# Folders on Top Performance **URL:** \ **Category:** TotalFinder\ **Created:** [April 5, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/folders-on-top-performance/4590 "2016-04-05T14:23:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RaphyRaph](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/raphyraph/32/2343_2.png) [@RaphyRaph](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/RaphyRaph)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/folders-on-top-performance/4590/1 "2016-04-05T14:23:10Z")
Folders on top adds a very noticeable lag every time you access a folder (500 ms or so on a top of the line mbpro). I experience this in column view. Is there any way to optimize this? ---
**Author:** ![darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/darwin/32/2275_2.png) [@darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/darwin)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/folders-on-top-performance/4590/2 "2016-04-05T14:24:54Z")
Can you download and test this version? [http://downloads.binaryage.com/TotalFinder-1.7.14.dmg](http://downloads.binaryage.com/TotalFinder-1.7.14.dmg) I confirm I have introduced some performance degradation in 1.7.11 to fix [sorting issues](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/sorting-issue/4341). ---
**Author:** ![BinarySteve](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/binarysteve/32/1668_2.png) [@BinarySteve](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/BinarySteve)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/folders-on-top-performance/4590/3 "2016-04-05T14:25:46Z")
First! Oh man… ---
**Author:** ![RaphyRaph](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/raphyraph/32/2343_2.png) [@RaphyRaph](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/RaphyRaph)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/folders-on-top-performance/4590/4 "2016-04-05T16:23:49Z")
Thanks for the quick reply. I’m afraid the improvement is marginal with this build. There’s still a pretty noticeable delay. Same goes for column width, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/darwin/32/2275_2.png) [@darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/darwin)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/folders-on-top-performance/4590/5 "2016-04-05T16:37:19Z")
☹ And [http://downloads.binaryage.com/TotalFinder-1.7.10.dmg](http://downloads.binaryage.com/TotalFinder-1.7.10.dmg) is slow as well for you? That was the last version prior my attempts to fix the sorting and introduced some display delays. ---
**Author:** ![RaphyRaph](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/raphyraph/32/2343_2.png) [@RaphyRaph](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/RaphyRaph)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/folders-on-top-performance/4590/6 "2016-04-05T16:53:41Z")
1.7.10 is quite fast, almost no delay, except a bit of a white flash between views (getting rid of that would be great too!). screencap here: [![CloudApp](https://dxc4e0vr313yq.cloudfront.net/production/t/3J1M0f1r3E08/h200 "1.7.10.mov") ](https://cl.ly/3J1M0f1r3E08) ---
**Author:** ![darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/darwin/32/2275_2.png) [@darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/darwin)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/folders-on-top-performance/4590/7 "2016-04-05T16:56:26Z")
Thanks for the testing. I will probably introduce a switch. For people who want 1.7.10 speed and can live with potential folders-on-top sorting issues. I cannot deliver both at this point 😞 ---
**Author:** ![RaphyRaph](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/raphyraph/32/2343_2.png) [@RaphyRaph](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/RaphyRaph)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/folders-on-top-performance/4590/8 "2016-04-05T16:59:11Z")
adding the flashing frame/frame for good measure: [http://cl.ly/090e0W0o0L0l](http://cl.ly/090e0W0o0L0l) ---
**Author:** ![BinarySteve](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/binarysteve/32/1668_2.png) [@BinarySteve](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/BinarySteve)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/folders-on-top-performance/4590/9 "2016-04-06T04:18:44Z")
I’m not sure I see the flashing frame. I see the right most column appear then resize. Is that what you’re referring to? ---
**Author:** ![RaphyRaph](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/raphyraph/32/2343_2.png) [@RaphyRaph](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/RaphyRaph)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/folders-on-top-performance/4590/10 "2016-04-06T05:15:49Z")
**frame 1** previous folder with content **frame 2** new folder selected, column without content (white flash) **frame 3** new folder selected, with content and large column size **frame 4** new folder selected, with content and resized column Ideally, the transition should go from frame 1 to frame 4 directly. At high speed, frame 3 makes it look like the folder contents are “flashing” because it transitions to white before updating.