GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 154778
unecessary icon updates for changing files
Last modified: 2005-02-04 11:39:58 UTC
A file with known MIME type switch to "thinking.../clock" icon upon a file write. For example when downloading something, where the file is constantly written to, icon switches between mpeg (in this case) and clock icon. Just showing the latest known mime type icon would be better. Different programs may handle downloading of files differently, but try downloading something with firefox to the desktop.
is it refreshing the thumbnail or is that a different issue ?
This happens to all icons, not just thumbnailed mime types. The issue is that if a file is written/touched the icon turns into hourglass/clock icon thingy while the mime scan takes place. Take the file "Little Richard - Tutti Frutti.ogg" for example. Nautilus displays an ogg icon. $ touch "Little Richard - Tutti Frutti.ogg" icon turns into busy/clock icon for a second, and then back to ogg. That's it. I usually don't touch files like that, but it could be annoying having a flashing icon on the desktop while downloading for example (if the file is written to every few seconds). Proposed solution: Don't update icon until the mime scan is complete
in fact that's the same issue as for the thumbnails, there is some bugs open about this. Nautilus should not keep refreshing a file in download. I'm marking it as a dup of #107418
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 107418 ***