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GL Image Browser

by David Chartier Jan 31st 2006 at 5:00PM

GL Image Browser is one of those great little free apps that I'm sure will quickly find its way into a lot of Docks. As the author says at Geekologic.com: "It is no iPhoto or Picasa clone, GL Image Browser is not meant as a tool to archive pictures, but as a tool to quickly browse through thousands of pictures to find a special one you are looking for." It's really simple: you can give GL Image Browser a directory to browse through, with an option to toggle whether it parses subdirectories. Clicking on an image displays it in a full-screen window, at which point you can either use your keys to keep navigating, or you can click again to get back to your desktop and the image browser. Right-clicking an image will reveal it in the Finder. I don't think it gets much simpler than this folks. I also don't see much in the way of system requirements other than QuickTime, since it apparently uses that somehow in the back end of the app.

As I mentioned before, GL Image Browser is free, and I don't even see an option on the author's site to donate. Either way, enjoy this most excellent of handy little apps.

[via MacNN]

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David Chartier

#9: This offers a few options above and beyond the Finder, such as being able to parse subdirectories and lumping all the images into one browsing session, as well as one-click full-screen viewing of an image.

February 01 2006 at 10:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
seb

What I use: http://www.zankasoftware.com/footagehead/

February 01 2006 at 6:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Al

i don't really see what this does that finder or preview can't

February 01 2006 at 2:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
qakewalk

i didn't know where to email you guys with posts, so i'm adding it to this post.
looks like they are close with the oled...
http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus-mini/

February 01 2006 at 12:13 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob

Interesting software, but it really needs more functionality. Also, it doesn't support RAW format. I'd still take Finder with 128px thumbs over this.

January 31 2006 at 10:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
brian

great for viewing porn.

well, thats what my friend told me.

January 31 2006 at 10:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Missing WMDs

i posted a poll on the forum requesting .tiff support...that would really make it a killer app for me. otherwise not so much.

January 31 2006 at 7:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lars Ivar

Isn't it geekologic.com?

January 31 2006 at 6:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Robert Well

friendly link update

January 31 2006 at 6:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SMAC

Actually I think that Safari adds the extra http:// because after deleting the extra one it added http://www. to the address the only way I could get it to work was to delete all of the http:// stuff and let Safari add it's own.

January 31 2006 at 6:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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