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again, seeking a good image browser
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 9:07 am
by choo-chee
is it just me or ACDSEE classic 32 is the fastest and best?
no matter what I try (I challenge you all to find me something I didn't), they are too slow, too heavy, too ugly ...
can it be that this 20 year old app is still the best for fast browsing of jpg, tif, tga, png and psd ?!?!
it's fast when browsing networked locations while others just fail there.
it allows drag n drop from it's window to photoshop.
and it's small !
can it be ?!?!
I want a better one only because of the way it displays some images like iff and transparent png...
but there is none !?
Re: again, seeking a good image browser
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 7:40 pm
by Mihai
I'm still using XnView. Plenty fast for me...
Re: again, seeking a good image browser
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 8:12 am
by choo-chee
tried it before. not as fast as ACDSee and icons are so childish and colorful I can't decide what to click ...
Re: again, seeking a good image browser
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 8:48 am
by eric nixon
Acdsee pro 5, is very stable here on xp64.. many other versions were buggy..
Re: again, seeking a good image browser
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 12:06 pm
by tom
Re: again, seeking a good image browser
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 12:09 pm
by choo-chee
I don't like irfan ...
there was a program by a group called Fcoder- "ibrowser" but it's not running well on newer windows.
Re: again, seeking a good image browser
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 12:27 pm
by Fernando Tella
FastStone Image Viewer:
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
It's ok looking and fast. The drawback is it doesn't open HDRI's, I think.
Re: again, seeking a good image browser
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 12:33 pm
by choo-chee
I know all this. fastone didn't handle well with my network....
Re: again, seeking a good image browser
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 12:39 pm
by Fernando Tella
I haven't tried this:
http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/
But codec pack to open hdr, exr, tga, costs 10$
I have to say I no longer use image browsers, just windows image viewer or explore other kind of files from Photoshop or Gimp.
Re: again, seeking a good image browser
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 12:53 pm
by choo-chee
tested it. still no match to old ACDSee.
Re: again, seeking a good image browser
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 1:02 pm
by tom
choo-chee wrote:I don't like irfan ...
Yes, cosmetically and ergonomically poor one but still, technically the best for my needs.
Re: again, seeking a good image browser
Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 11:16 pm
by b-kandor
Do any of these allow browsing HDRI?
Re: again, seeking a good image browser
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 12:18 pm
by tom
Irfan can open but browse...
Re: again, seeking a good image browser
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 12:49 pm
by Fernando Tella
b-kandor wrote:Do any of these allow browsing HDRI?
Xnview can.
Re: again, seeking a good image browser
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 1:27 pm
by Mihai
I've hidden most of XnViews icons, I set up the 3 mouse buttons as I like, it reads HDRs and huge ones as well, even CR2 from my camera.....it's ok for my needs. I'm not fanatic about opening a folder of images in 5 seconds versus 7....Once the thumbs are created it's instant anyway.