change startup order when importing

Hi

I would like to suggest a speed improvement in Digikam import process. This
is from a user perspective, using KDE.

Suppose Digikam is not started. When I plug a camera or sdcard, the
notification menu suggest to import pictures using Digikam or Gwenview.
Choosing Digikam, I have to wait until Digikam is fully started up. This
startup is slow, because Digikam load a lot of things.
But one just want to display, as fastest as possible, the content of his
camera or sdcard. Actually, when one's want to import pictures, the first
(commonly) needed steps are displaying and browsing pictures, then selecting
the ones you want to import. These steps doesn't need kipi plugins,
database loaded, etc.

Is it feasible to defer the full load of digikam components when it is
launched through import process?

regards,
xavier

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From a user's point of view, that seems a very good idea.
As for myself, I even never have to choose the application as any removable device including images will automatically launch Digikam when being connected (my choice). But the problem is, I need to close Digikam before introducing another card if I don't want to run several instances of the program. ;-)

Marie-Noëlle

2012/11/11 Xavier Brochard <[hidden email]>

Hi

I would like to suggest a speed improvement in Digikam import process. This
is from a user perspective, using KDE.

Suppose Digikam is not started. When I plug a camera or sdcard, the
notification menu suggest to import pictures using Digikam or Gwenview.
Choosing Digikam, I have to wait until Digikam is fully started up. This
startup is slow, because Digikam load a lot of things.
But one just want to display, as fastest as possible, the content of his
camera or sdcard. Actually, when one's want to import pictures, the first
(commonly) needed steps are displaying and browsing pictures, then selecting
the ones you want to import. These steps doesn't need kipi plugins,
database loaded, etc.

Is it feasible to defer the full load of digikam components when it is
launched through import process?

regards,
xavier

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