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Manga Viewer Program
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:01 am
by BigSassy
I thought you guys might be interested in a little program I made a year ago to read my manga collections on my hard. Right now it's pretty basic. Pick one or more folders with images and it will let you scan through the images from beginning to end with the arrow keys.
http://www.nokworld.com/ecrap/MangaViewerSetup.exe
I've decided to add some new features to the program over the next couple months. A lot of them will be small, but some of the major features I plan on adding are:
1) Bookmarks - Bookmark your favorite scenes (Zodd vs. Gatts fight for example)
2) Better GUI (Graphical User Interface) - The current one is pretty ugly
4) Organizer - Organizes Manga folder like iTunes with your music.
3) Auto-Download from Tracker - Checks if a new chapter is out and auto-magically downloads it through an integrated bittorrent client, decompresses it, and organizes it into the proper folder. No more checking for new releases every 30 minutes
I'm not sure if I'll have the free time to do the third one, but I'm pretty sure I'll get the other two done. Are there any features you can think of? Is there anything that you wish your image viewer could do while reading manga? Don't be shy with the suggestions. They can be as crazy as you can come up with.....well, maybe not that crazy
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:06 am
by Eldo
This should be placed in the Computer section...but anyways...
Can it allow you to view images from within zip/compressed files without having to extract them? I use ACDSEE 5.0, and that's the only feature I like.
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:11 am
by BigSassy
Nope, but that's a good feature to add.
*marks it on the todo list
PS - Yeah, I didn't know where to put this, but I figured this had more to do with manga than computer culture. Any mod can feel free to move this, of course.
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:24 am
by Eldo
That's cool. Oh, and your numbering's wrong.
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:27 am
by BigSassy
*stares at numbers
*tries counting to 4
*gives up and downloads Beck episodes
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 1:43 pm
by Libaax
When you have added those new features let us know cause im intrested. Everything is better than my current manga viewer.
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 5:51 pm
by 3rdbloodage
visit this site
http://stronghorse.yeah.net/
& search for ComicsViewer 1.19+
it's very good viewer .. actually the best viewer for compressed manga
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 9:37 am
by Libaax
If you guys dont have a good manga viewer i recomend the one you find in toriyamaworld.com its pretty good.
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 3:41 pm
by psi29a
My biggest question is "Is MangaViewerSetup.exe freeware, as in free to use and free to distribute?".
Re: Manga Viewer Program
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 1:04 pm
by Dominion
BigSassy wrote:I thought you guys might be interested in a little program I made a year ago to read my manga collections on my hard. Right now it's pretty basic. Pick one or more folders with images and it will let you scan through the images from beginning to end with the arrow keys.
oh you mean like windows picture and fax viewer?
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:02 pm
by BigSassy
psi29a wrote:My biggest question is "Is MangaViewerSetup.exe freeware, as in free to use and free to distribute?".
Yes, Free to distribute and free to use. The updated version will also be free to use and distribute and the source will be released under GPL.
Dominion wrote:oh you mean like windows picture and fax viewer?
Yes, except that windows picture and fax viewer only let's you do one folder at a time. With my program you can select multiple folders and it will read straight through them.
I'll probably release an update to the program at the end of the month. The first update will have bookmarks and the ability to read compressed folders.
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:10 pm
by psi29a
Yay! ^_^ GPL make me happy in pants.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:47 am
by TrueRush
i use acdsee 6 as well. lets me look at winziped compressed files. acdsee 5 would let me see thru winrar and winzip. i guess i dont have the latest plugins for 6.
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:02 pm
by nevets1219
I use pixelComic -> it does the job nicely and is pretty simple.
There is another one called CDisplay that is really popular but it got a bunch of features I will never use.
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:42 pm
by Sahlen
Man I'm such a newbie I didn't even know there is something like a manga viewer >.<
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:45 pm
by Libaax
Bigsassy
It says application error when i try to start your manga viewer. Any idea whats wrong?
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:18 pm
by Necromancer
I use ACDSee too. A little bit to many features in the newer versions but it does it's job.
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:58 am
by Brainpiercing
Hmm, I'm really simple, I unpack all my manga, then move all the files to a single folder, and then use Irfanview
.
Yes, I know I could use another viewer, but my maxim when it comes to tool programs is "ONly one program for one job". A computer gets cluttered enough in any case.
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:37 am
by lch
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:01 pm
by Dominion
well i just use that old-school windows picture and fax viewer since it does all that stuff anyways... i never even heard of this "manga-viewer" before now
i also just sort my manga by volumes which helps...
i dont wanna sound rude or nothing but i dont see the point in even using a separate program to view JUST manga when theres already a program that can do it
but anyways.... GAMBAREI!! (sp)
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 2:03 pm
by 3rdbloodage
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:25 pm
by Frode
CDisplay rox your sox!!!!!
-_____-
^___^
It actually does.
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:37 pm
by Eldo
Comicer is the website of evil. That's all I have to say.