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Contributor lavinog on Dolphin

thumbnail retreival slow and effectively prevents selection until done  
Written by betlog the 24 Aug 10 at 16:02. New
EDIT:The problematic issue seems to be exclusively in Dolphin. I do not, for example, find it a problem with gthumb
RELATED: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25678/

When loading a folder that has a large number of images, the presentation of the thumbnails always takes a long time, and until they are all loaded the sequence of the images constantly changes; making selection almost impossible.

I suspect the problem is that thumbnails are always retrieved in a "sort by name" sequence. But if the folder is sorted "by date, descending" the mismatch between the two creates a rather long wait state for the user before they can click an image.
This is particularly annoying in situations where the user is opening a web browser "file upload" dialog to upload a single image file.
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Solution #1: thumbnail retreival should be sequenced by folder sort order
Written by betlog the 24 Aug 10 at 16:02.
If the thumbnails were *retrieved in the same sorting order as the folder being loaded*, then the first few images/first page of images should load before images that may never be looked at.

ie: if the folder displayed in dolphin is set to "sort by date, descending, show folders first", then this is the sequence in which thumbnail images should be retrieved.
So as to ensure that the current page of thumbnails is visible as quickly as possible. Specifically when using display-sorting methods other than "by name"

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9758295&postcount=3

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