Thumbnail managing standard

[Carsten Pfeiffer]

On Monday 29 April 2002 23:24, Malte Starostik wrote:

> Looks interesting. The problem with QImage is that in theory it supports
> all KIO::PreviewJob needs via QImage::text() and QImage::setText(), but in
> Qt 3.0.x the PNG reader just doesn't read those chunks from the file in
> non-progressive mode. How fast is KFMI? I still tend to prefer a plain
> QImage approach though since in case the thumbnail is up to date (which is
> determined from those tags), then we have the needed QImage already. Also,
> it would fit well together with the corresponding setText() calls when
> creating the thumbnails. Oh well, guess I'll give KFMI a try.

Of course, as you need QImage in any case, preferring that over an additional 
layer (KFMI) is obvious. I just suggested it, so KDE 3.0.1 could support the 
new standard, without waiting for Qt 3.1.

Cheers
Carsten Pfeiffer