Re: EOG - Feature request: preload next photo in a directory

[Claudio Saavedra <csaavedra igalia com>]

El mar, 04-08-2009 a las 21:42 +0400, Pepos escribió:
> I like seeing my photo albums using EOG find it very convenient.
> The problem is my computer is rather slow, so I am to wait some time
> to load a next photo.
> This time is for about 5-8 seconds for high-resolution photos.
> So, I have an idea how to decrease this time.
> 
> When loading and resizing of the current photo is completed, CPU have
> some idle time while I see this photo.
> This time could be used to preload (load, decode and resize) the next
> photo in the directory.
> Preloading should be optional (with checkbox in options) and could be
> done by a separate thread, for example.
> In this case switching to the next photo will seems instantaneous.

Surprise, surprise! There's a bug report open for ages about this

  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=321603

Claudio