Enhancement Request: Cover download: Compare with current cover

[ownedbycats]

Calibre 5.10.1

Adding a context menu option to the cover downloader to view a downloaded cover side-by-side with the existing one (similar to 'review downloaded metadata' but hopefully with the option to view full size) would be useful for, well, comparing a downloaded cover with an existing one.

Thank you!

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

What cover downloader? If you mean the download cover button in the edit
metadata dialog, it already shows you both the current and all
candidate covers.

 status incomplete

[ownedbycats (ownedbycats)]

Yes, the download cover button.

I've attached a screenshot to show what I mean. It's difficult to compare the full-size of a downloaded cover with the original when all you can see is the thumbnail. Also, depending on how many covers are found (20 here) the original cover may not even be visible!

thank you again.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Why would one want to compare only with the original?? What if you want
to compare two of the downloaded candidates, to pick between them? Sadly
because of limitations in Qt it is not possible to popup more than
single full size cover widget at a time, so you have to compare them at
full size serially.

 status wontfix