As it was several years ago FastStone was essentially a clone of
BreezeBrowser. Since then it has assumed more of its own appearance and
added some editing capabilities that BreezeBrowser will never have since
the author prefers to keep it a true browser only. But BreezeBrowser is
not available for Mac either.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/20/2012 9:24 AM, Candace wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> I wanted to reply to this when I first read it and couldn't at the time.
>
> You have *no* idea...I would gladly pay good money to have FastStone for
> my new iMac. That program played a very crucial role for me in my
> workflow, and now I do not have it. I knew that program pretty
> thoroughly, and could do many necessary functions with it.
>
> When I was contemplating switching from PC to MAC, one of the first
> things I did was Google "Faststone Image Viewer for MAC". It came up
> immediately, in several places, so I thought (silly me) that I would be
> good to go. After getting the iMac, I went to download FastStone,
> and....nothing. I don't know why it comes up in searches, but there is
> not a MAC version of FastStone. I am seriously disappointed. And my
> workflow is a bit crippled. I know there are other ways to go about what
> I need to do, it's just a matter of sorting that out. I was hoping not
> to have to do that, since I knew FasStone well.
>
> Funny thing, I can find complaints all over the internet, people
> lamenting the same fact as I...they switched from PC to MAC, and have
> lost their beloved FastStone, and can find nothing comparable.
>
> So...enjoy it for me, OK? I really truly miss that program. :-(
>
> Candace
>
> On 1/18/12 7:10 PM, Brian Swale wrote:
>> My first impressions of Sagelight Image Editor v4 are that most of the
>> "normal" image editing functions can be done with FastStone Image Viewer
>> more quickly and easily.
>>
>> Might be better for RAW files than other programs I have on this machine.
>> I will try it soon when I find the directories where my few RAW files reside.
>>
>> Guess what program I'll use for that? The low-overhead FastStone Image
>> Viewer.
>>
>> FastStone Image Viewer does a MUCH better job of keeping the menus
>> right out of the way. They are in fact invisible until the mouse pointer
>> hits the
>> LHS, or until you right-click the mouse anywhere on the image away from
>> the margins. Consequently, the user of FastStone Image Viewer has a
>> better view of the image.
>>
>> I have only 500MB RAM on this machine and need 1 GB for some advanced
>> functions that could be of interest.
>>
>> BTW, having got (I think) a slightly better understanding of the registration
>> process, I have sent off my receipt/transaction number. That should do the
>> trick. According to what they write, registration could take 2 - 3 days.
>>
>> Brian Swale.
>
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