FWIW, the Picasa photo viewer was so nice that I installed an old version of Picasa on Linux via WINE just for the image viewer. It'll be great to have a native version.
UncleJo7 2 hours ago [-]
Not native, but Licasa is opening a JPEG 16MP/4MB image in 400ms. Trying best to make it feel the same as the old one, fast, opens anything you throw at it.
Kwpolska 3 hours ago [-]
So it's just GPT's vague memories of Picasa? Vibe coders have no shame.
UncleJo7 2 hours ago [-]
Did I not tell you to Womp womp in the corner already?
epihelix 3 hours ago [-]
Ah, that's sad. I miss the speed and intuitive UI/UX of the old Picasa. No image viewer has ever been able to handle massive photo libraries as well for me :(
UncleJo7 2 hours ago [-]
IKRR! Since 6 years I have been suffering in linux since 6 years trying to open images quickly.
Trying best to make it feel the same.
Licasa currently opens a JPEG 16MP/4MB image in 400ms.
mlnj 2 hours ago [-]
I've been using it ever since on my windows machines because I've never found anything even coming close to it. I don't need anything feature rich with a 5 second startup time. I need something that's 500ms away.
UncleJo7 1 hours ago [-]
It's not a bloaty Mc Bloater, Base aim is fast, responsive, and should open any image you throw at it, thats it.
UncleJo7 2 hours ago [-]
I said Picasa Photo Viewer, wasted your energy for nothing.
sli 3 hours ago [-]
Frankly I just want IrfanView ported. This is 80% wasted screen space.
somat 3 hours ago [-]
What are you complaining about, we have XV, which is about as humanly close to perfection as you can get in application design.
UncleJo7 60 minutes ago [-]
"This is 80% wasted screen space."
Elaborate
Tepix 3 hours ago [-]
I'm pretty sure you can close the editor on the left and the settings on the right.
But Irfanview for Linux would be pretty sweet!
UncleJo7 59 minutes ago [-]
It's closed by default lmaoo
haunter 3 hours ago [-]
You can close both menus
FreakyT 4 hours ago [-]
Some screenshots would have been nice -- I assume this looks like Picasa did, but it'd be nice to be able to see it.
That said, I've been enjoying this trend of reviving software killed before its time! Someone recently did the same for Apple Aperture (RIP):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rskC6c_5L1M
This is just a vibe coded image viewer, nothing else https://i.imgur.com/uBxUj8d.jpeg
Trying best to make it feel the same.
Licasa currently opens a JPEG 16MP/4MB image in 400ms.
Elaborate
But Irfanview for Linux would be pretty sweet!
That said, I've been enjoying this trend of reviving software killed before its time! Someone recently did the same for Apple Aperture (RIP):
https://github.com/konzertblock/retrolux