Disabling the previewer in Publication Manager

The previewer in the Publication Manager is slow and - to me - offer very little value. I would really appreciate an option to disable it.

Ragnar Branæs

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Peter Stromback over 3 years ago +1

I support this idea. The Previewer is used to some (limited) degree by our writers, but it's irritating to have it loading automatically for when you select the bookmap node in the Content pane or other…
Stacey Meggs over 3 years ago +1

Unfortunately, we have recently received similar reports that our users are also using Task Manager to kill Pub Manager in order to proceed with their work. However, it was our understanding that the preview…
Jeff Hooker 7 months ago +1

The preview feature is fine for topics, but should be disabled by default for maps. It adds no value to the Content pane and frequently makes the desktop dog terribly.

Jeff Hooker 22 days ago in reply to Andriy Zhidko

While any improvement is welcome, does RWS understand that the screen in question already has a map preview in the form of the tree view?

Just let me turn the Map preview OFF. Please.
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Andriy Zhidko 22 days ago

Hi All,

As part of the Tridion Docs 15.2.2 release, the performance for maps preview in Publication Manager has improved.

We removed numbering for topicrefs within the DITA maps preview, which was taking a reasonable amount of processing time.
You can read more in the release post: Tridion Docs 15.2.2 Release: Targeted Performance Improvements
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Ragnar Branæs 1 month ago

This is now a very old post, but unfortunately the problem is still there. We just switched to version 15.2.1, and the previewer is still there. It's just as slow as it used to be, especially if I accidentally select the bookmap on the left side. It seems that I am not the only user that finds this annoying. Maybe RWS can do something about it?
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Jeff Hooker 6 months ago

Just for the heck of it, I made a little video about using the preview: www.youtube.com/watch
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Josh Honomichl 7 months ago

Piling on here.

We are also experiencing significant productivity issues due to the preview feature. While the tool itself is critical, the mandatory rendering on every object selection in Pub Manager creates costly delays.

Each preview can take several seconds to half a minute to render. For our users who handle hundreds of objects daily, this delay accumulates into a major loss of time and money.

We urgently request a way to enable and disable this feature. The preview is essential, but we must have the choice to control when it runs.

josh
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Disabling the previewer in Publication Manager

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