Hi there,
First off: Thank you for a great application. I enjoy using darktable
very much, and I feel that (with the latest 3.8) it got both better and
faster on my machine. Thank you! :-)
I have a feature request, though. If it is already implemented, then
maybe I need a pointer to a place in the documentation :-D But, the
request is: The ability (within lighttable mode) to enable preload /
pre-caching of full previews.
To put some more words on my work situation: When I am culling images in
lighttable mode, I go to full preview mode (shortcut 'w' or 'f') and
flick through the images. Whenever darktable encounters a "new" image,
it takes a second to render a full screen preview (or more if I have
already done some edits). It then caches it so the next time (within
same session) I show that image, it is shown immediately. This delay,
however, is a bit annoying when I flick through the images for
comparison. I therefor often find myself scrolling fast 10 to 20 images
ahead, triggering a preview-generation, for then to go back to "start"
and actually viewing the images.
I would love it, if i did not have to do the little scroll back and
forth dance, but that darktable would just start generating previews
whenever I went into full preview mode.
I know there are some open questions (How many previews to generate?
What happens if the cached images hits the cache limit? What then when
you zoom in on a photo?) which I would be happy to discuss, but first
step would be to check in whether a) I am the only one with this
request? b) Is this already implemented (and I just haven't found the
feature)?
BR
Jørn
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