GQView
Encyclopedia
GQview is a free software
image viewer
created by John Ellis using the GTK+
toolkit, designed to run on the X Window System
. For MS Windows, an unofficial port is also available.
GQview has functionality that closely resembles ACDSee
, with better functionality in some areas, and poorer in others. GQview can be customised to virtually mimic the essential features in ACDSee.
Some Linux distribution
s include GQview by default, and others provide an easy installer (eg: Synaptic Package Manager
under Ubuntu
).
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
image viewer
Image viewer
An image viewer or image browser is a computer program that can display stored graphical image; it can often handle various graphics file formats...
created by John Ellis using the GTK+
GTK+
GTK+ is a cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. It is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, allowing both free and proprietary software to use it. It is one of the most popular toolkits for the X Window System, along with Qt.The name GTK+ originates from GTK;...
toolkit, designed to run on the X Window System
X Window System
The X window system is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a basis for graphical user interfaces and rich input device capability for networked computers...
. For MS Windows, an unofficial port is also available.
GQview has functionality that closely resembles ACDSee
ACDSee
ACDSee is a shareware image organizer, viewer, and editor software for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X 10.5 and higher developed by ACD Systems. It was originally distributed as a 16-bit application for Windows 3.0 and later supplanted by a 32-bit version for Windows 95.ACDSee displays a tree view...
, with better functionality in some areas, and poorer in others. GQview can be customised to virtually mimic the essential features in ACDSee.
Some Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...
s include GQview by default, and others provide an easy installer (eg: Synaptic Package Manager
Synaptic Package Manager
Synaptic is a computer program which is a GTK+ graphical user interface front-end to the Advanced Packaging Tool for the Debian package management system. Synaptic is usually used on systems based on deb packages but can also be used on systems based on RPM packages...
under Ubuntu
Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
).
Features
- Viewing images, including RAW formats
- Thumbnail images in the directory browser
- One-click photo organizer/sorter
- Slideshow and full-screen modes
- Viewing Exif data for images
- Timeline browser (only in 2.1.1 beta), similar to PicasaPicasaPicasa is an image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos, plus an integrated photo-sharing website, originally created by Idealab in 2002 and owned by Google since 2004. "Picasa" is a blend of the name of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, the phrase mi casa for "my...
- Advanced image search with dimension and tag support
- Duplicate image finder including through checksum and similarity
Timeline
| Date | Version | Features |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.0 | Development started Alpha Development stage A software release life cycle refers to the phases of development and maturity for a piece of computer software—ranging from its initial development, to its eventual release, and updated versions of the released version to help improve software or fix bugs still present in the software.- Pre-alpha... version 0.0.1 |
| 0.3 | Thumbnail support | |
| 1999 | Slideshow Slideshow A slide show is a display of a series of chosen information or pictures, done for artistic or instructional purposes. Slide shows are conducted by a presenter using an apparatus, such as a carousel slide projector, an overhead projector or in more recent years, a computer running presentation... s |
|
| 2000 | 0.9 | Image collections, rotating images |
| 2001 | Transparent images | |
| 2003 | 1.3 | Exif viewer |
| 2004 | Search, multimonitor support | |
| 2006 | 2.0.4 | Latest stable version |
| 2006 | 2.1.5 | Latest development version |