XnView Software

Small thumbnail icons that look like audio looks in audio editors, such as the free Wavosaur .

I attached a quick mock-up of what I'm talking about. This is what audio files (.wavs, etc) look like in many sample editors. It would be great to have them look like this in the Thumbnails view ...

Believe it or not, but I have found XNView an awesome help for browsing audio files. I work in a game company, and we have a large sound effects library. With XNView, I can quickly search for .wavs, browse the results, preview them with XNView's previewer, then drag & drop them to my audio editor ...