On Tuesday, December 21, 2010, François K. wrote: > Is this a good solution ? I think I'm missing something because I'm still > downloading the file and, for what I understand, kioslaves should allow me > to avoid that.
kio just provides access to data, with a uniform API for both the local and remote case. it doesn't provide a magic way to actually process data on a remote machine. > Is there a way to load the file and build a QIcon without > downloading it first ? kio operates locally; there is no server side to it. so, no. it needs to access the data (which in the remote case means sending it over the network) and then it can process it. you can do things to help, such as cache the results so they aren't re-downloaded every time the application starts. at least KIO is out-of-process so your application can do this async. > What about performances if I have hundreds of files > and load them from a remote source ? it'll take a while; nothing can short circuit the minimum amount of work involved in getting the information from point A to point B. the best thing you could probably do is to ensure that on the remote source there is an application which processes the files there and sends something minimal across. that's probably not an option, though :) -- Aaron J. Seigo humru othro a kohnu se GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 KDE core developer sponsored by Qt Development Frameworks
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