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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Folder previes in Dolphin
From:       "Jesse L. Zamora" <xtremek2008 () aim ! com>
Date:       2008-11-16 23:11:31
Message-ID: 200811161811.31573.xtremek2008 () aim ! com
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On Sunday 16 November 2008 17:50:42 Diederik van der Boor wrote:
> Op Sunday 16 November 2008 19:30:19 Peter Penz schreef:
> > > This is KIO who does all this. I have been thinking on this issue for
> > > some time (and some time ago). This is *NOT* trivial at all.
> >
> > I agree: doing this right is very tricky...
>
> Agreed
>
> I do like to note that Windows XP has been doing previews like this for
> quite a while now.The mockup is in fact a literal copy of the way Windows
> XP provides previews for picture folders.
>
> Vista has taken a different approach, I couldn't find a good screenshot,
> but this will give you an idea:
> 
> http://images.tomshardware.com/2007/01/23/countdown_to_windows_vista/vista-
> explorer.jpg
> A few files of the folder are displayed inside the folder sleeve. I'm not
> sure how usable this approach is though, as I haven't used Vista that
> intensively.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Diederik
>
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That's one reason WHY I want to do it, other than the fact that is greatly 
would improve usability.
 
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