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By: Laurence

Laurence — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:12:13 +0000

I like Live Photo Gallery… what it lacks in features it makes up for in design…

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By: Norm

Norm — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:50:19 +0000

I wondered the same too when I first stumbled across it some 4-5 years ago. I checked it, he is from Eastern Europe.

By: Aibek

Aibek — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:38:11 +0000

Irfan is a popular name in Turkey so probably he is Turkish.

By: Simon SC

Simon SC — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:08:52 +0000

Here's a vote for Fastone Max View. I was tempted to use the Image Viewer as my main app, but I found I really loved the borderless window and uncluttered, simple viewer. Hit enter to go in and out of full screen, click and drag to zoom and pan, and escape to close.

By: rajat

rajat — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:34:51 +0000

i use ACD See… however i use an old version, V2.44. at that time (about 5yrs back) it was free. since i need a image viewer only to VIEW images, ACDSee does its job. And it’s the fastest image viewer that I have come across till date. i challenge anyone on that. simply because its an old version running on a latest PC. anyone else uses ACDSee??

By: WolvenSpectre

WolvenSpectre — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:38:43 +0000

I also second Fastone’s Max Image or the also free more feature rich Image Viewer which is more functional than irfanview but has a slightly less intuitive interface,

By: catester

catester — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:46:33 +0000

I love IrfanView, and have used and recommended it since Windows98. The only thing I wish it could do in one or two clicks is drop shadow. I have never figured out how to do that in IrfanView, and have to go to another program for that.

By: crimson

crimson — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:01:37 +0000

I’m also an IrfanView fan. Although I don’t usually edit photos the Photoshop way, sometimes I have to do simple things, like make a square icon (avatar), change the format of a photo an so on. For those purposes, it’s perfect. Also, it’s portable ^_^

My mom is an old school computer-geek [she graduated computer science faculty in the 80s] and she always insisted on simple programs like IrfanView and Total Commander… *dreams*

By: Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:21:56 +0000

I may have to check out XnView. We haven’t covered it yet on this site so I’ll see if it could make a good article! I think they both sound about the same, one may just be tweaked in a slightly different direction than the other.

By: Henk

Henk — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:57:14 +0000

I absolutely prefer XnView, for the same reasons as RSS above. It supports at least as many file formats as Irfanview, with excellent view and customization and editing options, but it’s leaner, cleaner and faster, plus it gives me configurable contextmenu-embedded previews when using other file managers instead of the miserable Win Explorer. For me, XnView is just the best no-nonsense image viewer.

By: Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:24:55 +0000

Thanks to everyone for the great comments! I’m glad so many of you liked the review!

I have been using IrfanView (sorry about the capitalization originally, thanks Marco) for quite some time and it has always served me well. It’s not the prettiest girl at the ball, but…hmm, maybe I shouldn’t continue this metaphor. It does a lot of stuff and it does it well.

By: RRS

RRS — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:55:05 +0000

IrfanView is an excellent all around viewer.
I give the edge to XnView for a cleaner layout and
better shell integration which includes file conversion,
a customizable preview, and direct upload to ImageShack.

The onboard Windows Picture Viewer is not a comparable program to these.
It was designed as a minimalist viewer and for fast access to view a picture.

It excels at that and when I need more I can access XnView by
right clicking the editor icon which brings its shell options
and access editors like Photoshop using Open With.

By: Dave P

Dave P — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:51:28 +0000

I’ve used IrfanView for the better part of a decade. It was great when I started and it somehow continues to improve.

I find that I use it most to crop and resize images. It’s also great for copying an image off the web and pasting it into IrfanView where you can manipulate it and save it in whatever format you want.

I have not tried Maxview that alfred mentioned but it should be noted that IrfanView is portable as well. Directions are in the FAQ on the website.

By: alfred

alfred — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:00:05 +0000

I also used this program for a little while but lately I like the portable apps more.

Lately I use portable version of Faststone Maxview which is really small and really fast.

See http://www.faststone.org/FSMaxViewDownload.htm

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By: AskTheAdmin | Karl Gechlik

AskTheAdmin | Karl Gechlik — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:36:33 +0000

I am going to have to give this a shot, thanks Jimmy.

By: Marco

Marco — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:35:06 +0000

Actually it’s IrfanView and not IrFanView. Developers first name is Irfan. South European name or whatever… I doubt that his name is written IrFan

By: disconnect

disconnect — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:22:58 +0000

Nice review Jimmy. i love this app and have been using it for about 10 years now. very quick, small and intuitive app.

By: Paul Wright

Paul Wright — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:17:25 +0000

I have used Irfanview for years and love it to death. Fast and easy to use, as you say. Paint.net is what I go to for the next level of complexity. I’ve got GIMP but have never become comfortable with it.