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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Folder previes in Dolphin
From:       Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad () users ! sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2008-11-22 2:04:44
Message-ID: gg7pbs$qp0$1 () ger ! gmane ! org
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Robert Knight wrote:
>> - which 4 from n pictures should be used as preview?
> 
> That could get quite interesting.  The simple thing would be to pick 4
> images at random.  A better approach
> would be to rank the images based on some simple metrics and make previews
> for the 4 highest-scoring ones:
> 
> - Aspect ratio (where a high score is given to images with a typical
> photo aspect
> ratio like 4:3 and a low score to very thin or very wide images)
> - Date of last modification (higher score for recently modified images)
> - Size (higher score for larger images)

I vote, first, for the preview being something that won't change unless 
the folder's contents change. That said, taking the newest item, along 
with other items scattered evenly 'back in time' seems like a good metric.

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Matthew
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