ALT + F9 folder space occupation calculation option needs adjustment [IMPLEMENTED]
Posted: 26.03.2018, 14:41
Please test a situation like that for yourselves:
1] You have a folder which has a lot of sub-folders, something like 200. For now they are sorted alphabetically
2] You switch to detailed view mode. As a result you might need to glance at all of the folders, because there are so many [if you want to see those which you do not see]. But you do not scroll, at least not yet
3] You activate the ALT + F9 option. As a result you see now the numbers representing the occupied space; assuming that you also have the Size Auto column turned on visible
4] You click the Size Auto column header to sort out the folders by their sizes, which were calculated a moment ago
5] You scroll to see other folders now. As a result you discover, that those other folders were not taken care off when the initial calculation was being done- because FC is apparently checking sizes of folders only when they are shown to the user in form of the list. And so you have to scroll through all of them- and only then once again click the Size Auto column to really sort [this time all of] them by size
Does anyone else think that this is counter productive? That in some circumstances [and when the user forgets about how FC really works] such an inadequate sort order might lead to some kind of errors in the workflow?
I do for sure- it is just annoying and user unfriendly behavior; than might had some sens a long time ago, when hard drives were very slow in comparison to modern technology of SSDs
FC should count all of the folders from the get go [when the ALT + F9 option is evoked]- starting with the visible ones first. And if FC would not be able to finish the count before the user starts to sort them out by size, FC should present in the beginning those not calculated folders- so that the user could notice them [with blank spaces instead of numbers] and as a result think something like: "Here goes this issues again- I probably need to wait a little longer and sort them once again if I want to see correct comprehensive results". And if ultra fast drives [M.2] would make such indication displayed for so little time, that it would not be noticeable any more by the user, then a delay of display should be executed in such situation [using SSDs I can still see that lack of calculation for only a split of a second]
1] You have a folder which has a lot of sub-folders, something like 200. For now they are sorted alphabetically
2] You switch to detailed view mode. As a result you might need to glance at all of the folders, because there are so many [if you want to see those which you do not see]. But you do not scroll, at least not yet
3] You activate the ALT + F9 option. As a result you see now the numbers representing the occupied space; assuming that you also have the Size Auto column turned on visible
4] You click the Size Auto column header to sort out the folders by their sizes, which were calculated a moment ago
5] You scroll to see other folders now. As a result you discover, that those other folders were not taken care off when the initial calculation was being done- because FC is apparently checking sizes of folders only when they are shown to the user in form of the list. And so you have to scroll through all of them- and only then once again click the Size Auto column to really sort [this time all of] them by size
Does anyone else think that this is counter productive? That in some circumstances [and when the user forgets about how FC really works] such an inadequate sort order might lead to some kind of errors in the workflow?
I do for sure- it is just annoying and user unfriendly behavior; than might had some sens a long time ago, when hard drives were very slow in comparison to modern technology of SSDs
FC should count all of the folders from the get go [when the ALT + F9 option is evoked]- starting with the visible ones first. And if FC would not be able to finish the count before the user starts to sort them out by size, FC should present in the beginning those not calculated folders- so that the user could notice them [with blank spaces instead of numbers] and as a result think something like: "Here goes this issues again- I probably need to wait a little longer and sort them once again if I want to see correct comprehensive results". And if ultra fast drives [M.2] would make such indication displayed for so little time, that it would not be noticeable any more by the user, then a delay of display should be executed in such situation [using SSDs I can still see that lack of calculation for only a split of a second]