Chris: Is it a good idea to integrate an application which hasn't been actively maintained in a year-and-a-half, and which also has very similar functionality to gthumb? While I appreciate giving users choice, I'm not sure that a program which isn't being actively developed anymore is the best "choice". Wouldn't it be better to simply spend some effort improving the UI of gthumb if that is the only deficiency that gqview addresses?
Brian > gqview and gthumb are similar applications, I'll call them image > organizer. With these applications, user can easily organize and > management there images, they generally only have limited image > processing operation available. For my opinion, gqview offers better UI > than gthumb, but it really depends on users preference. I don't think we > are going to replace gthumb with gqview but keep them together to give > users more choices. > > Thanks and Regards, > Chris > > James Gates ??: >> Where does this tool fit amongst all the other image viewers/editors >> that are already available in OpenSolaris (e.g. ImageMagick, eog, >> gthumb & gimp)? What does gqview have that none of the others provide? >> Are any of the others made obsolete by the addition of gqview? >> >> >> Shi-Ying Irene Huang wrote: >>> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.66 04/17/08 SMI >>> This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems >>> 1. Introduction >>> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: >>> Gqview for OpenSolaris >>> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: >>> Author: Chris Wang >>> 1.3 Date of This Document: >>> 15 July, 2008 >>> 4. Technical Description >>> This information is Sun Proprietary/Confidential: Engineering >>> Need-to-Know >>> Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems >>> >>> 1. Introduction >>> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: GQview for Solaris 1.2. Name of >>> Document Author/Supplier: Chris Wang 1.3. Date of This Document: >>> 07/07/08 >>> 1.5. Email Aliases: >>> 1.5.1. Responsible Manager: leo.binchy at sun.com >>> 1.5.2. Responsible Engineer: chris.wang at sun.com, >>> >>> 2. Project Summary >>> 2.1. Project Description: >>> GQview is an image viewer for Unix operating systems. Its key features >>> include single click file viewing, external editor support, thumbnail >>> preview, and zoom features. Some image management features are also >>> included. >>> >>> 4. Technical Description: >>> 4.1. Details: >>> Features of gqview include: >>> .Thumbnail list display. >>> .Thumbnails can be cached to disk for faster subsequent loads. >>> .One click file selection. >>> .Zoom in, out, and fit to window. >>> .Slideshow. >>> .Mode that zoom reverts to on a new image can be configured. >>> .File filtering options. >>> .Can open a file in an external program (customizable). >>> .Collections (file lists). >>> .Search utility. >>> .Find duplicates based on file attributes or image content. >>> .Full screen viewing. >>> .EXIF support. >>> .Printing, including proof sheets. >>> .Can attach keywords and comments to images. >>> .Supports the Thumbnail managing standard. >>> .Command line control of existing GQview process. >>> >>> GQview doesn't come with any decoder, and doesn't use any interface >>> from image libraries (PNG,JPEG etc.). Gdk-pixbuf automatically invoke >>> one of a handful of its image format loaders to convert the graphics >>> file into an RGB buffer, and then GQview reads data from Gdk-pixbuf. >>> This means GQView supports image format that supported by Gdk-pixbuf >>> availabe on the system. >>> >>> 4.5. Interfaces: >>> Exported interfaces: >>> Interface Stability Comment >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> SUNWgqview Committed SVr4 package /usr/bin/gqview Volatile gqview >>> command line >>> Imported Interfaces Interface Stability Comments >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> GNOME Committed Platform Libraries Committed LSARC/2007/520 GTK+ library >>> GNOME 2.20 >>> 4.9. I18N/L10N Impact: >>> GQview includes translation of serveral language, The JDS team and >>> the G11N are working together to evaluate I18N/L10N support >>> 4.10. Packaging & Delivery: >>> The project will be delivering the following packages: >>> SUNWgqview 4.11. Security Impact: >>> No impact >>> 5. Reference Documents: >>> 1.SUNWgqview pkgmap >>> pkginfo >>> depend >>> 2.GQView community >>> http://gqview.sourceforge.net >>> >>> 3.GQView user manual http://gqview.sourceforge.net/docs/index.html >>> >>> >>> >>> 6. Resources and Schedule >>> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information >>> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: >>> Desktop >>> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack >>> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open >>> >> >
