Opening an image will actually open the folder that contains it, and you will be able to move forward and back through any other images in that same folder. Once you open an image, the interface will magically appear, bringing with it buttons, scroll bars, new menus and everything else that was missing in the beginning. You need to either open an image or go into browse mode before you can actually see the interface of the program, and I was quite sure that it has suffered from some peculiar crash for a few moments.
From here, you can see the documentation, change settings and open some images. When you first launch it, the program starts out in the shape of a menu bar. Most such applications are uncomfortable to work with, to say the least, but I've had many months of experience with programs under X11 so I pushed forward undeterred. The very first thing that you will notice when running XnView is that it is a X11 application. If you have some images that you can't open with your average application, this little program can be a godsend. XnView supports over 400 (no, that is not a typo) graphic file formats, letting you open just about anything from this side of the sun. It has a little bit of everything and is not particularly astounding except in one aspect. XnView is an imaging application that lets you open, view, edit and save images. Knowing that you can open just about anything with one single program is great, so I took this newcomer out for a spin, to see how it stands up against the tried and true. Once you leave the image formats out of the equation, Graphic Converter starts looking rather bad, and that was the feeling I got when I read about a little program called XnView, that supports a whole lot more formats. Sure it might not excel at anything in particular, being outclassed by pure viewer or editing applications, but the main strength of the program is the sheer amount of formats it supports. Whether you only use it on specific occasions or every day, it has a great mix of features that cover just about everything. It is a great all around application for both opening and editing images, it has nice batch options and, above all, a very impressive list of supported formats. I have been a fan of Graphic Converter since forever.
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