"Loading high quality preview" message in every image

Report · May 19, 2023

Am I the only one that is endlessly annoyed by Bridge saying "Loading high quality preview" ON TOP OF every selected image? And even not just once? Raw, tiff you name it. If you want to say that, a proper UX designer would put that in some status bar because it's totally irrelevant.

Please note that it's not even loading the full res preview at that point. You have to zoom in for that.

Also, it's brurred first and then becomes sharp (in about half a second). It makes it impossible to back-forth compare images it they don't load properly.

Bridge 8.1 (!!) doesn't suffer Either of those problems so I STILL use that. Version 8.1 loads images instantly at the same resolution as 2023 and without any blur or message on top of the photo. Hail the subscription model.

Report · Apr 02, 2025

(respectful rant ✌)

I guess I am the only one annoyed by it... Or am I the only one getting that text?

Who ever thought placing UNIMPORTANT information on top of the photo you're trying to view was a good idea and why does nobody care?... It makes comparing similar photos an absolute pain. Info like this should be in some progress bar, not obtrusively on the photo. This is so stupid I can not put it into words 😁

Two years later and nothing has changed (latest version). How can someone (well, everyone, appearently) NOT be annoyed by this... How is this still not fixed and how can I not find any other topic on it except my own....

It can sometimes also show "loading", when for example I change the preview size to "embedded". Please Adobe place it in a progress bar, like the one on the bottom. I am so sure this is an extremely easy fix, just like updating some CSS on a website.