So many copies of images
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Nimit
Joined: 2012-01-18
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Posted: Wed, 2012-01-18 13:29
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Hey, I want to contribute to this Open Source project. I was going through the files that are created when we create a new album on Gallery. There are 3 copies of all the images. One in the album folder, one in thumbs and one in resizes. Can you please explain, why is it so? |
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One for each size of image displayed. Thumbnail, resized version and full-size original (though this can get edited if you rotate, but can be kept if you use the 3rd party "Keep Originals" module)
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Why can't simply keep a single image and show it in required sizes using the width and height attributes of img?
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Lets say you have a bunch (20+) of 4+ meg images in an album. Why would we deliver 80+ megs of images when the user might only want to see some of the thumbnails?
This is standard practice to help with download times and bandwidth usage.
Dave
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okay! Didn't think of that!