I suggest that we treat adding features with caution.
Each additional feature has a cost.
- The new feature has to be implemented in the UI and this will make it
more complex for everyone to use. - The new feature has to be implemented in the code. This gives more
possibilities for bugs to be introduced. These bugs can affect
everyone, not just those using the new feature. - The new feature needs to be tested. This adds to the development time
for everyone. - The new feature has to be documented and supported.
We should bear in mind that new features will tend to be proposed by advanced users - those who are already totally familiar with the basic operation. Their new feature will not seem to make things significantly more complex to them but a new or infrequent user may find it makes things too complex.
In my opinion one of the strengths of SGP is that it does the fundamental process of automating image collection without being cluttered with lots of features that almost no one will use but which affect everyone. I think we should bear this in mind and accept that it may not be powerful enough for a small number of sophisticated users who need a more feature rich system. This is actually a feature.
Chris