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Re:IrfanView by Semaphor on Sunday March 31, 2024 @04:18AM (#39882437)
> I suppose the key difference is

Not really the difference in context of IrfanView which is also just an image viewer.

I tried JpegView, but it’s lacking several features I use in IV, and stuff I commonly do in IV is harder to do, so for me IV is a clear and easy winner. Performance is a little better, but not in a way I’d actually care about (mainly superfast skipping through images is slightly faster)

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Re:IrfanView by AlienRobot on Sunday March 31, 2024 @02:41PM (#39886833)
Could you tell me which features do you use in IrfanView that JpegView lacks?
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Re:IrfanView by Semaphor on Monday April 01, 2024 @03:43AM (#39891704)
Just from memory as I uninstalled it already:

* Settings in one place, that way I could have probably easily found out how to remove the annoying zoom-features.

* Batch conversion

* Slideshow: Add files/folders, not just a textfile or folder

* Slideshow: More options in general, e.g. random or unique random.

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Re:IrfanView by AlienRobot on Monday April 01, 2024 @01:53PM (#39896953)
Thanks. I never use the slideshow features so I guess I didn't notice.

I do think it's odd to expect an image viewer to be able to do batch conversion, though. That's what I meant by a read-only image viewer.

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Re:IrfanView by Semaphor on Monday April 01, 2024 @03:42PM (#39898277)
It does support batch rename, though. And generally I want to resize images while looking at them, and not go elsewhere for that. But only when I want it to, no automation.
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