Photon

A lightweight photo viewer for Windows

Version 1.8 (2022-03-01)

Added [ and ] as hotkeys to adjust GIF or slideshow speed
Enabled Up/Down keys and NumPad arrows for panning images
Added P and N as additional hotkeys for Previous/Next Image
Silence load errors when auto-reloading
Corrected image centering when switching from Zoom Fit to Zoom 100%
Greatly reduced flicker when resizing window/image
Fixed reading orientation in Little Endian encoded EXIF data
Preserve window focus after Recycle/Delete prompt
Fullscreen slideshow timing is now more consistent

Version 1.7 (2021-10-27)

Load .webp images via external dwebp.exe tool (not included)
Warn when saving unsupported formats, rather than silently encoding as BMP
When saving a new image, default to JPG format when appropriate
Fixed transparency issues when pasting from PrintScreen
TGA decoder is no longer included

Version 1.6 (2021-08-25)

Shift + Right-click to only display "Open With" popup menu choices
Can now paste from, and copy to, DataURI-format text on the clipboard
Copying file paths and DataURIs can optionally be enclosed in "double quotes"
Improved auto-reload when file on disk changes
More lenient in parsing bools from Settings file ('1', 'true', 'on', etc.)

Version 1.5 (2021-05-17)

Holding Shift while triggering an external program will close Photon

Version 1.4 (2020-09-01)

Locked some reserved Windows hotkeys
Add URL tooltips to About web links
Preserve shortcut name case in Settings File

Version 1.3 (2020-06-13)

All keyboard shortcuts now editable in the Settings File
Use Windows API functions for faster rotation
Add contextual bring-to-top when loading image in single-instance mode
Fix a single-instance update bug when loading and already fullscreen
Add a setting (in Settings File) to monitor Modified Date and auto-reload

Version 1.2 (2020-03-22)

Compensate for Windows opening dialogs in the wrong folder in certain cases
Indicate copied Image/Path briefly in window title bar
Add Copy Image/Path shortcuts to fullscreen view

Version 1.1 (2020-02-01)

Add a keyboard shortcut for every available action
Images pasted from clipboard can now be reloaded
Warn upon a failed file/clipboard reload
If clipboard contains a file path, Paste action loads it
Add a setting (in Settings File) to invert mousewheel zoom and/or scroll

Version 1.0 (2020-01-28)

Initial release