EEHPH2: A better image viewer for Windows 10

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I have been frustrated with the image viewer that comes with Windows 10 for a while now, and I have been working on an alternative; a simpler app, that does not need internet access. The result is this: EEHPH2:

Blazing fast

Many users have found the Photos app to be slow and clunky on older PCs. EEHPH was designed from the top to be speedy on low-powered computers. This graph shows how long it took to open a 1080p image on an AMD A9-9420, a fairly slow processor.

Built-in image transformations

Save images resized, maintaining ratio, flip and rotate images in the program:

Easy to open images

Opening images is as easy as with any other image viewer. Right Click and Open with or set as the default image viewer for opening with a single click.

Open Source

Want to modify the code, fix bugs or help development? EEHPH is fully open source with a GNU license. Source code is maintained in our github repo.

A truly private browsing experience

Many people today are justifiably concerned about their privacy. EEHPH does not communicate with the internet at all, and there are no annoying ads.

Downloads

Source	Type	Size	Link
Github	Self-installing executable	15.5Mb	link
Github	Lite version .zip file	15.9Mb	link
4Shared	Self-installing executable	16.6Mb	link
4Shared	Lite version .zip file	15.9Mb	link

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