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1.  Greater visibility into EXIF Data.  I want to see ALL of it including "maker notes".

I agree, but I suspect that this is already planned.  I haven't heard a response from Matt or Jim, but it is requested frequently.

3.  The ability to update tag information WITHOUT affecting the date of the photo.  Maybe I am strange this way, but I like my photos to keep the original date.  ACDsee has this option.  

You're not weird, I would like to see this too (if indeed MC doesn't already do it this way which seems odd).

4.  When viewing the thumbnails, have a way of dynamically adjusting ths size of the thumbnails.  ACDsee does this with a UI widget (a slider control)  or with CTRL-wheel up or CTRL-wheel down.   I know i can do this by customizing the view, but it is several steps.

I agree fully!  When showing MC to other people for Photo management use, this is their single biggest complaint.  Not only does ACDsee have this option, but Apple's iPhoto does too (which seems to be often what I am comparing it too).  It is for this reason that I have had 4-5 other people that I showed MC to go with Adobe Photoshop Album instead.

A slider control probably wouldn't be effective, as it would be too intrusive of a UI change, and would be pretty photo-specific (I'm sure that type of problem is why there was talk a while back of different UI controls depending on which media mode you were in).  However, a good enough solution in my opinion, would be to add "Increase Thumbnail Size" and "Decrease Thumbnail Size" buttons that we can add as part of our toolbars if we so desire.  Then those of us who would use the option could, and those who wouldn't don't have to!

Quote from: glynor on November 21, 2004, 12:31:49 pm

You're not weird, I would like to see this too (if indeed MC doesn't already do it this way which seems odd).

On your button suggestion, what toolbar would we add those buttons to.  MC doesnt have toolbars, does it?

It sure does!  There is one at the top and one at the bottom, and both are customizable.  They just don't offer an "Increase Thumbnail Size" button and a "Decrease Thumbnail Size" button (irritatingly).

To customize them, just point up at the top toolbar (such as at the word "File") and right-click.  Pick "Customize Toolbar" to get the toolbar dialog.  Same for the bottom toolbar (which is just the bottom bar where the number of files, etc is displayed.  This is (of course) just one way to get to the dialog.  You can also get there through Tools --> Options.

I add a number of useful image manipulation buttons to mine.  On the top bar I have the "List Style: Toggle List Style" button (to quickly switch the view from Details to Thumbnail-types), in addition to the standard File, Edit, View, Player, etc.

On the bottom bar I have:

Back
Forward
Separator (Sep)
Mode
Media Library
Playing Now
Sep
Tag Info
Import Media
Artist Info
Sep
Resize Image
Rotate Left
Rotate Right
Acquire Images

It makes doing simple tasks like Rotating Images, etc work a lot nicer.  I really wish the toolbar was FAR more customizable.  For example, two things I'd REALLY like to see are:

1. I'd like to be able to add any of the standard automation commands (the mjextman.exe commands) to the toolbar.

2. I'd like to be able to add a button that launches the selected file (or files) in an external App (such as Photoshop).

There are windows versions of "Touch", so changing the file dates is possible, but I think displaying (and preserving) the EXIF data is better.

Ian G.

It sure does!  There is one at the top and one at the bottom, and both are customizable.  They just don't offer an "Increase Thumbnail Size" button and a "Decrease Thumbnail Size" button (irritatingly).

To customize them, just point up at the top toolbar (such as at the word "File") and right-click.  Pick "Customize Toolbar" to get the toolbar dialog.  Same for the bottom toolbar (which is just the bottom bar where the number of files, etc is displayed.  This is (of course) just one way to get to the dialog.  You can also get there through Tools --> Options.

I had NO IDEA that MC had toolbars!!!  I don't normally consider the menu a toolbar, but it acts the same way I guess.  V.Cool.   What else do people put on toolbars?

EDIT:  I wish it had more typical toolbars -- i.e. at the top, but not part of the menu bar.  Having commands at the bottom seems unnatural to me.

I just want to chime in here and add my vote for the changes you are suggesting. I do not use MC for image management, it's just not intuitive enough in that medium. I actually use Adobe PhotoAlbum. I would rather use MC, but there's just too much missing.