Sharing from Preview via Messages blocks Preview
When I share a picture from Preview via Messages then Preview is blocked while Messages sends. So, if I try to use Preview in that phase it’s unavailable to me and the Preview “blinks”. This is ok if I barely notice it. However, if the internet connection is bad (like sharing the 3G/4G connection from an iPhone 5S with the laptop in a cabin up in a mountain) then Preview hangs or waits for several minutes before it gives up and tells me. I cannot proceed with viewing other pictures in this phase. It’s “formally” the “green” type of blocking (*), but since the solution really blocks all of the machine since viewing pictures was all I was going to do, I’d say it’s almost “red” blocking.
Is this some error or is it by design?
Øyvind Teig, Trondheim, Norway
(*) The "green" and "red" blocking terms I have suggested in a personal blog note at http://www.teigfam.net/oyvind/home/technology/092-not-so-blocking-after-all/#sha ring_from_os_x_preview_with_messages (Disclaimer: I have not economic interest or ads or gifts with any of my blog notes. It's purely a hobby)
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), 512 GB FLASH