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Subject: Re: Photos (Jpg, Png-viewer) --- i don't like it because it launches sluggishly...
From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder)
Reply-To: jjlxa31@xs4all.nl (J. J. Lodder)
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 11:34:19 +0200
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Antonio Marques <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 21:47:38 -0600, Tilde <invalide@invalid.invalid>
> > wrote:
> > 
> >> Tony Cooper wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:19:17 -0700, HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb>
> >>>> There is a  (Windows) tool called  Photos (Jpg, Png-viewer)  --- i don't
> >>>> like it
> >>>> because it launches  sluggishly....
> >>>> 
> >>>> Esp. in the last 5 days or so, i'm noticing that almost every day
> >>>> i have to go to Properties to  change it back to
> >>>> my fav. Jpg, Png-viewer tool
> >>>> 
> >>>> because the Windows update (?) is  pushing  Photos  on me.
> >>>> 
> >>>> is there a Fix for this???
> >>> 
> >>> I have thousands of images from .jpgs to .pngs on my computer.  I use
> >>> the (free) FastStone Photo Viewer.  It's not only a great image
> >>> viewer, but offers many other options from selecting by tagged images
> >>> to bulk re-naming.  It's set as my default viewer.
> >>> 
> >>> https://www.faststone.org/
> >> 
> >> https://www.irfanview.com/
> > 
> > I have both Faststone and Irfanview, and I like Faststone better. 
> > 
> > What I remember last using Irfanview for was when I wanted
> > to change the default orientation of some pictures that were
> > usually wrong (downloaded from my off-brand phone). 
> > 
> > IIRC, Faststone would rotate them okay for PC display by Faststone,
> > but they would be wrong when uploaded to Face Book. 
> 
> Opening and saving a lossy format like jpg will usually result in... loss
> of quality.

That's ancient folklore, from the times when 640x480 was a big image.
It may get noticable, but only when you order a huge reduction
in file size,

Jan