From 3cc6256ea5c52609268a78be99c6b0d7c7debf47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean-Philip Desjardins Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 08:01:46 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update UI design with scanning strategies. --- UiDesign.md | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/UiDesign.md b/UiDesign.md index fb33382df..b654be37e 100644 --- a/UiDesign.md +++ b/UiDesign.md @@ -12,7 +12,17 @@ The screen must display games as a list of boxes. - Scanning process - -Full scan vs Startup Scan? +There are two separate scanning processes. A full scan and a startup scan. + +-- Full scan -- + +A full scan goes through all potential locations on the system to find any bootable that might be present. + +-- Startup scan -- + +The startup scan only goes through directories where games have been found before. This scanning strategy +is used to improve the application's starting time while allowing new bootables to be discovered at places +where the user is most likely to place them. .nomedia files