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Originally Posted by bitbank
The EXIF picture data is something that will be hard to fit along with the other info. I can add a menu option to display it (not everyone wants to see it all the time). How does that sound?
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Sure. Or what about displaying it over top of the thumbnail image? Kind of like the display window on a digital camera, where it shows you all sorts of image information overtop of the image - usually by use of icons and what not. The only really important stuff I want to see is usually the date when it was taken and the resolution. I agree that making it a user option would be the best thing. Then it doesn't hang in your face if you don't want it.
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Originally Posted by bitbank
I'm really looking for feedback about the best way to navigate a directory of photos. Should the screen be all thumbnails with small names below? A tree view ? a tree/list view? All ideas are welcome.
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All Thumbnails - I don't tend to like this idea for a couple reasons. First, it can take a good minute or two to generate all the thumbnails and that's always annoying. Also, scrolling through a list of icons is awkward. I never liked the 2 column wide and 4 row high layout.
Tree View - I typically prefer this because it allows one to easily see where you are in the hiearchy. However, on the small screen it chews into the free space needed to show the full filename and other details.
List View - Provides the most space to show filename and details and it requires just as much effort to navigate the folders. (ie: you still have to scroll to the top to move up a folder - the same as thumbnail or tree view) I think the breadcrumb along the top that shows the current location allows this to have a similiar feel as the Tree view in that you always know where you are, but provides the most space for displaying data without scrolling.
Hope that helps a little.
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