[Qgis-user] QGIS 2.99/3 layer type management is a complete mess

[Kory Roberts]

I posted as feature request, but was closed quickly.

http://issues.qgis.org/issues/17966#change-86199

I'm hoping to further consideration here.

In short, layer type management in QGIS has now become a scattered mess.  
The program now handles so many file formats that the display and handling 
of those is just scattered and inconsistent.  Too many icons and top level 
menu choices!  Too confusing for new users.  Why aren't most of these 
defaulted to "off" since most users may only likely need selected ones?  
Forms in Data Source Manager aren't consistent (URL for GeoJSON is entered 
in a completely different dialog than URL for WMS, for example).  At the 
least, it seems like databases and URL souces could be lumped in common 
dialog entry forms.  But really, Add vector layer and Add raster layer 
should be the only top level choices, with specific formats, etc. selected 
later.