Thursday, March 24, 2011

You Will Use IrfanView.

Do you ever look at pictures on your computer? Then you are using the wrong image viewing program.

How would you know, VFD?

Because you never heard of IrfanView. This program is installed on every computer I ever owned* and to say it is fast is like saying Team Red Bull is fast around a Formula 1 track. Yes, it is fast. Blindingly fast, and it does every type of image file and then some.

Click the link. Don't bother to read about it, just go straight to the DOWNLOAD page. Trust me. The file (the whole program with installer) is 1.41 Megabytes which will mean less to modern computer users than it used to. Install it. Tell it to associate with all image files. Click the Plugins page and download/install the plugins as well.

Now go to a folder with image files in it. Double-click an image. Hit the space bar on your keyboard.

You're welcome.

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The subject came up because I just realized that the new computer at home didn't have IrfanView installed . . . which has been corrected.

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