Universal file manager and viewer - one program for all your file types
Universal Viewer an open source project is one among many tools from Alexey Torgashin. AT Viewer (or Universal Viewer) is just like a Media Center but for the whole lot of files that are available on your system.
Put simply it is one single software center from which you can view almost any kind of file be it an office document, an Adobe Photoshop Image, an MP3 file or a PDF document. In a MediaCenter you can just click next and the next file in the folder will be played, likewise when you click on the Next button in AT viewer the next file in the folder will be shown be it any type of file.
The image shows Universal viewer showing a PSD image.
So how does it show all the files with such a small installer. Plug-ins are what Universal Viewer is on. All files are managed by plugins. So if a file can’t be read just download the plugin and it will do the job.
Main Features :
* Text, Binary, Hex, Unicode: any files, of unlimited size (even 4Gb+ sizes are allowed)
* RTF, UTF-8: RTF and UTF-8 encoded texts
* Image: all general graphics formats: BMP JPG GIF PNG TGA TIFF… plus all formats supported by IrfanView/XnView external viewers
* # Multimedia: all formats supported by MS Windows Media Player: AVI MPG WMV MP3…
* # Internet: all formats supported by MS Internet Explorer: HTML XML DOC XLS…
* Plugins: all formats supported by Total Commander Lister plugins
Pros :
Free of cost, light installation (2.2 Mb now), you don’t need to take care of which program opens which file and extension, supports many more plugins, ease of use
Cons :
No file editing, needs other program engines some times, some features are only available in Pro version
Specifications :
Latest Release : 3.0.0.0 Jan 25 2008 (Portable and Installer)
Installation : 1.2 Mb
Memory Usage : 1560Kb Physical 34768Kb Virtual (no file)
Movie AVI 700Mb 640 x 304 : 25308Kb Physical 220928Kb Virtual
Price : Free
Pro Version
There is also a pro version available there are very little differences between the two
# Universal Viewer (ATViewer) Pro:
* License is shareware. You can use the application during a test period of 15 days. Following this period, if you wish to continue to use application, you must register.
* Contains several additional functions:
Function “Navigation panel” and better support for folder plugins (such as VisualDirSize)
Search with regular expressions
Option “Show hidden files”
Option “Resolve .lnk files targets”
Command “File — Rename”
Command “File — Copy to folder”
Command “File — Move to folder”
Command “View — Multimedia — Fit window to image”
The Viewer is available in both Installer and Portable Versions and can be downloaded here.
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Tags: Add-on/Plug-in, Free, Review
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