Obviously the debate rages on about how much “editing” a photo viewer can offer before it’s not longer a viewer but a dedicated editing tool.įor me, Allan’s mockups strike the perfect balance. There’s also a simple colour picker, and on-screen, always-visible undo/redo buttons. These edit tools include a paintbrush, highlights, rectangle, arrow, and a text tool. Remember: a LOT of GNOME mockups changed dramatically between their conception and their implementation, and an even greater number still never became anything at all - so keep it in mind! An image viewer that does more
I know, I know: it’s obvious to state, right? But some readers do skim straight to the images, then post ’em elsewhere with a rant, all under the assumption it’s of real, working code or a concrete-set design that can’t be changed. Don’t get angry about what you see, and don’t get too attached to how things looks. Nothing shown here is final there’s no committed code, nothing to try out, and no guarantee that what you see will ever end up somewhere you can use it. The mockups you see in this post are mockups. GNOME design genius Allan Day has recently revised his mockups for a more comprehensive GNOME image “previewing” experience.īefore we look at why his proposals have a dork like me excited, I need to throw a big red disclaimer in your general vicinity: Ubuntu still uses an image viewer that doesn’t offer all of the features that rival operating systems do (yes, even the ChromeOS image viewer can do more out-of-the-box). macOS 10.11.6 (64bit) El Capitan: Lazarus 1.9.0 carbon trunk, FPC 3.0.Back in 2019 I opined that Ubuntu needs a better image viewer than the one it currently offers (which is Eye of GNOME, if you didn’t know, a core GNOME app).Īlas, that hasn’t happened yet.$ ImageViewer -i 2 -f on -o on -e off C:\Users\\Pictures\Wallpapers\ Specify window should stay on top (default off): Specify a moniter to show fullscreen slideshow (default 0 is the main moniter): Load pictures in the sub folders as well when manually open a picture (default on): Picture stretch Out (fit to window/screen when the size is smaller than window/screen. Picture stretch In (fit to window/screen when the size is bigger than window/screen. Slideshow transitional effect (default on): Slideshow start fullscreen (default off):
Slideshow interval in seconds (default 4 seconds): Image Viewer can be also launched via command-line, meaning other applications or scripts can launch Image Viewer with following options. Windowless View (with slideshow) on macOS
Windowless View (with slideshow) on Windows 10 Image Viewer can be launched by (1) double clicking the executable and selecting image files or (2) selecting image files or folders in the explorer, and using “send to” feature in Windows explorer (create “shortcut” file and place it to “shell:sendto” folder) or (3) command-line.
Simple, minimum, yet configurable photo viewer/slideshow/digital signage software for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Introduction Image viewer/slideshow (Windows/Linux/Mac)
Simple Image Viewer A cross-platform, simple and minimum, yet configurable photo viewer/slideshow/digital signage app for Windows, Linux, and Mac.