[rox-devel] Re: ROX filer 1.1.5, some feature reqests

[Thomas L. <ta...@ec...>]

On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 04:02:43PM -0000, andreas wrote:
> 
> >OK, the option for controlling the resizer has a new 'Never' setting
> >which should do what you want. Double clicking on the background still
> >resizes the window though, but that doesn't do anything normally so it
> >shouldn't matter?
> 
> Doesn't do anything normally? Care to explain a little further?

You might want to change the icon size without resizing the window, but
you'd never want to double click without resizing because it doesn't do
anything...

> >The thumbs system does need to change somehow, but I'm not quite sure
> >what the ideal interface would be. We want to be able to:
> >- Show thumbs for a whole directory.
> How does that differ from today?

It doesn't, but we'd still want to be able to do it. Eg, moving Create
Thumbs to the File menu wouldn't be good, as you'd have to Select All
first (or maybe that's OK?).

> >- Create thumbs in the background.
> 
> Good idea.
> 
> >- Stop creating thumbs if it takes too long?
> 
> Hmm.. I'm not sure how that would appear.

An extra Stop button in the toolbar? A process bar along the bottom with a
Cancel button?

> >- Create thumbs for just a few icons?
> 
> Good idea. Select a few files and choose create thumbs.
> 
> >- Scan subdirectories?
> 
> Definately good.
> 
> >- Cache thumbs between sessions?
> 
> Optionally. I personally prefer no cache.

OK, makes things easier :-)


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