XnView Multi Platform - alpha 0.001

[xnview]

Here is the first demo of my new project "XnView MP" (XnView Multi Platform) that will replace current "XnView for *nix" & "XnView for MacOSX".

Currently you have a basic browser with a basic viewer, DB caching, labels & colors editing, ...

I wasn't able to find time to work on this project last month, but next 3 months will be for it!

My first goal is to have the same features as current "XnView for *nix" with some features of XnView win 1.92

Key features (final version):
* Same features as XnView 1.92
* Unicode support
* Internal 16/32 bits per component support
* Easier handling of native language support (text based files)
* Better database

You can download XnView MP alpha 0.001 here:
MacOSX: ftp://ftp2.xnview.com/xnview/misc/XnViewMP-mac.tgz
Linux: ftp://ftp2.xnview.com/xnview/misc/XnViewMP-linux.tgz
Windows: ftp://ftp2.xnview.com/xnview/misc/XnViewMP-win.zip

Please note that this alpha version's purpose is to give you a first impression. Please do not report bugs, yet.

[oops66]

It is a nice new project, that sound good !
Congratulations for this good idea.

[Tornado]

great news,

installed it on Mac and as the next Os on ubuntu - great stuff, many thanks

cheers

[helmut]

Good stuff, Pierre! Unicode support and easier translation using textual language files will open new opportunities. Keep up the excellent work!

[Dreamer]

Thank you Pierre, it looks very nice.

[Clo]

Pierre

Hello !

• Indeed, a good start to a new design ! Thanks !
- A hitch at the captions of the thumbnails for my short succinct try :

    

- However, the transparency IS rendered, and the look is better than the current 1.92…
• With a second try, bad trick from Win :
Error message telling that the app. can't start because the QtCore4.dll is not found !
- I copied the two DLLs of the package from the dir. into <Windows\System32> then that worked again…
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helmut

• Hi !

…Unicode support and easier translation using textual language files will open new opportunities. …

• It's indeed a nice test bench to change the current language-system, I support strongly !
- Paul-“Ouistiti” and I thought to propose a prototype to start that, but since we have this one…

KR - G.
Claude
Clo

[xnview]

easier translation using textual language files will open new opportunities.

No, it's not textual language file, but there is a program with QT to translate on the fly the sentences.

[Clo]

Pierre

Too bad. You miss an opportunity to experiment and save time…
- Finally, I guess I'll die without seeing text files…

… but there is a program with QT to translate on the fly the sentences

- These thingies spread-sheet_like and similar are a mast in the b** !
- I gave up the translation of several programmes because that…

R
Claude
Clo

[pettefar]

I am waiting with baited breath... I really enjoy using XnView. The old version is great. I use it on Solaris and Mac OSX.

Keep up the excellent work. Kudos to you!

Nick
SW England.

[vlada]

Hi,
I wanted to try the Linux version, but I'm getting this error:

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xnview: error while loading shared libraries: libQtGui.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I extracted the archive to /bin and the file libQtGui.so.4 is present there. What did I wrong?

[marsh]

Hi,
I wanted to try the Linux version, but I'm getting this error:

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xnview: error while loading shared libraries: libQtGui.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I extracted the archive to /bin and the file libQtGui.so.4 is present there. What did I wrong?

I extracted it into a user directory, and successfully launched it with this command: "sh xnview.sh"

[ouistiti]

Pierre

When simply opening a folder that contains a *.DNG image-file, the programme crashes immediately
with the lovely usual Bill's message…
Sample available Here
Note : These .DNG files work OK in 1.92

Friendly

Paul

[Clo]

ouistiti

Hello Paul !

• Confirmed here under Win XP-Pro SP1 (FR).

Note : These .DNG files work OK in 1.92

• Right, same here, no problem with 1.92

Aside : The sorting of the tree is a pain in the neck currently, it places the folders which the names begin
with an accented character at the end of each root-dir.

Friendly,
Claude
Clo

[XnTriq]

I have to admit that I didn't know what to expect, when Pierre first announced his plans for a cross-platform version of XnView. I immediately thought of Inkscape's GTK-based interface, which I'm not very fond of.
Even after realizing that Pierre had chosen to go the QT route, I remained sceptical: Versions 4, 5 and 6 of Photoshop Elements, which were “built using Trolltech development tools”, won't run on Windows 2000.

But now that I've had a chance to test-drive this early alpha, all my doubts have evaporated like morning dew!

Forum references:

• Missing features in linux version?
• 1.90 for Linux? When? 1.70 is outdated and unusable!
• MacOS X native (cocoa) version of XnView, when?

Trolltech:

• Qt Reference Documentation
  • All Overviews and HOWTOs
    • The Graphics View Framework
    • Qt Style Sheets
    • Unicode
    • QImage Class Reference
    • Internationalization with Qt
    • Qt Widget Gallery
  • Qt Demonstrations
    • Composition Modes
    • Main Window
    • Undo Framework
  • Qt Examples
    • Dock Widgets Example
    • SVG Viewer Example
    • I18N Example
    • Undo Framework Example
    • Icons Example
    • Styles Example
• Qt Solutions Catalog
  • QtToolBarDialog Class Reference
• Qt Quarterly
  • Iconography 101
  • Transparent Backgrounds in Qt 4.1
  • Composition Modes
• Trolltech Labs Blogs
  • Theming Qt for fun and profit

[Schattenreiter]

Great! Thanks, Pierre!


For me, Alpha 0.001 works under: MacMini-PPC/OSX10.4.11

Does NOT work under: iBook-PPC/OSX10.3.9//crashes immediately upon double-clicking the icon


Addition: The option-bars "FILE" dialogue appears to be empty (nothing to choose from). Is that correct?

The nag: The sidebars feel a bit "bloated, with overall "wasted" space.

Regardless to that: Cool stuff!