Re: Photos (Jpg, Png-viewer) --- i don't like it because it launches sluggishly...

Antonio Marques <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> wrote:

On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 21:47:38 -0600, Tilde <invalide@invalid.invalid>
wrote:
 

Tony Cooper wrote:

On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:19:17 -0700, HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb>

There is a  (Windows) tool called  Photos (Jpg, Png-viewer)  --- i don't
like it
because it launches  sluggishly....
 
Esp. in the last 5 days or so, i'm noticing that almost every day
i have to go to Properties to  change it back to
my fav. Jpg, Png-viewer tool
 
because the Windows update (?) is  pushing  Photos  on me.
 
is there a Fix for this???

 
I have thousands of images from .jpgs to .pngs on my computer.  I use
the (free) FastStone Photo Viewer.  It's not only a great image
viewer, but offers many other options from selecting by tagged images
to bulk re-naming.  It's set as my default viewer.
 
https://www.faststone.org/

 
https://www.irfanview.com/

 
I have both Faststone and Irfanview, and I like Faststone better.
 
What I remember last using Irfanview for was when I wanted
to change the default orientation of some pictures that were
usually wrong (downloaded from my off-brand phone).
 
IIRC, Faststone would rotate them okay for PC display by Faststone,
but they would be wrong when uploaded to Face Book.

 
Opening and saving a lossy format like jpg will usually result in... loss
of quality.

That's ancient folklore, from the times when 640x480 was a big image.
It may get noticable, but only when you order a huge reduction
in file size,

Jan