XYplorer Beta Club

Here's another three wild ideas that could likely help out those who use thumbnails:

1) If I'm in a folder in my typical detail view, I'd like some clue that there may already be thumbnails created for this folder, even if not current, so that before I turn them on, I might save some time by selecting the size already cached...or decide that if there are none already, I'd just as soon not take the time too create them BEFORE I select that view option. Not sure how best to present this data, so will defer as needed...

This came up because I went to a folder that did not have existing TN's and before I could hit ESC, it had created about 30+ TN's...I thought I had TN's already for this folder from some time ago, and when I didn't,
would have not bothered doing so, as could have gotten what I needed without them, by using preview of certain files.

2) Right now, if I want to review which folders I have created thumbs for, I go to the XY\Thumbs folder and preview the DAT2 files...as they contain the indexes for the actual TN...and delete sets that are no longer neeeded.

What I'd propose would be a more friendly user way, maybe thru a variant of List Mgmt, that would show me the following:
Name of related folder (i.e. C:\Dell\Manuals)
Pixel Size of this TN set (54x54, etc)
Date last updated
Number of TNs in set
KB used for this TN set
This could then be used to select which TN sets are obsolete or undesired, etc. and delete them as wished, and..then...

3) Allow them to be refreshed from this menu instead of having to go to the actual related folder and do the processing...sort of how some photo managers will periodically update their TN's without having to visit the actual folders with pix.

And yes, I FULLY REALIZE that Don has more than a full to-do list at this time, but wanted to throw out the suggestion and get some feedback, from other XY'ers, and IF Don has a chance to stop by, that'll be nice!

j_c_hallgren wrote:1) If I'm in a folder in my typical detail view, I'd like some clue that there may already be thumbnails created for this folder

I'm not sure if/how this could be easilly done. Especially because to have a visual clue or something would imply that XY needs to check if there are thumbs for the current folder every time you change location/tab. Don't think it would be such a good idea.... (or have a menu item, since you'll be able to assign it a shortcut of your choice , that checks and pops up an msgbox saying if there are thumbs cached or not for the current folder, and if so which sizes, etc)

j_c_hallgren wrote:2) What I'd propose would be a more friendly user way, maybe thru a variant of List Mgmt, that would show me the following:
Name of related folder (i.e. C:\Dell\Manuals)
Pixel Size of this TN set (54x54, etc)
Date last updated
Number of TNs in set
KB used for this TN set
This could then be used to select which TN sets are obsolete or undesired, etc. and delete them as wished...

I've been using more & more XY thumbs though, and I most certainly agree that we need some kind of interface here, to at least be able to list which folders are cached, and remove thoose we dont need no more.
Referring to 1) maybe when we enter this interface, it could automaticaly put the current folder into view, select it, however it would work, so you know if there's something cached or not for the current folder...

Quickly stopping by on my road to (a) customizable keyboard shortcuts and (b) enlightment.

Yes, a lot of nice things can be done in the thumbnail department. Fully agreed.

admin wrote:Yes, a lot of nice things can be done in the thumbnail department. Fully agreed.

Yep, and also a few bugs could bi fixed (http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?t=974) like the full screen mode (on right-click) for example, I'd really like to see this one fixed...