I've checked first option but I could have nothing against it IF Imagine could be used in lister like IrfanView or XnView.
I've also checked 1st option because with plugin I have more configuration options and I can use Imagine together with other viewers. As long as TC does not support multiple external apps, I will go against such idea.
"When we created the poke, we thought it would be cool to have a feature without any specific purpose." Facebook...
It would be a huge inconvenience. I'm out of words to express how much would it hurt.
I guess I'd continue to use the outdated version as long as feasible. What then? I don't know.
External one?
- Assigning it for lister requires maintaining large list of extensions. Pain to manage and slower than autodetection.
- A hotkey just for it? I have enough hotkeys already.
- Merge with other viewers using OFTC or so? Painful to manage again. And slower than lister.
I don't see any more options. External Imagine seems useless for me, so I don't care how fast would it be developed then.
ADDED: I selected 2. I won't stop using Imagine. Not immediately.
I always wondered why there has been a standalone version of Imagine. Okay maybe as a goodie. But just continuing the development of the standalone version? There are quite a bunch of free powerful image viewers out there. I'm not sure of it make sense to compete with them.
Imagine's strength always has been its integration into TC and I don't understand why this should be given up.
good to read.
i'm used to imagine as an imagine-plugin inside tc, because its small and fast.
for normal use i would'nt prefer it, because of other viewers which have more features (and therefore are bigger and bolder and not so fast)
Was nützt der Löffel für die Weisheit, wenn man zu weit vom Suppentopf entfernt sitzt?
Although I had read nyam's clarification by then, I decided to tick option number 1 nevertheless.
Why:
For all the reasons explained by petermad, fenix_productions, m^2 and lefteous.
And let me add:
In particular on USB sticks using a small plugin like Imagine is more convenient than using IrfanView or XNView. (Though I like Irfanview really well, inspite of the 3 configuration tabs labelled "Other Settings". But this is offtopic here.).