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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / ThumbsPlus: Great app, but it could stand to lose weight

« on: 2011-05-27 19:20:00 »

Ah...great ideas.  Thanks for the reply.  As I mentioned in a reply above, I moved over to ThumsPlus when my Linux box went down and I was forced to use my Windows gaming platform for image editing.  In the Linux world, Gthumb is a nice, lightweight editor along the lines of what you're describing, and probably closer to my ideal.  hm...this has me wondering....better check to see if Gthumb has a Windows build...
Thanks.

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / How to keep the database clear of 'Orphans'

« on: 2011-05-27 19:16:23 »

Great!  Thanks for the reply.  Your solution is probably adequate for me, and I'll go ahead and register my copy of TP V.8.  I'm only in the Win world temporarily, while I revive my Linux system which was destroyed by an errant PSU.  When that box is back up, I'll go back to using what I consider to be a near-perfect editing app: Gthumb for Gnome.  If this thing had ThumbsPlus' editing capabilities, it would be absolutely perfect.
--Thanks again!

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / ThumbsPlus: Great app, but it could stand to lose weight

« on: 2011-05-27 04:19:08 »

Hi, Cerious!

  Love your ThumsPlus Pro V8, and I'm considering buying it.  I've followed the program through its various incarnations over the years (I bought it once, years ago, and I'm sure I've lost the reg. key, so I won't even try asking for a free upgrade).  Anyway, I've tried V.8 Pro, and I'd like to ask a quick question or two before buying if I may...
  For me, the chief attraction of the app is its editing functions.
 I definitely do not want or need the database functions. Frankly, it's a mystery to me why they are still included, given the speed and physical memory specs of today's typical home systems. Even though it seems to be designed to do so, I really don't need the app to store a huge, exhaustive thumbnail snapshot of all the
thousands of images on my system between editing sessions, since I
rarely work with more than a few images in one or two directories
at a time, and my system specs are more than adequate for generating thumbnails on the fly when start a session.  So, the questions are these:

1. Is Pro V. 8 the right version for me, or is there a more
lightweight version that leaves out the database bloat but retains
the very useful batch editing capabilities?

2. Is there a way to just switch off the persistent database
thumbnail storage in V. 8 and force the app to read the directory
structure and generate thumbnails on the fly when I point it at a
particular directory?

3. I noticed as I used the app that it retains obsolte directory
references even after i've deleted directories from the system.  This is bizarre.
The program seems to assume that users' systems are more static
than they in fact are.  I have lots of USB sattelite drives and
other virtual devices that I'm constantly mouting, unmounting, hot-swapping....another reason not to try to maintain a big, static database.  Do you have a leaner, more efficient version of your app?

Thanks alot for your time in answering my questions....
cheers