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Re: IrfanView

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Post by Ruthalas »

metadat wrote: post #196
1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"It's not just good, it's way faster than the bloated alternatives." Another shining endorsement of "modern" software development (no, check that... software "engineering") Before I gave up Windows permanently, and that was over 20 years ago, I used this program. The more things "change" the more they stay the same.

Is IRFan Windows-only? Looks like it, too bad, this would be amazing to have on Linux.

If you didn't happen to see it, this is from knighthack's comment above:

"To top it off, IrfanView works beautifully on my Linux via Wine, and also on my Mac M1/M2 machines (and as a tool quicker than even Mac's own Preview). It's a primary install for me, whichever any platform I'm working on; and a software that's truly a gift to the world."

Re: IrfanView

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Post by dean2432 »

AlienRobot wrote: post #52
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 prefer JPEGView on Windows. What do you think is the best alternative for Linux?

I have not found a faster image viewer on Linux than 'feh'. And I've tried a lot.

Re: IrfanView

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Post by albert_e »

nolok wrote: post #173
cellularmitosis wrote: post #85

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As an only occasional windows user, I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing such a list, maybe in a GitHub gist if you find yourself bored one day :)

Each their own, that's mine. Note that this is not a tech user or developper list, but the list of what I install on any new windows pc, including those at work etc ... 7zip (open any archive) VLC (open any audio/video file) IrfanView (+ the "all plugins" installer on the same page, open any picture file) SumatraPDF (read PDFs) Libreoffice (to open any office files) NAPS2 (easy scan, and split/merge/... PDFs) Ditto (…

adding mine

TreeSize (to easily find out what is consuming disk space)

picpick/ shareX (screenshotting with annotationsand autosave)

pdftk (pdf merge, split, crop, interleave(

ffmpeg (video trim, split, re-encode, etc.)

Lossless cut (GUI for ffmpeg trim and extract/add tracks)

OpenShot video editor (when DaVinci Resolve is too much for the job and you need simple edits and effects)

OBS Studio (screen record, stream to youtube)

Re: IrfanView

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Post by nolongerthere »

Ringz wrote: post #232
tauio111 wrote: post #227

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Haven't used Ditto before but I use CopyQ on Linux, at least according to the screenshots of Ditto it appears that CopyQ has been influenced by it

Maccy on MacOS is perfect: https://maccy.app/

I use maccy on my wife’s Mac and don’t love it, maybe it’s bec I’m still not comfortable with Mac keyboard shortcuts or maybe it’s just the UI, but there’s something about it that feels less baked than ditto.

Re: IrfanView

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Post by Semaphor »

cellularmitosis wrote: post #85
Semaphor wrote: post #70

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Still a part of the standard software I install on every new install.

As an only occasional windows user, I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing such a list, maybe in a GitHub gist if you find yourself bored one day :)

This is my list, but it’s pretty opinionated and is missing some pieces: Backblaze Backupper, Canon CaptureOnTouch, YNAB CLassic, and GPSoft’s Directory Opus

https://gist.github.com/Christoph-Wagner/c26ee84105edd12b4d3...

Re: IrfanView

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Post by jjbinx007 »

albert_e wrote: post #243
nolok wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Each their own, that's mine. Note that this is not a tech user or developper list, but the list of what I install on any new windows pc, including those at work etc ... 7zip (open any archive) VLC (open any audio/video file) IrfanView (+ the "all plugins" installer on the same page, open any picture file) SumatraPDF (read PDFs) Libreoffice (to open any office files) NAPS2 (easy scan, and split/merge/... PDFs) Ditto (…

adding mine TreeSize (to easily find out what is consuming disk space) picpick/ shareX (screenshotting with annotationsand autosave) pdftk (pdf merge, split, crop, interleave( ffmpeg (video trim, split, re-encode, etc.) Lossless cut (GUI for ffmpeg trim and extract/add tracks) OpenShot video editor (when DaVinci Resolve is too much for the job and you need simple edits and effects) OBS Studio (screen record, stream t…

Wiztree is a good alternative to Tree size, it's almost instantaneous

Re: IrfanView

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Post by Semaphor »

AlienRobot wrote: post #189
Semaphor wrote: post #77

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Just saw this mentioned above, might as well ask here: why? It looks to only support a small fraction of features.

It opens instantly. It shows just the image by default (no toolbars, scroll bars, menu bars, or status bars). I can disable linear interpolation with F3 and show width/height of an image with F2. It zooms with the scroll wheel, pans by dragging, and it lets me go to the next, previous, first, and last image of a directory instantly, and doing that won't resize the window. I suppose the key difference is that some peo…

> I suppose the key difference is

Not really the difference in context of IrfanView which is also just an image viewer.

I tried JpegView, but it’s lacking several features I use in IV, and stuff I commonly do in IV is harder to do, so for me IV is a clear and easy winner. Performance is a little better, but not in a way I’d actually care about (mainly superfast skipping through images is slightly faster)

Re: IrfanView

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Post by dewey »

justin66 wrote: post #178
vrinsd wrote: post #117

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If it's for non-commercial use, you might find this a spritual equivalent, cross-platform: https://www.xnview.com/en/xnviewmp/

This comment is baffling. Just so you know, the IrfanView license requires commercial users to pay for a license, just like XnView does. Apparently that's... bad?

How did the comment in any way make it sound bad?

Re: IrfanView

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Post by jsmith99 »

knighthack wrote: post #81

I've been using IrfanView since at least 1997, if not earlier in 1996. I still use IrfanView to this day. It's my Swiss knife for a lot of simple photo editing work (cropping, resizing, padding, text-adding, etc), batch-processing, and for browsing single photos through directories. It's not just good, it's way faster than the bloated alternatives. To top it off, IrfanView works beautifully on my Linux via Wine, and…

> It's not just good, it's way faster than the bloated alternatives.

I use Faststone, what am I missing?

Re: IrfanView

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Post by Ringz »

nolongerthere wrote: post #244
Ringz wrote: post #232

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maccy on MacOS is perfect: https://maccy.app/

I use maccy on my wife’s Mac and don’t love it, maybe it’s bec I’m still not comfortable with Mac keyboard shortcuts or maybe it’s just the UI, but there’s something about it that feels less baked than ditto.

I don’t know ditto but on maccy it’s just the paste shortcut (for the last copy) plus a number (if you need an older copy). Could it be easier?
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