Improved thumbnails in nautilus
I noticed that nautilus supports thumbnails but not at its best. Here are a few ideas:
1. It should be possible to turn off the thumbnail support, especially if the size is too small or there are too many files in the folder. I would prefer to see folder contents quickly instead of wait for thumbnails. Thumbnails are a huge hog in folders with a large amount of files (I tested about 10000+ text files for example).
2. When copying files thumbnails should be preserved. e.g. I copied a folder with about 100 photos. When I enter nautilus starts rebuilding all thumnails from scratch provided I freshly copied the whole folder.
3. There should be some settings to set the thumbnail rebuilding capabilities of nautilus i.e. when and where. I would prefer if nautilus builds thumbnails for my home folder and subcontents when the system is idle.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Martin Pitt
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- Atanas Atanasov
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- None
- Definition:
- Obsolete
- Series goal:
- Declined for jaunty
- Implementation:
-
Unknown
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Completed by
- Martin Pitt
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2009-01-06 pitti: I declined the proposal for Jaunty. In order to be considered a Jaunty goal, this needs to be drafted first. Please create a specification, link it to this blueprint, and set it to 'review'. Thanks!
2009-01-07 thenasko: I would not mind writing down my ideas in form of a specification. How can I create a wiki page? Are there instructions somewhere?
2009-01-07 pitti:
- Why and How for specifications: https:/
- General wiki help: https:/
- You should take a look at existing examples on e. g. https:/
Thanks!
2009-01-08 thenasko: The added a first version of the specification. Please let me know.
