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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!cleanfeed1-b.proxad.net!nnrp2-1.free.fr!not-for-mail Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english 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 References: <2nt5ajdvnhbveu80sc59tu31d0ja622cu9@4ax.com> Organization: De Ster Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: MacSOUP/2.8.5 (ea919cf118) (Mac OS 10.12.6) Lines: 46 Message-ID: <66a61099$3$18441$426a74cc@news.free.fr> NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Jul 2024 11:34:17 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.10.137.58 X-Trace: 1722159257 news-3.free.fr 18441 213.10.137.58:55642 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Bytes: 2786 Antonio Marques wrote: > Rich Ulrich wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 21:47:38 -0600, Tilde > > wrote: > > > >> Tony Cooper wrote: > >>> On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:19:17 -0700, HenHanna > >>>> 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