Hi Paolo, I agree with you, a cleaner organization of Processing tools is advisable to reduce the confusion in users. It's rather difficult to teach them in a clear way too! :)
IMHO this reorganization should consider also the integration of other sparse analysis/processing tools, like the ones under the Vector menu. I know it depends on their implemention (and its feasibility in the present Processing model), but it's one of the major sources of confusions or users. A typical question: why we have the Processing toolbox and a Vector menu, where some tools overlap, while other are only available under Vector menu, and so not usable inside a Processing model/workflow? I hope we will find time (=money) to close this gap and, hopefully, have most of the analysis tools under the same structure. Well... all but the C++ ones :( giovanni 2014-06-23 18:42 GMT+02:00 Paolo Cavallini <cavall...@faunalia.it>: > Hi all. > We are thinking about the future of Processing framework. The duplication > shown among > modules is certainly a good thing, as it allows richer analyses and more > control and > verification, but can be intimidating even for skilled GIS users. > We have been discussed this before, but I came up with the conclusion that > a > reasonable approach would be to have three levels: > * basic - only one choice, no overly complex modules > * normal - all well tested modules, minimizing duplication > * experimental - out in the wild, all modules. > This would improve the user experience, and would require less maintenance > by core devs. > Of course the selection of the modules for the second category is rather > complex, and > would require much thinking. > Opinions? > All the best. > -- > Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu > Corsi QGIS e PostGIS: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > -- Giovanni Allegri http://about.me/giovanniallegri Twitter: https://twitter.com/_giohappy_ blog: http://blog.spaziogis.it GEO+ geomatica in Italia http://bit.ly/GEOplus
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