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ImageGlass vs Windows Photo Viewer

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When comparing ImageGlass vs Windows Photo Viewer, the Slant community recommends ImageGlass for most people. In the question“What are the best image viewers for Windows?” ImageGlass is ranked 4th while Windows Photo Viewer is ranked 15th. The most important reason people chose ImageGlass is:

As long as you have enough skill you can mold it to your liking.

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Pros

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Open source

As long as you have enough skill you can mold it to your liking.

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It handles animated GIF files really well

Animated GIF files (let it be transparent or regular) are played seamlessly even if you zoom in and out.

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Portable version available

If you don't want to or you can't install ImageGlass, you can go with the portable.

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Good looking

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Fast

It load instantly

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Preinstalled for win 7/8

If you are win 7/8 user, then it already preinstalled

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Cons

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Does not support APNG

It does not support the Animated Portable Network Graphic (APNG) format yet. And it is a con worth considering.

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No editing options

The program lacks any kind of image manipulation or batch processing features like Irfanview or XnView has. If you're an advanced user, this will be the biggest con against this software.

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Color picker doesn't have an X [close]

And can only be closed with the menu options or by ctrl+shift+k.

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Doesn't support GIF

GIF image won't load.

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Not Cross Platform

Exclusive for Windows 7/8 user.

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Discontinued

Windows Photo Viewer is deprecated in Windows 10 in favor of Microsoft Photos . It's inherited from Windows 7 or 8 if you upgraded the system to Windows 10. It's not in it if you installed Windows 10 from scratch.