NEF support, Viewer / Browser speed

[Jochen]

Some Feature Requests:

* Nikon NEF support (read)
* Possibility to exit the fullscreen-mode of the viewer with 'Esc' not only back to the normal view of the viewer, also
  - switch to the browser
  - exit XnView
Perhaps user-definable in the 'Options' window?
* Viewer speed improvement (preferrably JPEG)

BTW: Keep up the great work!


Jochen

[Jochen]

Sorry, I haven't recognized that support for NEF is already there.
But both browser view (thumbnails) and viewer take a lot of time to show the image data....


Jochen

[helmut]

Sorry, I haven't recognized that support for NEF is already there.
But both browser view (thumbnails) and viewer take a lot of time to show the image data....

At the moment NEF files really take far too long to open (up to 1 minute). From what I have heard, Nikon provides a viewer that displays the files fast. Nikon nows the exact format and algorithms to read it, not sure whether performance can be improved in XnView, too.

[helmut]

...
But both browser view (thumbnails) and viewer take a lot of time to show the image data....

Please try switching on the cache, this will increase browser speed when viewing folders for a second time (Options, Category "Browser -> Cache").
Perhaps the cache should be enabled by default...

[Jochen]

Please try switching on the cache, this will increase browser speed when viewing folders for a second time

Thanks helmut for replying...

Yes, I did that already. But this helps only if I view the files a second time (rarely used), as you said ... not for the first time.

Jochen

[helmut]

There should be really a better NEF support which reads NEF files fast. At the moment it is not very usable.