Easier process for sending photo as email

[Tristan Petersen]

Currently the way to email a photo is very hard to discern (File -> Send To... then confusion then finally select email option). There could be an email icon next to the publish icon in the toolbar to make this easier for people to find.

Also, if "Send To..." is chosen, shouldn't the dialog boxes be reversed? Logically wouldn't it make more sense to select where you want to send it first then choose the file format next if the menu item says "Send To..." ?

[Jim Nelson (yorba-jim)]

File -> Send To was designed specifically for nautilus-sendto, which is not merely for emailing, but also for archiving, burning to CD, and more. I agree, a dedicated "Email To" option would be nice, but we felt that would be duplicating the effort already put into nautilus-sendto and elected to take advantage of that.

As far as the steps, that's dictated by nautilus-sendto, which requires the files be prepared and ready before execution. Shotwell needs to export those photos (to commit edits and resize as the user desires), which is why that dialog comes first.

[Tristan Petersen (tristang4)]

Gotcha Jim, so maybe just a wishlist request then?

Cheers,
Tristan

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Jim Nelson <email address hidden> wrote:
> File -> Send To was designed specifically for nautilus-sendto, which
> is
> not merely for emailing, but also for archiving, burning to CD, and
> more. I agree, a dedicated "Email To" option would be nice, but we
> felt
> that would be duplicating the effort already put into nautilus-sendto
> and elected to take advantage of that.
>
> As far as the steps, that's dictated by nautilus-sendto, which
> requires
> the files be prepared and ready before execution. Shotwell needs to
> export those photos (to commit edits and resize as the user desires),
> which is why that dialog comes first.
>
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> Title:
> Easier process for sending photo as email
>
> Status in Pantheon Photos:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Currently the way to email a photo is very hard to discern (File ->
> Send To... then confusion then finally select email option). There
> could be an email icon next to the publish icon in the toolbar to
> make
> this easier for people to find.
>
> Also, if "Send To..." is chosen, shouldn't the dialog boxes be
> reversed? Logically wouldn't it make more sense to select where you
> want to send it first then choose the file format next if the menu
> item says "Send To..." ?
>
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[Jim Nelson (yorba-jim)]

I'll leave that decision to the maintainers, I'm just trying to assist with background information.

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

In elementary, these kinds of functions are exposed through a service called "Contractor". Marking as a duplicate of the bug regarding contractor support