qView is a minimalistic image viewer for Windows, Linux and ...

qView is a minimalistic image viewer for Windows, Linux and macOS. It can play slideshows, rotate, flip, mirror images and also supports ... Searchfor: ADVERTISEMENT qViewisaminimalisticimageviewerforWindows,LinuxandmacOS Ashwin Apr7,2020 Updated•Apr7,2020 Software,Windowssoftware | 17 Wehavereviewedquiteafewimageviewershere,fromImageGlass,qimgv,FocusOnImageViewer,andmorerecently,WildbitViewer.Thistimewetestedsomethingthatoffersaminimalapproach,qView. ItisanopensourceandcrossplatformsoftwareforWindows,LinuxandmacOS.Theprogramopensuptoablankscreen,whichisnotunlikeqimgv.Right-clicktoaccesstheqViewmenu,clickopentoselectanimage,andtheprogramloadsthepicture. Don'tlikethatmethod?UsethecontextmenutonavigatetotheOptions>Windowtab,andenablethemenubar.Thistabalsoletsyouchangethebackgroundcoloroftheinterface,setthetitlebarstyle(Basic,Minimal,Verbose),andtheautomaticresizingbehaviorofthewindow. ADVERTISEMENT Youcandraganimagetopositionitanywhereonthescreen.It'susefulwhenyou'reviewingawide-anglepictureorapanorama.ToZoominorout,usethemousewheel. Double-clickingonapictureswitchestofull-screenview.Asecond-doubleclicktakesyoutothewindowedmode.OnceanimagehasbeenloadedinqView,youcanjumpbetweenotherpicturesthatareinthesamefolderusingthearrowkeys.TheapplicationhasseveralkeyboardshortcutsthatyoucanviewfromtheShortcutstabintheOptions.Andyes,theshortcutscanbemodified. ADVERTISEMENT qViewsupportsthefollowingimageformats:JPG,BMP,GIF,PNG,CUR,ICNS,ICO,JP2,JPEG,JPE,MNG,PBM,PGM,PPM,SVG,SVGZ,TIF,TIFF,WBMP,WEBP,XBMandXPM.Yes,thatincludesanimatedGIFs.Theprogramalsosupportswebimages,i.e.,youcanpasteapicture'sURLtoviewitintheqViewdirectly.Thecontextmenucanbeusedtoaccessrecentlyviewedimages,openanimage'sfolderinExplorer. The"showfileinfo"optionliststhepicture'sname,format,location,size,resolutionwithmegapixelcount,andaspectratio.TheViewmenuhasoptionstoresetthezoom,viewanimageinitsoriginalsize,fullscreen,rotate,flipormirrorthepicture.WatchaslideshowofanimagefolderfromthetoolsmenuinqView.Bydefault,itloadsthenextimageafter5seconds.Youcanmodifythissettingfromtheprogram'soptions.Theapplicationallowsyoutosetthesortingorder(Name,LastModified,size,type). Theprogramusesbilinearfilteringandimagescaling,andthesearepre-enabled,butyoucantogglethemifrequired.Thedefaultzoomlevel,andbehaviorforzoomandwindowresizearealsocustomizabletosomeextent. ADVERTISEMENT qViewiswritteninQT.Theapplicationisavailablein32-bitand64-bitversions.PortablearchivesofqViewcanbefoundatthedownloadpage.YoumayusetheDEBfileatthedownloadpage,toinstalltheLinuxversion.TheLinuxandWindowsversionsareidentical. Theprogramdoesn'tusealotofresourceswhenyouuseitnormally.Ididnoticeamemoryspikeviewingaslideshowofhighresolutionphotos,itjumpedfrom75MBto150MB,butthatmayhavebeenduetothefactthatthepicturewasverylargeinsize.Otherwise,itstayedinthe70sforthemostpart. ThankstogHacksreaderHashama,formentioningqViewinthecommentssectionoftheImageGlassarticle. qView ForWindows DownloadNow ADVERTISEMENT Summary AuthorRating3.5basedon11votesSoftwareNameqViewOperatingSystemWindows,Linux,macOSSoftwareCategoryMultimediaPrice FreeLandingPagehttps://interversehq.com/qview/ Advertisement AboutAshwin Ashwinhasbeenbloggingsince2012andisknownamonghisfriendsasthegototechgeek.Heisaself-proclaimedAndroidexpert,aPS4andPCGamer,aFirefoxfanboy,aNintendoaficionado,andaniOStinkerer ViewallpostsbyAshwin→ Relatedcontent MicrosoftdisplaysadstosomeOffice2021users SecurityvulnerabilitiesfoundinIntelandAMDprocessors OfficemayormaynotworkwithMicrosoft365afterendofmainstreamsupport Rescuezilla:opensourcebackup,restoreandrecoveryenvironment YournextPhishingemailmaycomestraightfromPayPal Anotherphishingattackthatbypassesmulti-factorauthenticationtargetsMicrosoftemailusers PreviousPost:«Customizethemousepointer'smovementandbehaviorwithWinMouse NextPost:«FolderPainterisafreewaretoolthatletsyouquicklychangethecolorandiconsoffolders Comments DonkkiKongsaidonApril7,2020at12:00pm Reply ThefirstthingIdoaftereveryKDEdistro-installistoinstallqViewandgetridofGwenview..andawholebunchofotherKDEgarbagebloatware,butthat’sanotherstory.IMHOqViewshouldbethedefaultimageviewerineveryQtdistro.Version4isunderwaytoo.. GillBatessaidonApril7,2020at1:57pm Reply triedonwindows.sadlynotasminimal&fastasJPEGview. ifyouwanttocompareyourselfinstalljpegview openJPEGView.cfgfileandreplaceitscontentwithbelow https://pastebin.com/raw/xdHEVRQN scroll-wheelbehaviour(currentlyswitchesimages)andeverythingelsecanbechangedviafile. GDSXsaidonApril7,2020at2:21pm Reply Thisisamazing!IhopeHEICsupportiscoming. TomHawacksaidonApril7,2020at2:53pm Reply Anotherinterestingimageviewer,section:minimalist.IfIweren’talreadymostsatisfiedwiththe‘Honeyview’applicationI’dgive‘qView’atry(I’mofthosewhodon’treallysearchwhenhappywithwhattheyhave,whichisanunfortunateapproach).HoneyviewseemstohandlemoreformatsthanqView(thoughI’dhavetothoroughlycompare)andbothhandleanimatedGIFs,butdoesqViewmanageanimatedPNGs(APNG)asHoneyviewdoes?I’mfondofAPNGs,Ievenusetheminmyleadingproject,“Firefox,oncecombed”whichrevampsthelookofthebrowser,deeply…:=) Honeyviewsettohandleallformatsitcan,then‘FaststoneImageViewer’fortheonlyformatleft:SRF(Sony). MichaelsaidonApril8,2020at4:12am Reply @TomHawackTryreadingHoneyview’sEULA. “7.AUTOMATICCOMMUNICATIONS TheSoftwareautomaticallycommunicateswiththeCompany’sserversontheInternet.AutomaticcommunicationfunctionsareusedfortheSoftwareversioncheckandupdatenotice.WemayworkwithanalyticscompaniessuchasGoogleAnalyticstohelpusunderstandhowtheSoftwareisbeingused.YoucanstoptheaboveactionseasilybyuninstallingtheSoftware.” Keywordbeing“suchas”(GoogleAnalytics).Theydon’tdiscloseontheirEULAwhatspecificallytheycollectandwhospecificallytheysendthedatato. TomHawacksaidonApril8,2020at12:05pm Reply @Michael,thanksforpointingthisout;Ihappentobeextremelytouchywhenitcomestoprivacyinvasiveapplicationsandthosephoninghomewithouttheuser’sconsentarefirstinline. ButasfarasHoneyviewisconcernedtheapplication,here,doesnotestablishanyotherconnectionthanthatannouncedwhenthefollowingischecked: Configuration(F5)/General/Checkforthelatestversion YoumentionHoneyview’sEULA,thatwhichisdisplayedduringtheinstallIpresumeasIfindnoneontheapplication’ssiteitself;theparagraphyoureportstates: “AutomaticcommunicationfunctionsareusedfortheSoftwareversioncheckandupdatenotice.”.Maybe,buthere:noupdatecheckleadstonoconnection. Again,Michael,IappreciateyourconcernbutforthesakeoftruthImustreportmypersonalexperiencewhichhappenstocontradictwhatcouldbeimplicitlyunderstoodbyyourcomment. MichaelsaidonApril8,2020at10:57pm Reply @TomHawackTheEULAisveryhardtospotontheapplicationdownloadpage.Idon’tbelieveIcanpostlinks,butyoucanfindtheEULAbypressingCTRL+Fandsearching(onthedownloadpage)“License:Freeware(NoAdware/Spyware/Virus),EULA”.The“EULA”partisclickable. BUTit’sarelieftoknowthatyouinspectedwhatconnectionsitmakesandwhen,asIwasauserforawhileuntilIreadtheEULA. Thetextisjustveryworrying,particularlythelastsentence.Normallyyou’dexpectGoogleAnalyticstoonlybeusedonwebpages,buttheclausefinishedwith“YoucanstoptheaboveactionseasilybyuninstallingtheSoftware.”;implyingthattheapplicationconnectsdirectlyorindirectlytoGoogleAnalytics(andotherentitiespotentially).But,yourinspectionprovesitdoesn’t. So,bigthankstoyouTomforclearingthisup.IknewHoneyviewwasgoodsoftware,thewordingisjustacommunicationerror. QsaidonApril7,2020at7:36pm Reply TheWindowsversionissupposedlyWindows7+. TheqviewdownloadpagedoesnotseemtoworktodownloadWindowspackages.IwasabletodownloadfromtheGitHubpage. jurplelsaidonApril8,2020at12:21am Reply Authorhere–thankyouforreviewingmyprogram!Iamworkingonaddingmoreimageformatsforthenextversionassomepeoplehavementionedhere.Therewillalsobesupportforopenwithanddeletionfromwithintheprogram.Ifanyonehasanyquestions,feelfreetoask! JohnWaynesaidonApril8,2020at3:53pm Reply Anychanceofaddingscrollingthroughimageswiththescrollwheel?I’mold,ithurtsmybrainandfingerstoclickonthearrowbuttons. jurplelsaidonApril10,2020at7:16am Reply Yes,thiswillbecominginthenextversion.Youcanfollowtheissuehere:https://github.com/jurplel/qView/issues/249 JohnWaynesaidonApril10,2020at2:29pm Reply Thankyou,muchappreciated!Ohandisthereanywheretocontributewithtranslations?Makingthisthingmultilingualwouldsurelygiveitsomewell-deservedattention. jurplelsaidonApril10,2020at10:58pm Reply Notatthemomentbutinthenearfuturehopefully MichaelsaidonApril8,2020at4:15am Reply Thankyouverymuchforpostingthis.Thisisperfect. StansaidonApril8,2020at7:34am Reply Afterinstallingittriedtorun,andcameupwithanerror,thatitcan’tproceedasVCRUNTIME140.dllwasnotfound.Itriedreinstallingagain,butthatwasnohelp. BillGatessaidonApril8,2020at3:59pm Reply Installthelatesthttps://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads AnonsaidonApril10,2020at6:22am Reply SeriouslytheresnoequivlenttoPicasaimageviewer??Iloveditandwhilethere’splethoraofthisapptypeneverlikedanyofthem:/ LeaveaReplyCancelreplyCommentChecktheboxtoconsenttoyourdatabeingstoredinlinewiththeguidelinessetoutinourprivacypolicyWelovecommentsandwelcomethoughtfulandcivilizeddiscussion.Rudenessandpersonalattackswillnotbetolerated.Pleasestayon-topic.Pleasenotethatyourcommentmaynotappearimmediatelyafteryoupostit.Name Email Savemyname,email,andwebsiteinthisbrowserforthenexttimeIcomment. 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