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<blockquote data-quote="Brownard" data-source="post: 1250879" data-attributes="member: 48291">[USER=163222]@Digsy[/USER] [USER=74879]@HTPCSourcer[/USER] [USERGROUP=39]@Developers[/USERGROUP] [USERGROUP=40]@Testers[/USERGROUP] Following [USER=163222]@Digsy[/USER] 's report <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/bug-and-problem-reports.135865/page-11#post-1249491" target="_blank">here</a>, I have reworked the way the busy screen works so that it is automatically displayed after the busy timeout, whereas before it was only displayed if there was some subsequent user input after the timeout. You might see the busy cursor a lot more but it should make for a better user experience. The timeout is currently set at 1 second but can be easily tweaked if required.I have also improved the performance when entering the settings screen, particularly from remote clients. Previously it was loading every setting which caused a big spike in calls to the server, it now only loads the minimum settings required to determine which sections to display and lazily loads the rest when needed.If you want to test on a current 2.2 install:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Close the client</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Take a backup of the Configuration, ConfigurationManager and SkinEngine plugins in the client plugin directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MP2-Client\Plugins)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Replace with the versions in the attached zip below</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Restart the client</li>
</ul><a href="https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-2/tree/MP2-772_MP2-773_Improve_configuration_loading_and_busy_screen" target="_blank">Branch</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brownard, post: 1250879, member: 48291"] [USER=163222]@Digsy[/USER] [USER=74879]@HTPCSourcer[/USER] [USERGROUP=39]@Developers[/USERGROUP] [USERGROUP=40]@Testers[/USERGROUP] Following [USER=163222]@Digsy[/USER] 's report [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/bug-and-problem-reports.135865/page-11#post-1249491']here[/URL], I have reworked the way the busy screen works so that it is automatically displayed after the busy timeout, whereas before it was only displayed if there was some subsequent user input after the timeout. You might see the busy cursor a lot more but it should make for a better user experience. The timeout is currently set at 1 second but can be easily tweaked if required. I have also improved the performance when entering the settings screen, particularly from remote clients. Previously it was loading every setting which caused a big spike in calls to the server, it now only loads the minimum settings required to determine which sections to display and lazily loads the rest when needed. If you want to test on a current 2.2 install: [LIST] [*]Close the client [*]Take a backup of the Configuration, ConfigurationManager and SkinEngine plugins in the client plugin directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MP2-Client\Plugins) [*]Replace with the versions in the attached zip below [*]Restart the client [/LIST] [URL='https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-2/tree/MP2-772_MP2-773_Improve_configuration_loading_and_busy_screen']Branch[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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