how to disable the news window since 2.5.1

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xalpha
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how to disable the news window since 2.5.1

Post by xalpha »

the splash window "News" says something like: XnView MP is the XnView Classic's successor, this version supports X64 CPU, unicode and has many improvements........ just like an ad window

will this be removed in the future?
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Re: how to disable the news window since 2.5.1

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yes, but this dialog is displayed only once
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xalpha
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Re: how to disable the news window since 2.5.1

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yes, only once, but still many people may not like it....
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Re: how to disable the news window since 2.5.1

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xalpha wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:33 am yes, only once, but still many people may not like it....
Once the message has been displayed it will not appear again, so no need for a user way to disable it?

Your point is that it would be better not to display the message the first time?

That is the developer's decision and it seems reasonable, possibly the message should actually be displayed every time the program is launched, with a 'Do not show again' option... :wink:
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Re: how to disable the news window since 2.5.1

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cday wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 8:07 am
xalpha wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:33 am yes, only once, but still many people may not like it....
Once the message has been displayed it will not appear again, so no need for a user way to disable it?

Your point is that it would be better not to display the message the first time?

That is the developer's decision and it seems reasonable, possibly the message should actually be displayed every time the program is launched, with a 'Do not show again' option... :wink:

my colleague said: xnview is such a good software, but this ad thing makes it quite low... 8) 8)
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Re: how to disable the news window since 2.5.1

Post by trance »

should i not update to 2.51.1 to not see this message (even only once)?
it's stupid.
no one needs 64 bit & unicode, this does not give performance improvements.
New features are debatable. Somewhere there is an increase and somewhere there is a decrease.
if you force to upgrade to MP, probably i will not upgrade to either Classic or MP.
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Re: how to disable the news window since 2.5.1

Post by xalpha »

yes, this ad thing is sooooooo stupid. i wonder where the 2.50 version download is available.
trance wrote: Sun Sep 11, 2022 6:30 pm should i not update to 2.51.1 to not see this message (even only once)?
it's stupid.
no one needs 64 bit & unicode, this does not give performance improvements.
New features are debatable. Somewhere there is an increase and somewhere there is a decrease.
if you force to upgrade to MP, probably i will not upgrade to either Classic or MP.
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Re: how to disable the news window since 2.5.1

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xalpha wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 11:00 am yes, this ad thing is sooooooo stupid.
A potentially useful notification, rather than an ad?
I wonder where the 2.50 version download is available.upgrade to MP, probably i will not upgrade to either Classic or MP.
Old versions :D
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Re: how to disable the news window since 2.5.1

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you have seen it. the ad destroyes everything, including its reputation

cday wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 11:10 am
xalpha wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 11:00 am yes, this ad thing is sooooooo stupid.
A potentially useful notification, rather than an ad?
I wonder where the 2.50 version download is available.upgrade to MP, probably i will not upgrade to either Classic or MP.
Old versions :D
trance
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Re: how to disable the news window since 2.5.1

Post by trance »

xnview wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:55 am yes, but this dialog is displayed only once
Is this ad disabled in new versions since then? I mean completely and not "once".
cday wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 11:10 am A potentially useful notification, rather than an ad?
Useful for who? They discontinue a GOOD Classic version for the sake of a new one that's not yet comparable in capabilities.
The MP version is LESS convenient.
I don't care about cross-platform on my WINDOWS.
It STILL can't operate in a single window/tab.
The menu bar BELOW tabs.
Not a good tree-view without lines and crosses. The items are hanging in the air.
No drop-down "zoom" button.