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 1 days 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 1 days ago [-]
So it's just GPT's vague memories of Picasa? Vibe coders have no shame.
UncleJo7 1 days ago [-]
Did I not tell you to Womp womp in the corner already?
nvme0n1p1 1 days ago [-]
Shame on you for disrespecting Picasa's legacy.
epihelix 1 days 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 1 days 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 1 days 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 days 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 1 days ago [-]
I said Picasa Photo Viewer, wasted your energy for nothing.
sli 1 days ago [-]
Frankly I just want IrfanView ported. This is 80% wasted screen space.
somat 1 days ago [-]
What are you complaining about, we have XV, which is about as humanly close to perfection as you can get in application design.
Tepix 1 days 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 1 days ago [-]
It's closed by default lmaoo
UncleJo7 1 days ago [-]
"This is 80% wasted screen space."
Elaborate
haunter 1 days ago [-]
You can close both menus
FreakyT 1 days 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.
But Irfanview for Linux would be pretty sweet!
Elaborate
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