Image viewer applications

[drago01]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro at gnome.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 18:18 +0300, Elad Alfassa wrote:
>> I think we got enough reasons here to have eog as the default viewer.
>> We can still install shotwell (or gthumb or whatever) by default as a
>> "manager" if people want it.
>
> Yeah, let's cross out all of the Shotwell options, I think there's
> sufficient consensus to move past that now.
>
> Remaining options:
>
> * eog as default and only image viewer
> * gthumb as default and only image viewer
> * eog as default image viewer, with gthumb installed as shotwell
> replacement
>
> Nobody besides me is advocating for gthumb here. That either suggests we
> should not install it, or more likely that nobody else has tried the new
> gthumb. Or both. :) It has much better integration with GNOME than eog.
> There are some screenshots at [1] but they are showing off the advanced
> features rather than the simple image previewer mode that users will see
> when opening an image (which is the second to last screenshot, but
> without the big sidebar).

I have just tested it. And you indeed have a point. In contrast to eog
it feels like a gnome 3 app and isn't "bloated" manager app.
Given that it integrates better into the desktop (consistent look and
feel) I'd opt for it.