Hi guys
Using WeBuilder 2010 build 10.0.02.118
When adding an image using the 'Insert Image' function, (when browsing for an image to insert), I have gif and jpg previewing in the insert dialogue, but no png. Since I am leaning more toward png as my standard image format, this isn't going to make things easier. Will png format ever be supported in WeBuilder in this way or is this a limitation of the png format itself?
Cheers.
Dave.
PNG preview when adding images
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Karlis
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Re: PNG preview when adding images
This is more a technical difficulty. Adding png support for this tiny preview would add 0.5 to 1 megabyte tot he size of the product and I am kind of reluctant to do this unless we can find a better solution. A workaround for now would be for you to use thumbnail view in the Open dialog.
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davenz
Re: PNG preview when adding images
Hi Karlis
yes, that could be a workaround, but since I disable thumbnails in order to improve Explorer performance, I can't. I am fine with your reasons for not including it and agree that a whole megabyte to the exe file is quite a price to pay for something that should be so simple. In other words, I'll put up with it until such time as a better solution comes along.
Dave.
yes, that could be a workaround, but since I disable thumbnails in order to improve Explorer performance, I can't. I am fine with your reasons for not including it and agree that a whole megabyte to the exe file is quite a price to pay for something that should be so simple. In other words, I'll put up with it until such time as a better solution comes along.
Dave.
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Re: PNG preview when adding images
In any case, I have reactivated this request and we will try to find a solution.
Off-topic - I did not know that by turning off thumbnails a performance increase can be gained.
Off-topic - I did not know that by turning off thumbnails a performance increase can be gained.
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davenz
Re: PNG preview when adding images
Also off topic:
It probably doesn't matter if you don't have many images, however, Windows creates thumbnail database files for every folder if you have thumbnails enabled, regardless of whether there are images or not in the folder. This is to 'cache' folder/images data so that Explorer will not have to recreate the database every time you open the folder. If you have lots of files and folders, this can cause sluggish performance in Explorer, especially if cleaning programs delete thumbnail database files as part of their cleaning routines (and many do) because these files then have to be recreated, which happens when you next open that folder. Over time things can get messy as well as having thousands of tiny, unnecessary files choking the file system.
When tweaking a machine for better performance, any gains made by changing a single parameter like this are tiny and and performance boost is the sum of many of these small changes, which is why we call them 'tweaks', which in English implies a very small change. This tweak by itself probably makes no perceptible difference, but, coupled with twenty other similar tweaks, you might get a decent (and noticeable) change in system speed.
Then again, you may not; such is the nature of tweaking. It is a personal and often subjective 'art'. What works on one system may not necessarily make any difference on another machine. My 2-year-old AMD 3200 machine with 2 gigs of RAM outperforms many of the machines I build for clients using much higher-spec hardware, most likely due to the various operating system 'improvements' made to it. However, other people' mileage may vary considerably.
Sorry for the off-topic post; Chrisjlocke will probably have a fit before move this somewhere else!
Dave.
It probably doesn't matter if you don't have many images, however, Windows creates thumbnail database files for every folder if you have thumbnails enabled, regardless of whether there are images or not in the folder. This is to 'cache' folder/images data so that Explorer will not have to recreate the database every time you open the folder. If you have lots of files and folders, this can cause sluggish performance in Explorer, especially if cleaning programs delete thumbnail database files as part of their cleaning routines (and many do) because these files then have to be recreated, which happens when you next open that folder. Over time things can get messy as well as having thousands of tiny, unnecessary files choking the file system.
When tweaking a machine for better performance, any gains made by changing a single parameter like this are tiny and and performance boost is the sum of many of these small changes, which is why we call them 'tweaks', which in English implies a very small change. This tweak by itself probably makes no perceptible difference, but, coupled with twenty other similar tweaks, you might get a decent (and noticeable) change in system speed.
Then again, you may not; such is the nature of tweaking. It is a personal and often subjective 'art'. What works on one system may not necessarily make any difference on another machine. My 2-year-old AMD 3200 machine with 2 gigs of RAM outperforms many of the machines I build for clients using much higher-spec hardware, most likely due to the various operating system 'improvements' made to it. However, other people' mileage may vary considerably.
Sorry for the off-topic post; Chrisjlocke will probably have a fit before move this somewhere else!
Dave.