Photos

Introduction

It would be nice to have a simple and elegant replacement for using Files to show the Pictures directory.

Designers

Jon McCann, Jakub Steiner

Objectives

  • View local and online/cloud collections
  • View photos on attached devices
  • View photos on DLNA media servers
  • See new photos shared by friends
  • View full screen slideshows
  • Share photos (email, IM, ?)
  • Upload photos
  • Set as background
  • Select favorites
  • Very basic manipulation:
    • Rotate
    • Crop
    • Enhance
    • Remove/Delete
    • Combine into an Album
  • Allow opening full featured editor for more advanced changes

Constraints

  • Not an editor
  • Not a management tool

Relevant Art

iOS

http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/iOS-7-Photos-Moments1.png

Google

https://photos.google.com/

WebOS

http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4da6f965cadcbb4766050000-590/the-photos-app-looks-really-good-we-like-the-facebook-integration.jpg

Media Explorer

??

Discussion

  • How to indicate what is already uploaded
  • How to differentiate between photo sources/providers

Tentative Design

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/photos/photos-photo.png

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/photos/photos-photo-details.png

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/photos/photos-editing-crop.png

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/photos/photos-sharing.png

Wireframes:

Sub-pages:

Old Mockups

Original mockups

Comments

See Also

Design/Apps/Photos (last edited 2018-04-20 17:00:33 by AllanDay)