Recently the announcement of the release of a new version has just been presented significant qView 2.0 image viewer software, which is an image viewer that offers a graphical interface based on Qt which focuses on efficient use of screen space.
The program supports all popular image formats and despite its minimalist interface, offers advanced features such as managing the playback of animated images, accessing the history of file operations, proactively loading images in multi-threaded mode, basic editing operations (duplicating, rotating, etc.).
The user also has a wide set of options that allow him to customize the application to his liking.
Within of its main characteristics that can be highlighted from this image viewer we can find as the main element its minimalist design since its developers aim for a visually elegant design that fulfills its main function "see images" so the design only focuses on the title bar and the image you are viewing.
Another feature of qview is that despite having a minimalist approach, It has advanced functions that can stand out from other image viewers, besides that qview is kind with the system resources being this a little lighter than others.
The project code is written in C ++ and distributed under the GPLv3 license. Ready packages prepared For Linux (deb, rpm), macOS and Windows.
Main new features of qView 2.0
In this new version of qView 2.0 the caching system has been implemented and it loads the proactive images, which significantly reduces the display time of the next file.
Also multi-threaded image loading is provided, excluding interface delays when switching between images.
As well added button to reset default settings as well as the options to adapt the size of the window to the current size of the current image and to lock the scale of the image above the current size when the window is resized.
Another point that can be highlighted but no less important is creating an application repository for Ubuntu and derivatives, with which users can use it to obtain the most current versions without having to resort to searching for and installing new releases.
Of the other changes found in this new version, we find:
- The caption is provided at the current image position in the viewed files list. Image properties reflect aspect ratio parameters
- Natural sort mode implemented
- Added support for forward and back buttons on the mouse to switch between images. The ability to exit full screen mode with the Escape key has been implemented.
- Via the menu and the start / end keys, you can now jump to the first and last image in the list. An automatic stop of the slideshow mode is provided when opening a new file
How to install qView 2.0 on Ubuntu and derivatives?
For those who are interested in being able to install this image viewer on their system, they can do so by following the instructions that we share below.
In the first case we are going to take advantage of the new application repositoryTherefore let's open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and in it let's type the following:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jurplel/qview -y sudo apt-get update
Now we will only have to install the application with:
sudo apt-get install qview
The other installation method is by downloading the deb package of the application, which we can do from the terminal.
Whatever 64-bit system users download this package:
wget https://github.com/jurplel/qView/releases/download/2.0/qview_2.0-1_amd64.deb
For those using 32-bit systems:
wget https://github.com/jurplel/qView/releases/download/2.0/qview_2.0-1_i386.deb
Finally we install the application with:
sudo dpkg -i qview*.deb