Comment 4 for bug 2012979

"I have long thought the second option should be the default behavior but in the past there was some pushback about changing it."

I agree with you on this.

"To improve performance in an environment with a large number of images, a different approach will be needed."

Also agreed. If folks are divided on whether the current method should be kept or a more direct approach is better, perhaps this could be a configurable method, giving folks the choice to pick one over the other.

Thanks for pursuing this. Please let me know if you need more information.