Showimage - can't it be more like Xee?

Forum thread started by mr_a500 on Mon, 2011-10-24 06:07

I'm a bit disappointed with the default image viewer in Haiku. Images should be shown in their original sizes by default with no black border. Window size should fit the image, not the other way around. Animations should be shown animated, not just a static first frame. Controls should take up minimal space.

I suggest that the default Haiku image viewer should be more like Xee on the Mac (the best simple image viewer I've ever used):
http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/xee.html

The source code is available for download.

I know there are many more important things to worry about fixing in Haiku, but I hope somebody can look into this eventually.

Comments

Re: Showimage - can't it be more like Xee?

by Earl Colby Pottinger - 2011-10-24 13:28

Black is a problem?

Window size is an option, change it with the menus and it will stay that way.

There are animation viewers available, by chance do you have the skills to merge the animation code in? Animation GIFs would be nice indeed.

Note: the program you give as an example has a source code size of 7.2MB, that is not a lightweight image viewer. Even with data translators a Haiku version would be a lot of work.