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On Aug 26, 2014 12:13 AM, "Michael Catanzaro" <<a href="mailto:mcatanzaro@gnome.org">mcatanzaro@gnome.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Mon, 2014-08-25 at 19:12 -0400, Liam wrote:<br>
> > With regards to image previews I'd like to bring up the sushi utility.<br>
> > That would seem to provide the bare minimum reqs for a previewer, and<br>
> > doesn't require a new "app" to open. The only issue with it is that<br>
> > the utility itself is so hidden. Dolphin offers a nice way to preview<br>
> > files with their third panel, so, perhaps, something similar might be<br>
> > arranged with Nautilus in the long term?<br>
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> sushi is a nice previewer, but I don't think it's a replacement for an<br>
> image viewer app any more than it's a replacement for the document<br>
> viewer or video player.<br>
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What's the use case? What functionality are the target users expecting from an image viewer? My experience is I only ever use such apps for rather quick assessments of images. For more than that I open a dedicated editor.<br>
Does a image viewer need to do more than just show an image (possibly along with metadata)?</p>
<p dir="ltr">> > Your second point is one that I was about to mention myself. Photo<br>
> > management seems like pointless bloat for a development environment,<br>
> > especially when install is so easy. The lack of such an app seems<br>
> > unlikely to halt a typical development task, and that criteria seems<br>
> > the only important consideration.<br>
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> I personally don't care whether we install a photo management app or<br>
> not. It doesn't seem necessary to me, but it is something we've always<br>
> done and which our primary competitor does (Ubuntu uses Shotwell).<br>
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We've also been installing the firewall utility for awhile.<br>
Our target audience isn't the same as Ubuntu's.</p>