[HN Gopher] Show HN: Electro - A hyper-fast Windows image viewer...
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       Show HN: Electro - A hyper-fast Windows image viewer with a built-
       in terminal
        
       This is my first major OSS release! I was always so frustrated by
       how slow image viewers were on Windows so I built one from the
       ground up with Rust & Tauri v2.0!  Electro also has a very unique
       feature: a built-in terminal. I was always mesmerised by merging
       CLI tools with GUI based systems and this is my first go at it!  I
       have big plans on expanding the terminal functionality with built-
       in image editing commands, command chaining, file handling etc.
        
       Author : Tinos
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2025-02-24 20:50 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | textadventure wrote:
       | I share your frustration so I love that it is so
       | fast/lightweight, cool project. I personally don't think I would
       | have much use for a built-in terminal. I would just like for it
       | to let you browse through whatever other images in the same
       | folder from the image I opened with and be able to navigate it
       | with the keyboard.
       | 
       | Images should also resize whenever the window is resized. Those
       | two changes alone would make this very usable.
        
         | Tinos wrote:
         | Thanks for the constructive feedback - the folder feature is
         | 100% coming soon, it was one of my favourite features from
         | other viewers as well.
         | 
         | I'll create an issue for the resizing, good spot!
         | 
         | Feedback is always greatly appreciated :))
        
       | roadbuster wrote:
       | > I was always so frustrated by how slow image viewers were on
       | Windows
       | 
       | Irfanview was always my go-to for speed on Windows
        
         | tacker2000 wrote:
         | Another vote for Irfanview from me! Is there an app like this
         | for MacOS?
        
         | mikepurvis wrote:
         | Same. Will be interested to try the new tool but it would take
         | a lot to unseat Irfanview for me.
        
         | haddonist wrote:
         | Try JPEGView - it is _much_ faster than Irfanview for looking
         | through a folder of images. Either preloads or has a better
         | rendering engine, or both.
         | 
         | Make sure to get the currently supported fork, not the
         | original.
        
       | fsiefken wrote:
       | That's fast! It seems even faster then using mpv, even though you
       | can't use it like this from the command line.
       | 
       | mpv *.jpeg --shuffle --loop-playlist --image-display-duration=2.0
       | --fullscreen
       | 
       | I remember, 30 years ago there were similar ultrafast image
       | viewers for DOS, they didn't even need windows. I was partial to
       | QPV/386, but there were others. Linux console has fim. It was
       | great to be able to zoom and pan with the keyboard.
       | 
       | https://www.nongnu.org/fbi-improved/
       | https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/png-the-definitive/9781...
        
       | bdhcuidbebe wrote:
       | Cool! Any plans for linux/macOS?
       | 
       | I'm currently using oculante specifically for its speed, rust and
       | cross platform.
       | 
       | Not sure this electro viewer is for me, as I see typescript and
       | css frontend.
        
       | haddonist wrote:
       | Why does Electro make multiple web requests on startup? Why does
       | it need to make any?
       | 
       | And forcing windows to make your app a default, without asking
       | the user about it at install time - not cool.
        
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