Re: [gthumb-list] Any optimization needed?

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

Alicja Łuszczak wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm currently doing an optimization course at university. I have to 
> speed up an open source application (or make it use less memory). So, I 
> picked up gthumb, because I always enjoyed using it very much.
>
> I have code from git repository compiled and running, but I'm not sure 
> where to start.
>
> I wonder if you can give me any advice?
> What part of gthumb do you think really requires optimization?
> Or maybe it's so fast and efficient already, that I should rather look 
> for some other project?

I wish folders would load faster. There is probably room for improvement 
there. (I'm talking about the delay between opening a folder and seeing 
the first icon in the browser view.)

The gdk-pixbuf downscaling routines are terrible for large scaling 
factors. Take a look at these reports:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80925
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522803

That's not part of gthumb, but if you fixed it, it would benefit all of 
gnome, including gthumb!


- Mike