Enclosed is the version 2.0 of my free image viewer JPEGView, a flexible postcardware JPEG and GIF viewer for the Macintosh. This latest release adds a number of substantial new features, including color quantization, GIF support, and a greatly expanded on-line help section.
IMPORTANT NOTE: JPEGView *requires* System 7.0 or later *and* any version of
QuickTime to run. The latest version of the QuickTime extension (1.5) can be found
at ftp.apple.com in the /dts/mac/quicktime directory.
Minor note: I╒ve redesigned the document icons and added a new one for GIF files. If
you╒re upgrading from an older version of JPEGView, you should rebuild your desktop
to get all these nifty icons to appear properly.
Briefly, here are the important new features in version 2.0:
- Fast color quantization of 24 and 16-bit images, based on the Independent JPEG
Group╒s quantization code, giving high-quality displays on 256 and 16-color
screens.
- Extremely fast GIF viewing support.
- Support for additional JPEG and older PICT formats.
- Expanded slide show features, including support for untyped images commonly
found on CD-ROM graphics collections.
- Improved interface for zooming in on a screen-sized part of an image.
- Quick and easy file type fixing within the application.
- Comprehensive, modeless on-line help system (nearly 100k worth!)
- Extended preferences options.
- Many, many other user interface improvements.
And a general JPEGView overview:
- It's free (well, postcard-ware), simple, and easy to use.
- Requires only 768k, but will effectively use more memory to run faster.
- Provides a user-configurable automatic slide show.
- Automatically scales images to fit on your monitor.
- Has handy full screen windows (without the menubar) for large images.
- Supports multiple-monitor systems explicitly.
- Includes exhaustive on-line documentation and Balloon Help.
- Is System 7-studly, featuring basic AppleEvents and 32-bit cleanliness.
- Comes with a cool ray-traced demonstration picture. :-)
Once again:
JPEGView is postcard-ware. The concept is simple:
If you like it, please send me a postcard of where you live ╤ no matter how dull you
might think it is!
And one final note:
I╒ll be looking for a new job come June when my current position ends, but right
now I╒m looking for pointers and advice to help me with my upcoming job search.
My primary interests lie in Macintosh applications, especially those that require
graphics and/or a lot of speed, but my experience extends far beyond these areas.
If you wish to impart any words of wisdom or have any suggestions, feel free to
drop me a line at either of my addresses. I╒d certainly appreciate your help!
