Archives For December 2008

irfanview.jpg

My man Irfan is still kicking image butt.

You can download the new version of Irfanview here.

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Version 4.23            (Release date: 2008-12-29)

- Added History list for Random slideshow (“No file repeat” removed)
- New multipage images menu: Create Multipage PDF
- Option to save changes on exit (Properties->Misc 1, default: OFF)
- TIF loading bugs fixed (Thanks to j00ru//vx)
- New command line option: /filelist=txtfile; Examples:
i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt
i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt /thumbs
i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt /convert=d:\*.jpg
=> use files from mypics.txt as input for different operations
- New Contact Sheet options: Set custom paper size and units
- Options to set start parameters for external editors (see Help file/button)
- External editor names are showed in the menu text
- New Panorama dialog option: Add space between images
- Browsing: if CTRL + number (0-9) pressed, the file index increases by number
- New wallpaper menu: Stretched – proportional
- New Slideshow dialog option: Remember last file index on exit
- New option to show DDS alpha color (Properties->Misc. 1)
- Support for WSQ format (Wavelet Scaler Quantization, PlugIn by Steven Venable)
- New Thumbnail option: Use full file path for sorting (if subfolders loaded)
- New thumbnails tree menu: Load subfolders
- New hotkeys: SHIFT + arrows = Move selection rectangle
- New hotkeys: SHIFT + N = Create new image; SHIFT + V = Add canvas;
CTRL + SHIFT + Y = Auto crop borders; CTRL + SHIFT + J = Lossless JPG crop;
SHIFT + O = Fit window to image; F11 = show/hide mouse in Fullscreen/Slideshow
- Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions:
Download from: http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm (plugins version is 4.22)
- Some bugs fixed (SGI loading, crop selection)
- Two small 4.22 bugs fixed: Next toolbar button, PDF saving

exit

Yeah, well that was fun while it lasted.  I’m back to using Google Desktop.

What I liked about the indexing flexibility of Locate32 is now out the window.  The path to get to what I need to get to is just not easy enough.  I’m used to using Launchy.  I can’t start Locate32 with Launchy and search for a Word Document that contains the phrase “whee” without clicking.

I also thought Xobni might be nice for searching Outlook e-mail.  It’s fine, but it’s, I don’t know….too much.  The contact analytics is cool, but I don’t need it.  I know who I e-mail the most, etc.

Couple things that bug me:

Pickled Peppers.

pickled-peppers

Who picks pickled peppers? Is anything pickled and still on the vine?

No.

Even if he picked them from the store, why would pickled peppers not be in a jar of pickle juice?

Makes no sense.  What a crock of a nursery rhyme, I say.

Cinnamon.

cinnamon

How is it that red-hots and Big Red gum have a “cinnamon” flavor, while the “cinnamon” spice is something totally different?

Grr.

Canada Dry Ginger Ale.

canada-dry

How can a wet drink be dry?

locate32

I’m tired of not being able to control how and when Google Desktop indexes files.

I’m switching over to Locate32.

First, it seems faster — both in searching and indexing.

Second, the results aren’t in the browser.  I don’t like results in the browser.

OK, that’s all good.  However, one thing I will miss about GDS is the indexing of Outlook e-mail.  I’m willing to try a third-party add-on for that.

xobni

Enter Xobni.

I’ll let you know what that’s like after I’ve used it for a while.  It’s currently indexing the 500 MB of Outlook e-mail that’s been archived for 12 years.

Yep.

This pretty much sums it up:

true chiefs fan