionality and
>     > save ourselves the maintenance burden? And if there IS interest in
>     > keeping the browser around, is anyone able to step up and sponsor some
>     > investment into making browser more useful and polished?
> 
>     Hi Nyall,
> 
>     I would be ok too to drop de browser (mainly because I've never used it
>     standalone, and seeing Tim's first point in practice too).
>     But what I'm wondering is what code is shared between the
>     Browser-panel-widget and the stand alone one.
>     Because some of your points are also valid for the widget? And I have a
>     troublesome relation with the widget too:
>     - eating cpu when you have a WMS-node or db node open when you
>     stop/start QGIS
>     - very silent failing of drag en drop behaviour (if it works it works,
>     but ...)
>     - missing datatypes/services too
> 
>     So same questions for the panel/widget?
> 
>     In general I'm in favour of making QGIS as lean as possible for 3.0, it
>     will gain weight in near future anyway. And this is the only time in
>     near future that we can do such a diet :-)
> 
>     Regards,
> 
>     Richard D
> 
> 
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