Software update: XnViewMP 0.25 beta

Regular visitors to the Meuktracker are undoubtedly familiar with XnView, a free program for viewing and editing images. There are versions for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, but the latter two are less developed. Pierre Gougelet has also been developing XnViewMP for a while, which stands for XnView Multi Platform. XnViewMP uses the same source code for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The versions will therefore have almost the same functionality and appearance. These include support for unicode, full-bit depth images, an easier way to translate, and a better database. A new beta release was released last week, with the following changelog:

Changelog:

• batch convert
• Many code rewritten
• Shortcuts in view mode – more info
• ‘Copy file’ creation date time on windows – more info
• {Filename with Ext} – more info
• Slider change view type – more info
• ‘Use in…’ – more info
• TAB focusing in browser – more info
• Export dialog layout problem – more info
• ‘Copy of’ setting – more info
• Animated file & previous/next page – more info
• Preview not updated after rotation in browser – more info
• Bad icon for .ico/.cur/.ani – more info
• Space missing in status bar – more info
• ‘display all formats’- more info
• ‘Browse’ crash if browser has been closed – more info
• ‘modified date’ not change on Linux/Mac – more info
• ‘Show filename’ for thumbnail mode – more info
• Bad exif value for RAW file – more info
• Thumbnail size slider – more info
• Message when opening non RGB picture files – more info
• Sort by comment – more info
• Crash with “Automatically apply parent keywords” – more info
• untag impossible in detail view – more info
• custom sort crash – more info
• Change some default settings – more info
• Drag&drop files – more info
• List view & left click – more info
• SearchDlg: ‘All fields’ added – more info
• ‘custom filter’ problem – more info
• ‘Select all’ & ‘Tag’ as Xn 1.97
• Quick filter too small – more info
• Bad pathname stored in DB – more info
• Item disapears after rotation – more info
• PNG colors + alpha support
• SVG read support
• Sort by folder & ratio + folder & ratio column added
• ‘open containing folder’
• Copy file dialog problem – more info
• double click in the preview to open it
• ExifTool pane
• Popup menu to select which info pane (preview) are visible
• Favorites now expand – more info
• Info pane remember the viewed tab if one selection or more – more info
• ‘Other files’ in xnView folder – more info
• Previous viewed file in full screen – more info
• ‘Browse with XnViewMP’ on windows – more info
• ‘Only one view tab’ – more info
• ‘Enter’ to open view from browser has not the focus
• ‘enter’ or ‘dbl click’ in view tab doesn’t select current file in browser
• empty tab with slow loading & browse button – more info
• Full screen active area & mouse select – more info
• Compare: Thumstrip visibility & splitter – more info
• fullscreen thumbstrip – no thumbnail – more info
• new files not selected – more info
• IPTC icon not updated – more info
• Delete category – more info
• Folder tree not correctly sorted – more info
• lossless transformations added
• ‘ask again’ for iptc dialog question (next/previous file)
• linux: Folder tree show mounted devices
• ThumbStrip in Compare dialog can be resized (smooth resize of thumbnail) – more info
• Problem with navigation proxy – more info
• Ctrl+Y use to switch between ‘quick Filter’ & thumb view
• Problem to move picture (scrollbar hidden) – more info
• Icon as snapshot – more info
• tab width limit
• Edit PNG comment delete file – more info
• Thumbnail for text files, CBR/CBZ
• Zoom relative step
• -testNew & -en- more info
• ‘..’ not counted as object in statusbar
• Fit when switching in full screen – more info
• ‘Previous page’ not enabled – more info
• LCMS 2 system
• ‘.’ in hierarchical import – more info
• Bad value in EXIF ​​field (exposure time) – more info
• Problem with EXIF ​​orientation in Export – more info
• Move thumb to last position – more info
• Codec settings for IPTC – more info
• Wrong rotation if EXIF ​​orientation + ‘use EXIF ​​orientation’ not used – more info
• Category not always unchecked – more info
• Mac bugs – more info
• Viewbugs – more info

The following downloads are available:
XnViewMP 0.25 beta for Windows
XnViewMP 0.21 beta for Mac OS X
XnViewMP 0.25 beta for Linux
XnViewMP 0.25 beta for Linux (libc6)