jbarr

The included Clie Viewer program, while good intentioned, suffers from lethargy. Take more than a handful of pictures with your Clie Camera, and you sit and wait, and wait, and wait for the Clie Viewer to generate thumbnail images. It doesn't cache these thumbnail images, so the next time you want to view images, you have to wait, and wait, and...

An alternative is to purchase one of the several third-party Imager Viewer apps. One such app is AcidImage from http://www.redmercury.com These third-party viewers add functionality and speed not available to the native Clie Viewer.

For example, AcidImage adds a "file manager" function that lets you choose to view pictures stored anywhere on yout Memory Stick. This is very handy because you can organize your pictures into folders either on-board using a program like ClieFiles or "externally" using MSImport and opening a Windows Explorer window to manage the files on the memory Stick. You can select one, selected, or all photos to view. You can view the thumbnails in various sizes or view a text list of the photos. Very flexible.

Another nice feature is the ability to view "other" image types imported to the Memory Stick using MSImport. The Clie's camera takes pictures in .jpg format, but AcidImage can display .gif and .bmp, and several other graphic file types. This is especially useful if you want to carry graphical information with you. You are no longer limited to viewing just Photos taken with your Clie, but you can carry with you and view images from just about any source.

For example, say you are Web Surfing and go to MapQuest.com to find a map of a specific place. Once it displays on your PC, just right-click on the image, and (in Internet Explorer) select "Save Picture As..." and save the picture to your PC. Then, use MSImport to load the picture onto your Memory Stick. Viewing the image in AcidImage lets you Zoom, Pan, and Rotate the image quickly.

There's also a slideshow function that cycles through your images.

Admittedly, one nice thing about the Clie Viewer is that you can use it as a "launching point" to view Photos, Movies, listen to Voice Recordings, etc. but these functions can be easily done by launching the associated apps separatly. This integration is something I would gladly give up to have an image viewer that is quick and simple to use.

A Third-Party image viewer can open the door to many other uses for your Clie!

Note: I am not affiliated in any way with Red Mercury other than being a happy customer.

For this and other tips, do a search on this forum for "Jim's Tips" or visit my web site, jimstips.com

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NR70V-o-holic

I second that, AcidImage is way better than build in viewer!

Noh

mouthdrummer

Now, if there were only some way to delet ClieViewer...

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What exactly is a "free gift" anyway? Aren't gifts, by definition, free?

jbarr

A few things to consider:

1. Considering it's in ROM, it shouldn't be taking up any RAM space, so you don't really need to delete it.

2. You may not know this, but the Clie Viewer also views Movies, Clie Memos, and Voice recordings. I personally just launch the individual apps as needed, but the functionality is there. I just keep the "Picture" icon toggled "off" so that Clie Viewer only displays the "other" media types.

3. If you are using one of the many third-party launcher applications like ZLauncher, LauncherX, etc. you can typically create a "hidden" tab into which you can move any unused apps. This would hide the app from normal use so you don't even have to know it's there.

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kevink

I thought I remember re-naming pics while viewing them, but I can't remeber how I did it or if I was dreaming. Can you re-name pics with AcidImage?

I like the rotate option on both viewers...