Re: boost default thumbnail limit?

["Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak" <mjc avtechpulse com>]

Pat Suwalski wrote:
> It brings up the question of Exif thumbnails. I know that in general the
> idea of using them has been shot down for one reason or another. But
> they might prove useful as an intermediary for large files. For example:
>
> <5M: generate thumbnail
> > 5M <10M: use exif thumbnail
> > 10M: show icon.

Many applications have (or had) problems updating the embedded thumbnail 
correctly. For instance, they didn't update the thumbnail at all after 
editing the file, or the orientation data got mangled, etc... gthumb and 
the Gimp certainly had problems with this until recently.

I don't think the embedded thumbnails are trustworthy. (It certainly 
would be faster, though.)

Plus, a hybrid scheme (full thumbnail < 5M, exif thumbnail > 5M, ignore 
gifs, etc) sort of deviates from the gnome keep-it-simple credo.

- Mike