The Everlasting Picture Categorizing Project

[zourtney]

Agreed, you should be able to see everything if you so desire.

I have update the outline page a little bit. It's getting a little sloppy because I'm trying to record everything agreed upon in this thread. Feel free to add to it or edit it.

So...what should we call groups of images?

• Albums
• Collections
• Galleries
• Sets
• something else

I am impartial.

[Brad]

I vote sets only because that is what I'm used to.

[zourtney]

Ok.
...Nick? What opineth thee?

[Nick]

Ummm. I don't have a huge preference as to what we call them. I guess sets is good because (at least for me) it sounds like an informal grouping. Very much the opposite of a folder. Sets work for me.

[zourtney]

Ok. Works for me. Plus, it's short (unlike "collections"). I'll put it on the blah.

[Brad]

Because naming the program something like "Image Organizer" or "Picture Categorizer" is really boring we should name this program after some variety of awesome animal.

I suggest "Pterodactyl".

[zourtney]

How about Tamias? You get your animal reference, Greek reference to a word that makes sense in the context of the program, and a little geek for flair.  

(It's ok if you don't like it. That was about 16 seconds of Google/Wikipedia research)

[zourtney]

I'm going to try and make a UI mock-up based on what we've talked about. It'll be very rough and is meant for nothing more than brainstorming.

Cue the thunder and lightning!

[Cody]

So I know this is all way above my head with the programming and all that...especially since I didn't bother to read 6 pages worth of posts to see what exactly was going on. But I thought at the very least I should make a post giving my total support to this super awesome picture program thingy that I have heard so much about! Or something lame like that...yep. If I ever figure out exactly what you are trying to do I might actually pretend to help or something too.

[Brad]

Cool, it'll be good to have a UI mock up to argue about.

[Nick]

Yay to arguing..?

[zourtney]

I have underestimated my ignorance of XAML. I've got half of a shell of a very poor UI mock up. You guys should make your own too. I'm making mine in VS2008 Express; it's a WPF app.

[Nick]

The most recent version of VS I have is .net... maybe. I know I have 6 someplace. Anyway, I am downloading the express edition of 2008 now. Is that what you have or do you have the full?

[zourtney]

No, I do not have the full version, just the freebie. I think it's fully functional for our purposes. I think the version differences and mainly licensing and extra tools. Most notably, you can't sell anything you make with the Express version. (I'm pretty sure...)

But whatever. The newer stuff is pretty cool, we should all play with it. I think I prefer the simplicity of Flex's XML control layout over Microsoft's "XAML." But we'll see. It's something new to learn, at least...not that I'm running out of projects in life, or anything.

[zourtney]

I got tired of drowning in WPF confusion, so I kind of gave up on my UI mockup. But here is a picture of what I started. It's less than half done and not very well though out. I need input and motivation. So: let's continue the earlier conversation about what elements need to be on our screen...