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GL Image Browser
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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Paul said 5:26PM on 1-31-2006
You added two "http://" links in your post. :)
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Frank Berardi said 6:01PM on 1-31-2006
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.
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Robert Well said 6:05PM on 1-31-2006
friendly link update
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Lars Ivar said 6:55PM on 1-31-2006
Isn't it geekologic.com?
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oneduckstwo said 7:51PM on 1-31-2006
i posted a poll on the forum requesting .tiff support...that would really make it a killer app for me. otherwise not so much.
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briangig said 10:13PM on 1-31-2006
great for viewing porn.
well, thats what my friend told me.
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Rob said 10:15PM on 1-31-2006
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.
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qakewalk said 12:13AM on 2-01-2006
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/
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wastern said 2:42AM on 2-01-2006
i don't really see what this does that finder or preview can't
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seb said 6:43AM on 2-01-2006
What I use: http://www.zankasoftware.com/footagehead/
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David Chartier said 10:45AM on 2-01-2006
#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.
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