Comment 4 for bug 172162

~suv: The blueprint indeed is closer to the original proposal, but It doesn't seem to be very effective. In fact, it looks like a straight copy of the Adobe's dialog, which is not very good.
I think I found an easier and more transparent solution for the same problem, re-using most of the things that are already there in the UI. I filed a new blueprint and specification with a simplified method that includes ideas for the Image Properties dialog UI, re-linking strategies and linked/embedded selection.
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape/+spec/image-properties-dialog-enhancements

I didn't add it, but an option for editing the images externally could be added easily to the same dialog, unifying everything and making it very easy to use.
Ideas, corrections and suggestions are welcome.