Why not categories?

pezastic

Joined: 2003-06-28
Posts: 65

Posted: Tue, 2004-05-18 15:43

I see that most users of Gallery just throw things in albums based on an event, much like was done in Mom and Dad's old picture albums in the attic. (If I ever actually wanted to find something in one of those albums, I wouldn't know where to begin.)

What is the bad thing about having categories? I think it is something that would help organize images. Albums could be layed out in a date heiarchy and categories could cover different types of events or picture types, bridging over the album boundaries. (That way, I would know where to at least begin searching for that special "something".)

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Gallery. It is the best image gallery program out there. The new java-based view is fantastic! The reason I chose Gallery was precisely for its asthetics. I had considered another image gallery program that does an excellent job at organizing images, called Zoph, but I opted for the flashier Gallery. I'm happy with my choice. I just see that improvements could be made in the whole organizing scheme. And, categories would help a lot.

I realize that Gallery is not an image database. However, I wish that the future direction of it would head more toward a better organization scheme of the images. Just my two cents, for what it's worth.

valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
Posts: 32509

Posted: Wed, 2004-05-19 16:58

the answer to your need is G2, version 2.0 of gallery. currently in developement, coming in fall 2004. it will be database driven and thus allows a relational view to all stored items.
sort by date, topic, ... all that will be possible.

Gaile

Joined: 2002-07-20
Posts: 1301

Posted: Thu, 2004-05-20 06:18

valiant wrote:

the answer to your need is G2, ... coming in fall 2004.

Valiant... can I hold you to that date? :wink: :wink:

Gaile

valiant

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Posts: 32509

Posted: Thu, 2004-05-20 13:22

sure, lol.
well, they'd ask anyway and this date is not too unrealistic ;)

pezastic

Joined: 2003-06-28
Posts: 65

Posted: Thu, 2004-05-20 13:57

So can I make a precocious assumption that it will allow me to, say, search for images of someone, taken between date such-and-such and date such-and-such, at a specific location -and- have just those images displayed and slideshow-ready?

valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
Posts: 32509

Posted: Thu, 2004-05-20 21:22

don't know the current state of the search function of G2, but that shouldn't be a problem at all. perhaps it will be in an advanced search module, perhaps it will make it into the G2 1.0 search module. ask in the G2 forum.
AFAIK you can use the results of a search for a custom slideshow.

pezastic Joined: 2003-06-28 Posts: 65	Posted: Tue, 2004-05-18 15:43
	I see that most users of Gallery just throw things in albums based on an event, much like was done in Mom and Dad's old picture albums in the attic. (If I ever actually wanted to find something in one of those albums, I wouldn't know where to begin.) What is the bad thing about having categories? I think it is something that would help organize images. Albums could be layed out in a date heiarchy and categories could cover different types of events or picture types, bridging over the album boundaries. (That way, I would know where to at least begin searching for that special "something".) Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Gallery. It is the best image gallery program out there. The new java-based view is fantastic! The reason I chose Gallery was precisely for its asthetics. I had considered another image gallery program that does an excellent job at organizing images, called Zoph, but I opted for the flashier Gallery. I'm happy with my choice. I just see that improvements could be made in the whole organizing scheme. And, categories would help a lot. I realize that Gallery is not an image database. However, I wish that the future direction of it would head more toward a better organization scheme of the images. Just my two cents, for what it's worth.
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valiant Joined: 2003-01-04 Posts: 32509	Posted: Wed, 2004-05-19 16:58
	the answer to your need is G2, version 2.0 of gallery. currently in developement, coming in fall 2004. it will be database driven and thus allows a relational view to all stored items. sort by date, topic, ... all that will be possible.

Gaile Joined: 2002-07-20 Posts: 1301	Posted: Thu, 2004-05-20 06:18
	valiant wrote: the answer to your need is G2, ... coming in fall 2004. Valiant... can I hold you to that date? :wink: :wink: Gaile

valiant Joined: 2003-01-04 Posts: 32509	Posted: Thu, 2004-05-20 13:22
	sure, lol. well, they'd ask anyway and this date is not too unrealistic ;)

pezastic Joined: 2003-06-28 Posts: 65	Posted: Thu, 2004-05-20 13:57
	So can I make a precocious assumption that it will allow me to, say, search for images of someone, taken between date such-and-such and date such-and-such, at a specific location -and- have just those images displayed and slideshow-ready?

valiant Joined: 2003-01-04 Posts: 32509	Posted: Thu, 2004-05-20 21:22
	don't know the current state of the search function of G2, but that shouldn't be a problem at all. perhaps it will be in an advanced search module, perhaps it will make it into the G2 1.0 search module. ask in the G2 forum. AFAIK you can use the results of a search for a custom slideshow.

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