Why does XnView MP thumbnails look worse than the XnView Classic thumbnails?

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Why does XnView MP thumbnails look worse than the XnView Classic thumbnails?

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I decided to give it a try again to XnView MP after a few years but I'm disappointed that the thumbnails in the browser (same size 256x256 pixels; high quality thumbnails enabled in MP) look blurry and worse than the XnView Classic thumbnails. Does that happen to anyone else? Is the dev aware of this bug/resize issue?

See for yourself (e.g. pay attention to the pic 0017.jpg): XnView Classic vs XnView MP
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Re: Why does XnView MP thumbnails look worse than the XnView Classic thumbnails?

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what do you have in Settings>Catalog - Width/height & compression?
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Re: Why does XnView MP thumbnails look worse than the XnView Classic thumbnails?

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xnview wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 4:39 pm what do you have in Settings>Catalog - Width/height & compression?
I disabled the catalog. There are the default settings.

Edit: after enabling the catalog and setting the thumbnail size as 256x256 / JPEG Lossy High Quality they look sharper.
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Re: Why does XnView MP thumbnails look worse than the XnView Classic thumbnails?

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electro1 wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:04 pm I disabled the catalog. There are the default settings.
No, it is enabled by default...

If you have same settings in Classic & MP, the thumbnails are the same
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Re: Why does XnView MP thumbnails look worse than the XnView Classic thumbnails?

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xnview wrote: Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:51 am
electro1 wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:04 pm I disabled the catalog. There are the default settings.
No, it is enabled by default...

If you have same settings in Classic & MP, the thumbnails are the same
I meant those settings (thumbnail size) from that page except Catalog enabling are default. Thanks for help.
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