08-25-2004, 09:41 PM -
Hey, Yuri -- take a look at this:
so, below are two images. one is a set of files as displayed on my start menu with "expand my documents" selected. the other is what the same files look like in TLB's virtual folder listing set to "small icons" and "text menu" in "1 column".
a few differences are noticable:
1. the TLB version uses a lot more blank space, which is unnecessary. it also adds a vertical gray bar, which isn't necessary. is there a way to change these things?
2. the TLB version has a fixed menu width, rather than automatically adapting like the explorer menu to whatever the file name length is.
3. the TLB one, even with "background load" checked, takes much longer than the explorer version. setting it to "auto-arrange" is even slower.
4. the TLB menu, when there are more icons than vertical space on the screen, scrolls much more slowly than the explorer version. this is a problem for laptop users whose video adapters run more slowly on batteries than on AC power.
so, my question is: can you fix the TLB views to look more like the explorer ones, and to perform faster?
perhaps you can simply add an option to display virtual folders using whatever procedure explorer uses, rather than the TLB one? this would be useful for virtual folders that don't incorporate plugins or background pictures, and don't need special handling by a program like TLB.
thanks.
so, below are two images. one is a set of files as displayed on my start menu with "expand my documents" selected. the other is what the same files look like in TLB's virtual folder listing set to "small icons" and "text menu" in "1 column".
a few differences are noticable:
1. the TLB version uses a lot more blank space, which is unnecessary. it also adds a vertical gray bar, which isn't necessary. is there a way to change these things?
2. the TLB version has a fixed menu width, rather than automatically adapting like the explorer menu to whatever the file name length is.
3. the TLB one, even with "background load" checked, takes much longer than the explorer version. setting it to "auto-arrange" is even slower.
4. the TLB menu, when there are more icons than vertical space on the screen, scrolls much more slowly than the explorer version. this is a problem for laptop users whose video adapters run more slowly on batteries than on AC power.
so, my question is: can you fix the TLB views to look more like the explorer ones, and to perform faster?
perhaps you can simply add an option to display virtual folders using whatever procedure explorer uses, rather than the TLB one? this would be useful for virtual folders that don't incorporate plugins or background pictures, and don't need special handling by a program like TLB.
thanks.