ermig1979
Suggestions regarding GUI and file deletion functionality
I'd like to make a few suggestions, please:
- an option to not
show version window on startup/exit(that information is always available in Help|About program) - move the
Optionsentry from the Search menu to the Edit menu - add inside "Paths: (screenshot of both suggested features here)
- a textbox to manually enter a folder path, and to be able to go to
- checkboxes next to the folder names, to be able to select multiple folders at once.
- do the deletion (of selected images) immediately as you press the relevant button/entry, not the next time you do a search
Using AntiDupl 2.3.10 in win10.
P.S. Thank you for your super useful program!
- Startup window is shown when the application loads earlier stored data and shows progress of this process.
- I have never seen before that Options is placed in the Edit menu.
- Its reasonable.
- To do that you have to set option "Options - Advanced options - Queue size of undo" to 0 (see help). But it leads to disable of 'undo/redo' functionality.
Startup window is shown when the application loads earlier stored data and shows progress of this process.
I understand that you use it to show to the user that there's activity taking place before the GUI is drawn, but I'd like at least to not show the window at program exit, as it appears momentarily/for a split second, and doesn't actually provide any info to the user at that point.
- I have never seen before that Options is placed in the Edit menu.
Here are some examples of Preferences/Options/Settings:
Even if you don't want it the Edit menu, I believe that placing it outside the Search menu would make it more discoverable.
To be honest, the first time I used the program, initially, it gave me the impression that it doesn't have a separate Options menu - eventually I noticed the Options toolbar button.
As an alternative I'd suggest making it a separate, single Options between View and Search.
To do that you have to set option "Options - Advanced options - Queue size of undo" to 0 (see help). But it leads to disable of 'undo/redo' functionality.
I'm aware of that as I've read your comment here. But, I believe that is the current behavior is not the expected one: "Delete" implies immediate action, not add to queue, that's why e.g. "Delete first pictures in selected results" should be renamed to "Queue for deletion first pictures in selected results" instead.
In any case, I believe that the most convenient for the user would be to be able to remove selected images immediately (send to recycle bin), and still maintain undo/redo functionality. For reference, all duplicate finding programs I've used, offer the ability to delete immediately. I understand that what I ask might be difficult/cumbersome to implement in the program, but I ask it just hoping you to agree and add it somewhere to your "todo" list 🙂