I collect images... thousands of them... and then sort through to keep the ones I want. I use Thumbnail View to do this. There are a couple options I'd like Thumbnail View to have, to make this process easier for those of us with bad eyes, shaky hands, or slightly faulty equipment.
First, an option to put additional space between the thumbnail images. Right now, it can be awfully hard to find a spot between images in order to click and drag-select. If you accidentally click on space belonging to an image, it will not drag-select, it tries to move the image. This is especially problematic between rows. An option for variable extra spacing between the thumbnails would be most welcome, and would ease this problem.
Second, an option to disable double-clicking. Either my hand or my mouse is not entirely reliable, and I sometimes end up with a double-click instead of a click when I'm trying to select numerous images. The problem is that when I accidentally double-click, it both opens the image for viewing, AND clears out the selection, so I have to go back and select everything all over again. Since I'm not usually selecting things in blocks, but in individual images, this can be a real pain. You could either have an option to turn double-clicking off entirely, or simply disable it while the CTRL key is pressed, and it would solve this problem for me. Alternatively, if you simply didn't clear out the selection when the image was opened, this wouldn't be quite as good, but would be acceptable, if this is much easier to do...
I've been using IrfanView for years, I love the program, and it is what I recommend to anyone looking for an image viewer. IV has more features than I will ever be able to use. These are just a couple little tweaks that would make it that much more useful to me... and I imagine a few other people, as well.
Thanks for your time,
Eric Storm
First, an option to put additional space between the thumbnail images. Right now, it can be awfully hard to find a spot between images in order to click and drag-select. If you accidentally click on space belonging to an image, it will not drag-select, it tries to move the image. This is especially problematic between rows. An option for variable extra spacing between the thumbnails would be most welcome, and would ease this problem.
Second, an option to disable double-clicking. Either my hand or my mouse is not entirely reliable, and I sometimes end up with a double-click instead of a click when I'm trying to select numerous images. The problem is that when I accidentally double-click, it both opens the image for viewing, AND clears out the selection, so I have to go back and select everything all over again. Since I'm not usually selecting things in blocks, but in individual images, this can be a real pain. You could either have an option to turn double-clicking off entirely, or simply disable it while the CTRL key is pressed, and it would solve this problem for me. Alternatively, if you simply didn't clear out the selection when the image was opened, this wouldn't be quite as good, but would be acceptable, if this is much easier to do...
I've been using IrfanView for years, I love the program, and it is what I recommend to anyone looking for an image viewer. IV has more features than I will ever be able to use. These are just a couple little tweaks that would make it that much more useful to me... and I imagine a few other people, as well.
Thanks for your time,
Eric Storm
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