Review of FastStone Image Viewer powered by the Slant community.
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Pros
Pro Really fast
Pro Lots of features for simple editing
Pro Great for comparing and sorting multiple images
Pro Free
Pro Best keyboard controls
Pro Editing photo levels
Pro Built-in folder browser
Can browse folders, images and videos, all with thumbnails.
Pro Has dark mode
As well as Gray mode. Good for your eyes.
Cons
Con Free version is not valid for business usage
Only good for private use, small business licensing is very expensive.
Con Broken SVG Support
SVG images do not show at all.
Con Sometimes really sluggish
Showing the wait cursor for multiple seconds like executing large operations in the GUI thread.