Problems

Problems with SwiftJPEG

This section contains any information on bugs or difficulties connected with SwiftJPEG. Some or all may have been mentioned in passing elsewhere, but they are duplicated here, usually with added detail, to make them easier to find. All fixes or advice gratefully received...

The Display window after Full Screen view

The position of the Display window may change after a Full Screen view, if the window had been dragged partially off screen. This is because the Wimp tries to gather any windows belonging to SwiftJPEG into the visible area of each screen mode that Full Screen uses, even though it leaves all other windows alone. It is apparently not possible to reopen the window partially off the screen again, hence the movement.

Large groups of files in Full Screen mode

After loading a large group of files straight into Full Screen mode, there can be a significant delay upon exiting Full Screen before the Desktop starts to redraw. During this period, the drive light (if present) for whatever device you loaded the pictures from will probably flash erratically. This appears to be a symptom of the way the Filer handles multiple file accesses, and not a bug in SwiftJPEG; whilst all the drive light flashing goes on, SwiftJPEG is not actually running (some other task is/tasks are), and just before this starts the files themselves are not open. This is disconcerting as you can be left with a blank grey screen for a long time, though at least the machine never crashes and the drive light shows it is actually doing something!


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