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Re: IrfanView

#31

Post by monocasa » Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 5:53 PM UTC

codetrotter wrote: post #30

instagraham wrote: post #12

Why are most comments referring to having used this in the past tense? I was under the impression that it was still the best image viewer in town, on Windows at least

For me it’s because I haven’t run Windows for ages

I've run it via wine for probably close to twenty years now.

Re: IrfanView

#32

Post by NelsonMinar » Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 5:58 PM UTC

4MB to download the installer, back in the days when programs just did the thing they did and didn't include runtimes for entire virtual environments.

Re: IrfanView

#33

Post by Saris » Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 5:59 PM UTC

instagraham wrote: post #12

Why are most comments referring to having used this in the past tense? I was under the impression that it was still the best image viewer in town, on Windows at least

The built in photos app is quite good now, although it can't open apple heif files yet.

Re: IrfanView

#34

Post by anta40 » Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 6:03 PM UTC

IrfanView is one of my "must to have apps", going back to Win 98. For simple image editing (resizing, cropping etc) and batch processing, it's though to beat.

Now I mostly work on macOS, and miss it. I guess XnView is close enough.

Re: IrfanView

#35

Post by Rinzler89 » Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 6:03 PM UTC

NelsonMinar wrote: post #32

4MB to download the installer, back in the days when programs just did the thing they did and didn't include runtimes for entire virtual environments.

An average PC also had 64-256MB of RAM instead of 8-32GB.

Re: IrfanView

#36

Post by shzhdbi09gv8ioi » Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 6:04 PM UTC

instagraham wrote: post #12

Why are most comments referring to having used this in the past tense? I was under the impression that it was still the best image viewer in town, on Windows at least

I used to use irfranview for many years, but I rarely ever use Windows anymore. I recently started to use oculante [1] for image viewer because its cross os. Before that, I used imv on Linux and xee on macOS.

1: https://github.com/woelper/oculante

Re: IrfanView

#37

Post by Rinzler89 » Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 6:05 PM UTC

Saris wrote: post #33

instagraham wrote: post #12

Why are most comments referring to having used this in the past tense? I was under the impression that it was still the best image viewer in town, on Windows at least

The built in photos app is quite good now, although it can't open apple heif files yet.

It should with the Microsoft HEIF plugin: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pmmsr1cgpwg?hl=en-us

Re: IrfanView

#38

Post by donatj » Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 6:05 PM UTC

That’s a name I have not heard in a long while. I used to use it back on Windows 95 because it was a faster way to view JPEGs than opening Internet Explorer. Everything about that makes me feel old.

Re: IrfanView

#39

Post by bxparks » Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 6:06 PM UTC

For quick cropping, rescaling, and batch processing, this is the BEST image editor on Linux (using Wine of course).

Re: IrfanView

#40

Post by Saris » Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 6:07 PM UTC

Rinzler89 wrote: post #37

Saris wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The built in photos app is quite good now, although it can't open apple heif files yet.

It should with the Microsoft HEIF plugin: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pmmsr1cgpwg?hl=en-us

Thanks! Good to know.