[Qgis-developer] Deactivate raster icon generation by default

[Anita Graser]

+1 for "off" by default.



On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A discussion on the german fossgis-user group revealed that generating
> raster previews slows down raster loading a lot. Esp. for VRT raster
> catalogs.
>
> Can we set this setting (Settings -> Options -> Canvas and Legend ->
> Create Raster Icons (may be slow)) to off by default for new users?
>
> I think performance is much more important than raster icons in the
> legend. In >90% cases you cannot see a think in these small raster icons
> anyway. Also, a new user would not have the idea to turn this particular
> setting off to speed up raster loading. Even I was not aware of it.
>
> Thanks,
> Andreas
>
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