InViewer

InViewer, formerly known as GIF Viewer, is a very simple, yet useful application that will help you open Graphics Interchange Format bitmaps quickly and easily on any Windows machine out there.

The installation process does not last too long and does not pose any kind of problems such as changes to the default web browser. After finalizing it, you come by a minimal interface, as it only consists of a menu bar, a few buttons and a pane in which to view the uploaded item. It is suitable to all types of users, including those less experienced.

InViewer supports a pretty large number of file formats at import aside from GIF, such as PNG, JPG, BMP, MP3, WAV, WMA, M4A, MP4, WMV, AVI, MPG and MOV.

In addition to that, you should know it is possible to convert the aforementioned items to other extensions, namely PNG, GIF, JPG, TIF, BMP and ICO, yet you cannot process multiple pictures in the same time.

This program lets you go back or forward using the built-in buttons or the left and right arrow keys, as well as start a slideshow with just a click of the button. Aside from that, you can create a thumbnail, restart the animation or pause it, as well as rotate or flip images with ease.

A full screen mode can be applied, while it is also possible to randomize the picture order, upload images to ImageShack.com so that you can share them with friends, or copy them to the Clipboard. Last but not least, properties including name, directory, size, last accessed date and extension can be brought up in a new window.

To wrap it up, InViewer is a useful piece of software, dedicated to all user categories, interested in viewing GIFs and other pictures in a very stripped-down environment. The computer’s performance is not going to be affected, jobs are performed in a fair amount of time and we did not come across any errors, crashes or bugs in our tests.