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18 January 2006

AskMecha: Free jpg viewer/editor? The "free" Paint Shop Pro that came with my Dell has expired. I don't want to use The GIMP for just simple viewing/croping crap; it takes too long to load and all the floating toolbars are a pain in the ass. I could use FF, but I'd like some editing capability too.

post by: orthogonality at: 09:28 | 11 comments

irfanview?

posted by ROU Xenophobe 18 January | 10:02

irfanview, duh.

on preview, yes.

posted by panoptican 18 January | 10:04

irfanview. oh totally. batch conversion, simple editing, plugins for many formats. loads up fast.

on preview, yes.

posted by eatitlive 18 January | 10:08

Don't listen to them! Use Irfanview instead.

posted by stilicho 18 January | 10:21

No! stilicho is wrong too! And I changed my mind. Irfanview is actually way better than the others.

posted by panoptican 18 January | 10:30

Look, if you don't use Irfanview I'm going to drink a rabbit's spine juice.

posted by selfnoise 18 January | 10:47

If you want to consider an alternative then there's XNView. It's particularly useful for multiple files. I haven't used it in a while because I have PSP but, hey, there ya go.

posted by dodgygeezer 18 January | 11:46

Old versions of Irfanview are available at oldversion.com. 2.92's the last one that's a standalone .exe, if, y'know, you're into that kind of thing.

posted by box 18 January | 12:26

Have you chosen irfanview yet or what? I'm serious.

posted by eatitlive 18 January | 13:26

I'd probably use irfanview.

posted by 6550 18 January | 20:02

Have you chosen irfanview yet or what? I'm serious.

Yeah, I downloaded IrfanView, and it's what I wanted.

I purposely didn't post that I had, so as to give other people a chance to list alternatives.

posted by orthogonality 18 January | 21:02

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