[THIN] Re: Image Viewing Utility
- From: "Mike MacDonald" <mike5287@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:55:48 -0400
Yes, there are a few things they want to do that the built-in Windows viewer
doesn't do. One detail I did leave out is the servers are Windows 2000, so
we don't have the filmstrip and thumbnail view that 2003 has in explorer.
They also want to the ability to select multiple pictures and print them on
one page.
I appreciate all the feedback - I did load Picasa on a test server and it
was interesting. I have found the following thus far:
- It detected that it was being run in a remote desktop session, which was
very encouraging, it displays a message box saying it can run in remote
desktop mode which is "Faster (but Uglier)". Remote Desktop mode is a bit
uglier, but runs okThe bad part is it displays the prompt every time you
load the program. It does not record your response anywhere in the registry
or elsewhere. There seem to be undocumented command line switches, but I
haven't been able to find one that prevents this from occurring.
- Another positive is you can customize the buttons displayed to turn off
unwanted features. In my case I turned off the "Blog This", "Web Album" and
"Order Prints" buttons. These options however stay on the context menu's.
- A negative is that it seems to use a lot of CPU. The slide-show's single
thread ate 100% of one CPU. It's bad enough to make me nervous running in
our published desktop environment.
- From what I am seeing Google's Picasa 2 is feature rich and free, but
probably best run on a desktop.
I am checking out IrfanView now. Thanks to all for the feedback.
-Mike
On 10/26/06, Melvin.Columna@xxxxxxxxx <Melvin.Columna@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there an issue with them not being able to use the built-in *Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer*?
Is it too "weak" for their purposes? What are they looking to do?
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*From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
Behalf Of *Bob
*Sent:* Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:10 AM
*To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [THIN] Re: Image Viewing Utility
KodakImage viewer works fine. You may have to watch it if they do batch
imaging insofar as it can consume a bunch of handles very quickly during
large batch operations.
On 10/26/06, Jez <jezosaurus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I had a client who ran IrfanView in a TS environment. They also used
> quite a lot of pictures. It's certainly worth testing...
>
> On 10/26/06, Durf <stygmata@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > IrfanView is good and cheap (free possibly for personal/non-business
> use).
> >
> > -- Durf
> >
> > On 10/26/06, Mike MacDonald < mike5287@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > One of my clients is a city government that takes a lot of pictures.
> Most
> > users run full published desktops off thin-client and they are wanting
> an
> > image viewing utility installed in the Citrix environment. I know of a
> few
> > but haven't run any in Citrix before so I was wondering if anyone out
> there
> > had any experience and or recommendations. Their requirements are
> simple,
> > mainly just need some thing that helps them view and organize. The
> budget is
> > also very small to non-existent. Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mike MacDonald
> >
> >
> >
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