[Digikam-devel] [Bug 167242] thumbnails needs a lot of space compared to the pictures itself

[Mikolaj Machowski]

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------- Additional Comments From mikmach wp pl  2008-07-22 22:31 -------
This is because digiKam follows freedesktop.org .thumbnails standard.

But IMO developers should seriously consider abandoning this for several
reasons:

1. PNG thumbs are too big.
2. Not interlaced images can take long time to load.
3. Standard was written several years ago and covers only files up to
   256 pixels. With modern displays it is too small. Something up to 512
   would be good.
4. .thumbnails directory isn't very useful on other platforms.
5. .thumbnails directory isn't portable itself. If you store your
   collection with database on pluggable disk and switch computers you
   will have to recreate thumbs on new computer.