Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
: I tried Irfanview maybe three years ago - a demo from a shareware CD I
: had purchased. It infuriated me that when I installed it the setup
: program over wrote all of my image file associations in the windows
: registry. It took me forever to get my system straightened out after
: that.

  This is a very common and extremely annoying problem with windows programs.
They steal all the associations they want without asking, thus causing
lots of problems to the user.
  There are few exceptions. I remember a program that didn't only ask if I
wanted to reassociate the file type it knew, but it also allowed me to choose
which file types to reassociate and which don't. All programs should be like
this.
  If Microsoft wanted to develop windows, they could add an option like
"Ask before allowing new software to reassociate file types".

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Bill DeWitt wrote in message <3883a75d@news.povray.org>...

>. I hate waiting for Corel to load
>everytime I click on a .tga just to see part of an animation.


I use a little program, IOpener, that came with the GUM modeler.
Just associate my targa's with it.

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ACDSee does just that. I used it until it recently started to behave badly:
takes about 99.99% of the cpu time for ever....

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Nieminen Juha <war### [at] punarastascstutfi> schreef in berichtnieuws
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> Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
> : I tried Irfanview maybe three years ago - a demo from a shareware CD I
> : had purchased. It infuriated me that when I installed it the setup
> : program over wrote all of my image file associations in the windows
> : registry. It took me forever to get my system straightened out after
> : that.
>
>   This is a very common and extremely annoying problem with windows
programs.
> They steal all the associations they want without asking, thus causing
> lots of problems to the user.
>   There are few exceptions. I remember a program that didn't only ask if I
> wanted to reassociate the file type it knew, but it also allowed me to
choose
> which file types to reassociate and which don't. All programs should be
like
> this.
>   If Microsoft wanted to develop windows, they could add an option like
> "Ask before allowing new software to reassociate file types".
>
> --
> main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
> ):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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>
>
> "SamuelT." wrote:
>
> > The program, Irfanview, can be found at
>
> I tried Irfanview maybe three years ago - a demo from a shareware CD I
> had purchased. It infuriated me that when I installed it the setup
> program over wrote all of my image file associations in the windows
> registry. It took me forever to get my system straightened out after
> that.
>
> Does the current version of the program still do this ?

I installed gimp (for windows) and it asked me if I wanted to change them or
not, it is also a fine program.

Ambis

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On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 14:29:26 +0100, "Sander" <san### [at] stolscom> wrote:

>ACDSee does just that. I used it until it recently started to behave badly:
>takes about 99.99% of the cpu time for ever....

I was just going to mention ACDSee in this thread somewhere. It works
great for me. I open the POV output directory with previews and
auto-updating turned on and just watch the animation grow. Wintop
reports 1.8% CPU for that and I think it's fairly low for what it's
doing. I also like the small shell-extension that shows a preview in
the pop-up menu when you right-click on an image (anywhere, even in
Open File dialogs! :) )


Peter Popov
pet### [at] usanet
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AC wrote:

> >
> >
> > "SamuelT." wrote:
> >
> > > The program, Irfanview, can be found at
> >
> > I tried Irfanview maybe three years ago - a demo from a shareware CD I
> > had purchased. It infuriated me that when I installed it the setup
> > program over wrote all of my image file associations in the windows
> > registry. It took me forever to get my system straightened out after
> > that.
> >
> > Does the current version of the program still do this ?
>
> I installed gimp (for windows) and it asked me if I wanted to change them or
> not, it is also a fine program.
>
> Ambis

Yes. I'd second the Gimp recomendation. It's in the process of getting ported,
but is very solid compared to Windows programs.

--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.

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I use Irfanview all the time.
Brendan Ryan

"SamuelT." wrote:

> Hello all. In my efforts to get more of my isosurface tutorial finished,
> I was forced to find a program that would convert my tga files into
> gifs. My version of Povray did not come with tgatogif. So, in my mad
> search, I found an excellent little program (400k zipped) that converts
> files, lets you resize images, crop; you can do lots of things. The
> program, Irfanview, can be found at
> http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/english.htm Make sure to check for
> viruses, but I don't think it has any; I found the program at
> softseek.com
>
> For those interested I hope to finish more of the tutorial soon. I will
> probably get into noise3d and maybe some of the pigment+isosurface
> functions. Have a nice Sunday evening, everyone!
>
> --
> Samuel Benge
>
> E-Mail: STB### [at] aolcom
>
> Visit the still unfinished isosurface tutorial:
> http://members.aol.com/stbenge

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Are the paint tools in Gimp better than the ones in PSP?

"Jon A. Cruz" wrote:

> AC wrote:
>
> > >
> > >
> > > "SamuelT." wrote:
> > >
> > > > The program, Irfanview, can be found at
> > >
> > > I tried Irfanview maybe three years ago - a demo from a shareware CD I
> > > had purchased. It infuriated me that when I installed it the setup
> > > program over wrote all of my image file associations in the windows
> > > registry. It took me forever to get my system straightened out after
> > > that.
> > >
> > > Does the current version of the program still do this ?
> >
> > I installed gimp (for windows) and it asked me if I wanted to change them or
> > not, it is also a fine program.
> >
> > Ambis
>
> Yes. I'd second the Gimp recomendation. It's in the process of getting ported,
> but is very solid compared to Windows programs.
>
> --
> "My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
> But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.

--
Samuel Benge

E-Mail: STB### [at] aolcom

Visit the still unfinished isosurface tutorial: http://members.aol.com/stbenge

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"SamuelT." wrote:

> Are the paint tools in Gimp better than the ones in PSP?
>
> "Jon A. Cruz" wrote:
>

Not sure. Since I'm a bit cheap, I never got PSP. I do know Gimps conversions are
very nice, and that it's extremely scriptable. Also, some of the latest stuff in
Gimp 1.1.15 is fairly impressive.

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SamuelT. <STB### [at] aolcom> wrote:
: Are the paint tools in Gimp better than the ones in PSP?

  Isn't PSP a commercial program that co$t$ lot$ of money?

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