Can't SHIFT-select and then CTRL-SHIFT-select
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Can't SHIFT-select and then CTRL-SHIFT-select
It is hard to select to separated groups of file in a file list because after using SHIFT-click to select the first group, you can't then use CTRL-SHIFT to select the next group, as you can in most programs (eg. Explorer, of course).
test everything. hold on to the good.
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Explorer opens at least 2 times faster (under Windows Me, anyway).
TrackerV3 is probably about the same speed as Explorer at displaying folder contents, but it seems slower because it displays the folders, then sorts them, and displays them again. Hmm, that sounds like a bug!
And of course Explorer can be opened with a hotkey
TrackerV3 is probably about the same speed as Explorer at displaying folder contents, but it seems slower because it displays the folders, then sorts them, and displays them again. Hmm, that sounds like a bug!
And of course Explorer can be opened with a hotkey
test everything. hold on to the good.
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Well, i started TrackerV3 only once and never closed it again (under XP you don't have to close programs when you shut off the computer), so where's the problem?Chris Wood wrote:Explorer opens at least 2 times faster (under Windows Me, anyway).
It's true that Explorer displays large folders in sorted order faster *apparently*, but when you then scroll down to the end of the list you'll note the work it still has to do because it wasn't done before: scrolling is slow. It's a question of strategy.Chris Wood wrote: TrackerV3 is probably about the same speed as Explorer at displaying folder contents, but it seems slower because it displays the folders, then sorts them, and displays them again. Hmm, that sounds like a bug!
The display-sort-display effect in TrackerV3 is not a bug but gives you a true feedback of what is actually going on when folder contents are displayed: you first get an unordered list from the file system (FAT, NTFS...), and only when the list is completely read you can order it and then redisplay it.
I decided to show this mechanics to give a visual feedback that something's happening instead of just showing an hourglass and an empty list.
However, now that you brought up the issue, i got an idea to improve my strategy! It's obviously only necessary with long lists, so in future it will be like this:
Larger folders (say, > 128 items): display-sort-display
Smaller folders: sort-display
Good idea?
See above: don't close it!Chris Wood wrote:And of course Explorer can be opened with a hotkey
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