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520 points omnibrain | 1 comments | 30 Mar 24 13:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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redder23 ◴[30 Mar 24 18:37 UTC] No.39877439[source]▶
Ah, the nostalgia when Windows what so shitty that you actually needed a tool for the simplest of the simplest tasks of viewing images in all kinds of formats.

I see no need for it for myself as even Windows has a default image viewer that is enough for me and I mainly use Linux anyway and every decent distro comes with a tool for that. Gnome and KDE both have their own that fit into the DE perfectly.

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skeeter2020 ◴[31 Mar 24 00:37 UTC] No.39880168[source]▶
Good to hear your smug, self-satisfaction is keeping you warm, but anyone who thinks this is comparable to the default image viewer in Windows (even windows 30+ years after IrfanView) is out of sync.
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1. redder23 ◴[31 Mar 24 19:02 UTC] No.39887045[source]▶
Next time, try to not let your brain shut off when you read something you do not like. I never said it's comparable. I said it's enough FOR ME, I do not need anything like that. Likewise, I do not even know what the windows' viewer can do, I think it can rotate and save in a different format. I do not even need to rotate. I just need to view images, and if I really need to edit images I would fire up GIMP or try out Krita, but I do not. We just fail to see the need, I either just VIEW images or I want to edit images both ends have excellent tools, I do not need some middle ground tool.

Literally everyone else in this thread said the exact same thing, they do not use it anymore because nobody needs it anymore.

Speaking of out of sync: Enjoy your self-satisfaction in using some ugly ass looking outdated software that has 100 functions you do not use.