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- From: sschaem@teleport.com (Stephan Schaem)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.introduction,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: What I want from new Workbench
- Date: 26 Mar 1996 18:48:30 GMT
- Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016
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- Stuart Mackinnon (stuartm@zip.com.au) wrote:
-
- : However, with Win95 explorer it knows exactly what icon corresponds to what
- : extension. For example all ".bat" files will have the same icon. All ".iff" files
- : will have the same icon (which is really annoying if you have ".iff" pictures and
- : ".iff" sounds). Because of this, it can cache all the icons. The only file that it
- : has to actually read an icon from is a ".exe" or ".com". Workbench on the other
- : hand has to load every icon that it shows. Also the icon is loaded into CHIP ram,
- : etc.
-
- Its not a bad idea to have a registred icon from a filename extension,
- its a basis and should be extended (check an extension overide file, also
- if no extension at all go parse the file header). Both the amiga WB and
- win95 have naive system.
-
- : Also, unless you are using AFS, the directory itself will be slower to load due
- : to the nature of FFS.
-
- I wish this was kept to "Slow wb name listing,scrolling VS shell/dir
- manager"
-
- : Your probably also using a faster PC, but that aside, Workbench is doing much
- : more per icon, and that is probably the most inefficient part of Workbench -
- : especially if you are viewing by name.
-
- when you ask to view by name you would expect the list to be build from
- a raw examine...
-
- Stephan
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