Image viewers for Palm?

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On 2005-06-16, -=rjh=- <usually@mail.com> wrote:
> Any recommendations on image/slideshow viewers for Palm -
>
> OS5, 480x320, rotate, preferably native jpg and other formats to avoid
> converting on desktop. Able to browse SD card.
>
> And freeware :-)
>
> I figure there might be something around that is better than the one
> that ships with Palm. Is there?

I don't know, but the palm one is awful. Slow, and no zoom.

I either use that (begrudgingly), point Plucker at a local site on my
computer, or use Pilot Install.

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On 2005-06-17, Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote:
> In article <42b13086@news.orcon.net.nz>, -=rjh=- <usually@mail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Any recommendations on image/slideshow viewers for Palm -
>>
>> OS5, 480x320, rotate, preferably native jpg and other formats to avoid
>> converting on desktop. Able to browse SD card.
>>
>> And freeware :-)
>>
>> I figure there might be something around that is better than the one
>> that ships with Palm. Is there?
>
> I have been using "Jpeg Show!". Just jpegs. It does have rotate,
> 480x320.

Does it have zoom?

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Toby wrote:
> On 2005-06-17, Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote:
>
>>In article <42b13086@news.orcon.net.nz>, -=rjh=- <usually@mail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Any recommendations on image/slideshow viewers for Palm -
>>>
>>>OS5, 480x320, rotate, preferably native jpg and other formats to avoid
>>>converting on desktop. Able to browse SD card.
>>>
>>>And freeware :-)
>>>
>>>I figure there might be something around that is better than the one
>>>that ships with Palm. Is there?
>>
>>I have been using "Jpeg Show!". Just jpegs. It does have rotate,
>>480x320.
>
>
> Does it have zoom?
>

Jpeg Show! looked promising, but is intended for Clies, and won't run on
my T3 :-( Neither will the developer's other free viewer :-( :-(

I'm quite surprised, really, that given that the new displays make Palms
into excellent photo albums, there aren't *that* many viewers around for
them, and almost all the free ones predate the large rotating displays.

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Sam Lipoff wrote:
> RescoViewer (http://www.resco.net/palm/photoviewer/) is probably the
> most full featured image viewer out there, although it is not freeware.
> Download the trial and see what you think!

RescoViewer *is* really good, but I'd say it is the second most full
featured viewer, after MobiSystems Photo Album 3.60 (or Paint 6.50,
which appears to be the same, but missing the slideshow function).

I never thought image editing on a Palm would be practical - including
title frames and commentary for slideshows, but here it is! You have to
think about how to achieve the end result you want fairly carefully,
because the tools are limited, but I was very surprised at what can be
done. MobiSystems graphics apps are *well* worth a look. I don't
understand why it rates so much lower than SplashPhoto on Palmgear,
unless earlier versions weren't very good. One disadvantage of MPA is
that it doesn't seem to be able edit images at full 480x320 resolution,
but maybe I just don't have enough free space on my T3.

> VFSi
> (http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-PaloAlto/7022/oldcontents/vfsi.htm)
> is the next best one, and is freeware. It is actually faster and more
> stable than RescoViewer, and can support some zooming and rotating, but
> doesn't have an easy way to scroll through a folder of images (i.e.
> with hardware buttons, rather than via several stylus taps) --- a
> feature that I really like when I am viewing or showing off images.
>
VFSi is flaky on my T3, often freezes; I think the problem is lack of
free memory to expand images into.

For a pure slideshow application, PalmaryPhotoFrame 1.0.1 is brilliant,
it would be even better if you could save a number of different
slideshow profiles instead of having to set up each slideshow before you
start it.

On the negative side, SplashPhoto is barely better than the bundled Palm
app, although it will show native .jpgs. I was quite disappointed with it.

ACDSee for Palm is absolutely appallingly bad, and seemed incapable of
even scaling images without making them unviewable. Totally unusable
software, even the desktop application was bad.

So, looks like PalmaryPhotoFrame, and either RescoViewer (maybe lite -
what is the difference?) or MobiSystems PhotoAlbum. Hmmm...what have I
missed?