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The slide show has some great features, but it could quite easily be so much better. It seems like this part of the system hasn't had the attention it deserves. It has some annoyances that make it pretty much unusable for more than say 60 photos. Here are my suggestions.
Issue 1. Can't easily jump around. Example. Start a slideshow of 250 pictures. Try to jump forward to around 200 pictures from the start. The only way I can see to do this is to click on the Jump button at the top, giving a list of filenames. Even on my quite large screen I only see about 60 listed. So I press the arrow at the bottom. It takes a very long time. Now try to jump back to slide 200. Same again - the pulldown list isn't centred on where you currently are.
Ideas to address issue 1 (best to do all of these):
1. See solution to issue 2 below, that would help hugely - perhaps the best answer.
2. Allow PgUp and PgDn keys to make the pulldown list jump up or down by say 25 pictures.
3. Allow PgUp and PgDn keys during the slideshow to jump say 25 pictures back or forward.
4. Make the pulldown list go across to fill multiple columns across the whole screen.
5. Make the Jump pulldown list put the current photo halfway down the list, so you can easily jump about 20 pictures backward or forward.
Issue 2. Can't start/restart a slide show in the middle. You should be able to select a thumbnail, press Ctrl+S, and have it start the slideshow and instantly jump to the picture that is selected. And if you exit a slideshow, it could exit with the current thumbnail picture selected. In fact this would also provide a useful solution of a sort to issue 1 above.
Issue 3. During the slideshow the Down key should do the same as the Right key, and the Up key should do the same as the Left key. At the moment they do nothing.
Issue 4. Are there keyboard equivalents to Pause, Play, Jump, etc - i.e. all the buttons at the top? I can't find them. If not there should be.
I do hope you find these suggestions helpful. I'm sure many people would like a really good slideshow program.
