Basic Info| App Name | SageThumbs |
| App URL | http://code.google.com/p/sagethumbs/ |
| App Version Reviewed | 2.0.0.8 |
| Test System Specs | Win7, 2 GHz, 3 GB RAM, some hard disk is also there, yes... |
| Supported OSes | Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 |
| Support Methods | You 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 Scheme | SageThumbs 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?)
The GoodSeemless 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 sectionI, personally, am not a fan of "everything has to have a downside". Just take it.
Why I think you should use this productIt 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 applicationhttp://beatmasters-w...lite-blog.de/?p=8853 (German)
http://www.ghacks.ne...mage-format-support/http://www.instantfu...w-thumbnails-of.html (not really a good review IMO)
Recent Posts
. Cream is a no-no, but I'm Vim-illiterate and you want me to create what I assume is a Vim macro?
-barney (August 09, 2011, 12:34 AM)