Improve delay when displaying fanart on Basichome after returning from plugin

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Improve delay when displaying fanart on Basichome after returning from plugin.

I think this has been raised before but I think something really needs to be 
done as it stops me from using random images on BasicHome as its spoils it 
having to wait when returning from a plugin...currently you can give feedback 
to the user by adding a loading image but thats pretty hacky :)

Have you put any thought's into improving this area? What is actually causing 
the delay if you dont mind me asking?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by damien.haynes@gmail.com on 24 Nov 2010 at 5:42

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Hi,

When MP 1.2 is released I will remove this async loading (the new cache image 
thing will fix this). The reason why I use async loading of images is to make 
the swith back to basichome faster. When I used synchronous loading and users 
had many different random images it took a long time for basichome to open. So 
with synch loading it will work just like multiimage. The async loading that 
fanart handler uses make much faster swithing to basichome. The tradeoff is 
what you describe...

Perhaps I can add an option to the configuration where users can select async 
or sync.. will investigate this.

cheers
cul8er

Original comment by markus_e...@telia.com on 13 Dec 2010 at 6:12

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Hi,

Version 1.4 will contain an option to enable/disable async random image loading.

cheers
cul8er

Original comment by markus_e...@telia.com on 15 Dec 2010 at 7:10

• Changed state: Done