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When comparing Phototonic vs Shotwell, the Slant community recommends Shotwell for most people. In the question“What are the best FOSS image viewers for UNIX-like systems?” Shotwell is ranked 7th while Phototonic is ranked 15th.
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Pros
Pro Clean and functional UI
Beside being pretty clean and easy-to-use, the UI is also pretty fast.
Pro Can be easily keyboard driven
Lots of pre-defined keyboard shortcuts.
Pro Highly customizable
Lots of options to personalize your experience. You can set Photonic to fit images by width and height, or width or height; rotate according to Exif orientation; show/hide image name in viewer; adjust space between thumbnails; adjust delay between slides.
Pro Easy to use
Pro Fast
Cons
Con No Dark mode
And not a lot of customization available.
Con No WebP image format support
Con No button for counter-clockwise rotation
To just rotate the picture counter-clockwise, you need to press several keys.