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SageThumbs - Thumbnails all over the Windows
Tuxman:
Basic Info
App NameSageThumbsApp URLhttp://code.google.com/p/sagethumbs/App Version Reviewed2.0.0.8Test System SpecsWin7, 2 GHz, 3 GB RAM, some hard disk is also there, yes...Supported OSesWindows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 Support MethodsYou can contact the author in several forums and via bug tracker if something is going wrong. Primarily he seems to use the XnView forums.Pricing SchemeSageThumbs is FLOSS. Don't care about pricing.
Intro:
SageThumbs is some free software I stumbled upon in xplorer² forums. It adds a couple of image processing functions to Windows Explorer and applications which use its API (like xplorer², FileZilla et al.)
Mainly, these applications get thumbnail support for a few hundred image formats and a new context submenu with a preview and rudimentary editing/converting functions as seen on the screenshots above. Shell columns for extended image information are also added.
Who is this app designed for:
Web designers and random photographers who use Windows might be very interested in this software as they don't need to run a separate gallery software to get a quick glance on which is which. Also, it avoids misclicks when uploading them as FileZilla, for example, does not have a thumbnail function by default. (Or I am just too stupid to find it?)
SageThumbs - Thumbnails all over the Windows
The Good
Seemless integration into the system environment. No cluttering as everything is only displayed when available and can be turned off separately. Unlike similar software, it is free and being continuously developed. Once you installed it, you can be sure that a week later a couple of updates have been released. - So it is also quite safe to assume that there are no critical bugs left or, if there are, they will be fixed very soon.
Also it is very fast. It does not even have any noticable influence on a folder's loading time. (I must confess that I don't have "large image galleries" in only 1 folder, so I can't test it under heavy conditions.)
The needs improvement section
I, personally, am not a fan of "everything has to have a downside". Just take it. :P
Why I think you should use this product
It is not a "must-have" but a "nice to have", especially when you work with image files at work or something.
Links to other reviews of this application
http://beatmasters-winlite-blog.de/?p=8853 (German)
http://www.ghacks.net/2011/08/07/sagethumbs-better-windows-explorer-image-format-support/
http://www.instantfundas.com/2011/08/sagethumbs-view-thumbnails-of.html (not really a good review IMO)
cranioscopical:
Thanks for taking the time and trouble to write this, much appreciated. :up:
Tuxman:
No problem. In fact, I wish there could have been more things to write about it, but after all, it is a very tiny software. One tool, one purpose. :D
tomos:
thanks Tuxman, there is a viewer that does something similar but shows the thumb in the main context menu - was it imagine maybe? http://open-imagine.sourceforge.net/?q=node/4
fenixproductions:
@tomos
AFAIR Standard Imagine installation offers Shell menu integration.
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