Picasa Photo Viewer Rebuilt for Linux, Project Named Licasa

 (github.com)

44 points | by UncleJo7 2 days ago

6 comments

  • rrgok 1 hour ago
    If you develop a GUI application, the first thing you have to show is a screenshot.
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    • Kwpolska 40 minutes ago
      I guess slop machines can't do that, or are prevented by auto mode.
  • haunter 1 hour ago
    oof it has nothing to do with Picasa which was a library manager and looked like this https://static.filehorse.com/screenshots/photo-and-design/pi...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rskC6c_5L1M

    This is just a vibe coded image viewer, nothing else https://i.imgur.com/uBxUj8d.jpeg

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    • Jordan-117 32 minutes ago
      FWIW, the Picasa photo viewer was so nice that I installed an old version of Picasa on Linux via WINE just for the image viewer. It'll be great to have a native version.
    • Kwpolska 41 minutes ago
      So it's just GPT's vague memories of Picasa? Vibe coders have no shame.
    • epihelix 41 minutes ago
      Ah, that's sad. I miss the speed and intuitive UI/UX of the old Picasa. No image viewer has ever been able to handle massive photo libraries as well for me :(
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      • mlnj 1 minute ago
        I've been using it ever since on my windows machines because I've never found anything even coming close to it. I don't need anything feature rich with a 5 second startup time. I need something that's 500ms away.
    • sli 1 hour ago
      Frankly I just want IrfanView ported. This is 80% wasted screen space.
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      • somat 37 minutes ago
        What are you complaining about, we have XV, which is about as humanly close to perfection as you can get in application design.
      • Tepix 1 hour ago
        I'm pretty sure you can close the editor on the left and the settings on the right.

        But Irfanview for Linux would be pretty sweet!

      • haunter 1 hour ago
        You can close both menus
  • FreakyT 1 hour ago
    Some screenshots would have been nice -- I assume this looks like Picasa did, but it'd be nice to be able to see it.

    That said, I've been enjoying this trend of reviving software killed before its time! Someone recently did the same for Apple Aperture (RIP):

    https://github.com/konzertblock/retrolux

  • groos 45 minutes ago
    Unfortunate choice of name.
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    • RVuRnvbM2e 43 minutes ago
      Right? Benefit of the doubt for non-native English speaker.
  • import 46 minutes ago
    Looks much more different than a Picasa rebuild.
  • Razengan 36 minutes ago
    Unfortunate pronunciation...