When it comes to image viewers, one app is not always hands-down better than others. It is rare to find an image viewing tool that has every feature stockpiled on your wish list. So having a collection of go-to viewing tools to meet a variety of graphics needs is a better strategy. That said, the Geeqie Image Viewer goes a long way in keeping that set of viewing tools to a minimum. Geeqie, a fork of the popular GQview, is an GTK-based image viewer for Linux. If you are a fan of GQview, you could have a fond affinity for this little-known newcomer.
I use Dolphin on Xubuntu (I reset the default file explorer) for the specific reason that it includes a third pane previewer, similar to the old Windows 98/2000 three pane view (or the recently enabled one for XP service pack 3, or Windows 7) since I just recently started using Linux and it seemed to me that all file/folder explorers or viewers should have this capability. I couldn't believe when I first got XP that it didn't have this, I almost wiped that off and went back to 98 or 2000! (Luckily found a hack where I could manually create a 3 pane view in each folder I wanted it and was relieved when a service pack came out that included it, however much it slowed the system.)
I wouldn't consider staying with any Linux distro where I couldn't use Dolphin instead of Nautilus, Thunar or Krusader, as they lack the preview feature!
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Geeqie Image Viewer Geeks Out on Features
Posted by: Jack M. Germain July 6, 2011 05:00 AMWhen it comes to image viewers, one app is not always hands-down better than others. It is rare to find an image viewing tool that has every feature stockpiled on your wish list. So having a collection of go-to viewing tools to meet a variety of graphics needs is a better strategy. That said, the Geeqie Image Viewer goes a long way in keeping that set of viewing tools to a minimum. Geeqie, a fork of the popular GQview, is an GTK-based image viewer for Linux. If you are a fan of GQview, you could have a fond affinity for this little-known newcomer.
I wouldn't consider staying with any Linux distro where I couldn't use Dolphin instead of Nautilus, Thunar or Krusader, as they lack the preview feature!