GQview
| GQView.png GQView |
|
| Developer(s) | John Ellis |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.0.4 / December 2006 |
| Preview release | 2.1.5 / December 2006 |
| Development status | Unmaintained |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Type | Image viewers |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | http://gqview.sourceforge.net |
GQview is a free software image viewer created by John Ellis using the GTK+ toolkit, designed to run on the X Window System. For MS Windows, an unofficial port is also available.
GQview has functionality that closely resembles ACDSee, with better functionality in some areas, and poorer in others. GQview can be customised to virtually mimic the essential features in ACDSee.
Some Linux distributions include GQview by default, and others provide an easy installer (eg: Synaptic Package Manager under Ubuntu).
Contents |
[edit] Features
- Viewing images, including RAW formats
- Thumbnail images in the directory browser
- One-click photo organizer/sorter
- Slideshow and full-screen modes
- Viewing Exif data for images
- Timeline browser (only in 2.1.1 beta), similar to Picasa
- Advanced image search with dimension and tag support
- Duplicate image finder including through checksum and similarity
[edit] Timeline
| Date | Version | Features |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.0 | Development started Alpha version 0.0.1 |
| 0.3 | Thumbnail support | |
| 1999 | Slideshows | |
| 2000 | 0.9 | Image collections, rotating images |
| 2001 | Transparent images | |
| 2003 | 1.3 | Exif viewer |
| 2004 | Search, multimonitor support | |
| 2006 | 2.0.4 | Latest stable version |
| 2006 | 2.1.5 | Latest development version |
[edit] Geeqie
As of January 4, 2010 there was more than 3 years of inactivity on GQview. Since March 21, 2008, the Geeqie project has taken the code and is doing new development, with an additional set of features.[1] Geeqie was started due to the stagnation of GQview, and because it was impossible to make contact with John Ellis. Geeqie carries on the development where GQview left off; in the Ubuntu repository now the gqview package points to Geeqie.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "New Features in Geeqie". 2010-01-04. http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/geeqie/wiki/new_features. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
