Is there any way to make the QuickViewer start and load faster? I have started not using it. Say I have a simple 31kb jpg file. I have my quickview set to load in the other panel (the whole panel). Then I click the quick-view button in my splitter bar. The panel flickers, turns completely white, flashes a few times while the default quickview toolbar appears and dissappears, and finally it is displayed.
My option is set to have the toolbar always visible, and the quickviewer is NOT visible in my taskbar.
With the quickviewer open, switching between jpgs is very slow. Even switching between txt files is slow. This should work *very* fast for it to be of use.
Now, if I use the "external" viewer it IS fast, like we would want it. I think the hangup is in getting FC to temporarily use the file panel as a quick viewer.
QuickView Speed Too Slow
QuickView Speed Too Slow
(Windows 10-1909 Professional 64bit)
Re: QuickView Speed Too Slow
Try to open the quick viewer and right click on the quick viewer caption. Open the quick viewer settings and check the option "Use fast loading for jpg".With the quickviewer open, switching between jpgs is very slow.
I have defined small delay (400 ms) for scrolling in the file list.Even switching between txt files is slow.
You could try to change/define the delay in the freecommander.ini [Form] section:
StatusBarTimerInterval=300
The min value is 100 ms.
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Thanks, Marek.
I set it to StatusBarTimerInterval=100 (if anyone does this, you have to make the edit with FC closed, I think), and it does, indeed speed up the file-switching.
As for loading, the "Use fast loading for jpgs" doesn't seem to make much difference on loading the file. The quickview panel still flickers and flashes whilst it loads the quickviewer in place of the folder browser. After that is over, however, the option doesn't make the file load any faster. I'd say it takes about 2.5 to 3 seconds to load a the quickviewer. Once it is loaded, with the interval decreased, cycling through images and files is nice. But loading the quickviewer is not nice.
I set it to StatusBarTimerInterval=100 (if anyone does this, you have to make the edit with FC closed, I think), and it does, indeed speed up the file-switching.
As for loading, the "Use fast loading for jpgs" doesn't seem to make much difference on loading the file. The quickview panel still flickers and flashes whilst it loads the quickviewer in place of the folder browser. After that is over, however, the option doesn't make the file load any faster. I'd say it takes about 2.5 to 3 seconds to load a the quickviewer. Once it is loaded, with the interval decreased, cycling through images and files is nice. But loading the quickviewer is not nice.
(Windows 10-1909 Professional 64bit)
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Could you please maybe send me your freecommander.ini?The quickview panel still flickers and flashes whilst it loads the quickviewer in place of the folder browser. After that is over, however, the option doesn't make the file load any faster. I'd say it takes about 2.5 to 3 seconds to load a the quickviewer.
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No problem for me with your freecommander.ini. The quick viewer is opened fast and without flickers for me (Win7/64).
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OK, I have tested now the quick viewer on Win XP.
It opens not so fast as on Win 7 and I can see flicker ( not 2.5 to 3 seconds but maybe 1 second).
Someone else with XP?
It opens not so fast as on Win 7 and I can see flicker ( not 2.5 to 3 seconds but maybe 1 second).
Someone else with XP?
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Y'all, I don't know if it makes any difference, but I have my quickview set to:
open in the opposite panel,
and
take the up entire panel - that is, I move the splitter all the way to the top.
I can see where FC would have to figure out what to do with the underlying folder-panel; maybe that is causing the flickering.
What about adding an option in the settings for quickview for using the "entire" opposite panel for the quickview. This option would entirely deactivate the folder viewer whilst the quickviewer is active - kind of like the way the old FC2009 did it (I liked that). It might speed up the loading of the quickviewer, too, since it now doesn't have to figure out where to put the folder-navigator.
open in the opposite panel,
and
take the up entire panel - that is, I move the splitter all the way to the top.
I can see where FC would have to figure out what to do with the underlying folder-panel; maybe that is causing the flickering.
What about adding an option in the settings for quickview for using the "entire" opposite panel for the quickview. This option would entirely deactivate the folder viewer whilst the quickviewer is active - kind of like the way the old FC2009 did it (I liked that). It might speed up the loading of the quickviewer, too, since it now doesn't have to figure out where to put the folder-navigator.
(Windows 10-1909 Professional 64bit)
Re: QuickView Speed Too Slow
I hope, I have found the problem - fixed for the release 594.
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Here the Quick Viewer opens fast and without any flickers on XP SP3 
I say, what a day...
Re: QuickView Speed Too Slow
Marek, whilst awaiting the next beta, I tried the quickviewer with all the lister extensions disable, and it still flickers. So I tried it with the panel at half-mast and saw something else that might be a clue. For my test, I am loading a 500kb text file without using any lister plugins.
I set the quickview anchored to the bottom of the panel, and move the quickview splitter to halfway. When I toggle on the quickview, the entire panel is blanked out and then re-rendered - the top half as a folder-pane and the bottom as the quickviewer as it ought. So there is the flicker - where the entire panel is blanked out before anything is re-rendered inside of it. But to add to the flicker, the quickview first puts up its white background, *then* its toolbar gets rendered. I can actually see a small amount of time where the panel is open and before the toolbar exists. The text from the file seems to display along with the toolbar.
So, first you get the overall blanking-out, then the rendering of the quickview back-colour, then the quickview toolbar with the file contents.
And, if I push the quickview toggle in the splitter bar twice in a row too fast, I get an application exception. I'll send the report for you.
I set the quickview anchored to the bottom of the panel, and move the quickview splitter to halfway. When I toggle on the quickview, the entire panel is blanked out and then re-rendered - the top half as a folder-pane and the bottom as the quickviewer as it ought. So there is the flicker - where the entire panel is blanked out before anything is re-rendered inside of it. But to add to the flicker, the quickview first puts up its white background, *then* its toolbar gets rendered. I can actually see a small amount of time where the panel is open and before the toolbar exists. The text from the file seems to display along with the toolbar.
So, first you get the overall blanking-out, then the rendering of the quickview back-colour, then the quickview toolbar with the file contents.
And, if I push the quickview toggle in the splitter bar twice in a row too fast, I get an application exception. I'll send the report for you.
(Windows 10-1909 Professional 64bit)
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With the new FC 594, I tried the QuickViewer on some text files over a network share. I still get the flicker, albeit it seems to be a bit faster, but still fast enough to be "nice". Obviously, it is faster without any plugins.
If I use the synplus plugin, it seems like it has to reload the entire viewer or the entire plugin when I switch files.
If I use the synplus plugin, it seems like it has to reload the entire viewer or the entire plugin when I switch files.
(Windows 10-1909 Professional 64bit)
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