Bug 218365

Summary: show icon thumbs when loaded and not only after all were read
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: S. Burmeister <sven.burmeister>
Component: Import-IconViewAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: caulier.gilles
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 1.0.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 2.1.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description S. Burmeister 2009-12-12 10:30:08 UTC 
Version:           1.0.0 (using KDE 4.3.4)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    openSUSE RPMs

If I attach my camera via USB 2.0 and open it in digikam the camera GUI stays empty, i.e. no pictures are shown. If I use iotop I see that digikam reads 5 MB/s for a few minutes before it starts to display any pictures.

I think it would be better if the images that were already read would be shown instantly otherwise the user might get the impression that digikam hangs.

There is not a progress-bar either, just a small block moving from left to right which does not give any feedback as to what is going on or how long it is going to take.
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2009-12-12 10:36:12 UTC 
This is a dupplicate. There is already an entry in bugzilla about this subject...

Gilles Caulier
Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2011-07-29 15:52:14 UTC 
In 2.1.0, thumbnails are loaded on the fly. Connection to camera is very fast now.

Gilles Caulier