GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 525246
Import dialog is confusingly empty by default
Last modified: 2010-07-12 16:39:03 UTC
F-Spot 0.4.2, Ubuntu Hardy beta When F-Spot's "Import" dialog first opens, it begins with an "Import Source" menu set to "Select Folder", but this is followed by two empty panes, neither of which contain any folders to select. (The behavior of the "Import Source" menu is also confusing, in that "Select Folder" is selected by default, and does not end in an ellipsis, but when reselected it opens a dialog for further input.) This bug would be fixed if there is no longer an "Import" window with panes that are all empty by default. This might be achieved by either: * abolishing the entire Import dialog, replacing it with items for detected cameras in the Sidebar of F-Spot's main window, with the remaining "File" > "Import…" item going directly to a filepicker; * converting the "Import Source" menu into a new left pane in the Import dialog.
Created attachment 108310 [details] screenshot
Created attachment 165747 [details] Current situation (screenshot) It now shows this. Not saying that this is much better, but given that import should be redesigned / removed (reduced to one button with sane defaults), it should do for now. If you're interested, we should sit together during GUADEC and have a look at the ideal import workflow.