file sharing painfully slow

[Chris Murphy]

On Mar 22, 2007, at 11:21 AM, LuKreme wrote:

> On 22-Mar-2007, at 06:08, John C. Welch wrote:
>> However, calling the current system "high-order sabotage" is  
>> engaging in
>> just a *bit* of hyperbole.
>
> Consider the source.
>
>> In short, file a bug with Apple. List view's behavior in this case is
>> incorrect. As far as what to do *now*? Column view.
>
> The trouble is Chris wants the icons, he just doesn't want to 1)  
> wait for the file info to transfer 2) use smaller folders 3) use  
> column view.

I do not want the icons.

I do not want to wait 5 minutes for not only the file info to  
transfer or the Finder to be unusable in the interim (anyone  
suggesting that this is a reasonable thing to do has a psychological  
disorder as far as I'm concerned, and I'm not kidding).

Smaller folders it totally impractical given the workflow  
requirements. This is how professional photographers work today and  
want to work. Their tools should not prevent them from working  
efficiently the way they want to work. If the tools don't work, they  
are considered ineffective and will not be used.

Column view is castrated and does not show the data that is needed to  
perform the tasks that need to be performed remotely in the first place.


> See, he wants the benefit of all the metadata (He even mentioned  
> sorting by labels) without actually transferring the metadata  
> information.

NO, I'm saying don't transfer the metadata that is ridiculously  
useless. It's a f'n generic icon. It has zero purpose. There is an  
option in column view to not download or show it, there is no such  
option in list view. I'd suggest first that the architecture is  
flawed, exposed by this particular kind of admittedly unique  
workflow, but a valid one, and one Apple is intent on targeting. But  
second, and in the short term more importantly, list view lacks a  
feature that exists in column view (a variant on list view), and  
that's just plain stupid.

> And this is why in list view it needs all the metadata, because you  
> chose your sort criteria in the list view.  the only way it can  
> sort the list correctly is to examine every element of the list.

It does not require ALL the metadata. It does not require completely  
useless, unimportant, redundant generic icons downloaded. Anyone  
saying that an OS that downloads 1100 copies of an *identical* and  
*generic* (locally available) icon, is a VALID and WORKING design  
element is a raving lunatic. It's just insane to say that's a good idea.


> In short, it's not a bug in the finder, it's a PEBKAC issue.

I will acquiesce it is not a bug. But it is now an exposed design  
flaw, and is a problem that needs to be addressed.


Chris Murphy
Color Remedies (TM)
New York, NY
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