Windows Photo Gallery & Gifs

the-laughing-man

Riddle me this Niners, I've always had trouble with animated gifs in WPG, which for some reason I let go but now I'm having trouble looking at any kind of gif.

How could Microsoft omit a format that is so blatently wide spread?

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

the-laughing-man wrote:
How could Microsoft omit a format that is so blatently wide spread?

<the internet applauds>

Thanks, thanks...

Smiley

TommyCarlier
I want my scalps!

One could argument that GIFs are not used (or should not be used) for photos. And it's Windows Photo Gallery, not Windows Image Gallery.

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

TommyCarlier wrote:
One could argument that GIFs are not used (or should not be used) for photos. And it's Windows Photo Gallery, not Windows Image Gallery.

Yet by default, it indexes the Images folder.

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

TommyCarlier wrote:
One could argument that GIFs are not used (or should not be used) for photos. And it's Windows Photo Gallery, not Windows Image Gallery.

Yet by default, it indexes the Images folder.

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

Bas wrote:

TommyCarlier wrote: One could argument that GIFs are not used (or should not be used) for photos. And it's Windows Photo Gallery, not Windows Image Gallery.

Yet by default, it indexes the Images folder.

Do you have an Images folder? Smiley

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

PaoloM wrote:
Do you have an Images folder?

Why yes:

That actually literally says "images" whereas the photo gallery is literally called "Photo Gallery".

And sure, in English it's called the Pictures folder, but that still doesn't exclusively refer to photo's. Tongue Out

GoddersUK
I CAN has cheezburger and you CAN'T has stop me!

the-laughing-man wrote:
Riddle me this Niners,

Perhaps Windows Photo Gallery is the answer to another thread that haunts this desolate land? [6]

the-laughing-man

PaoloM wrote:

<the internet applauds>

Thanks, thanks...

are you mocking me or agreeing with me? Tongue Out

and yes maybe gifs aren't used for Photos so much as Pictures if we want to get into semantics but having one program rather than multiple programs would make sense, wouldn't it?

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

the-laughing-man wrote:

PaoloM wrote:
<the internet applauds>

Thanks, thanks...

are you mocking me or agreeing with me?

and yes maybe gifs aren't used for Photos so much as Pictures if we want to get into semantics but having one program rather than multiple programs would make sense, wouldn't it?

I was actually referring to animated GIFs only... Smiley

the-laughing-man

~~haha, well I still have a small number of animated gifs I like but given I've had them for years I know them well enough now.~~

~~My main issue is if I'm doing a bit of compressing for my web site I'll have a folder full of gifs...~~

OK I set gifs to always open with WPG which cause it to open up in the main root of the Pictures folder which doesn't include the gifs... however when I click on Preview it'll open the normal gifs just fine and like I say the animated ones aren't a problem.

So, problem solved (ish) Big Smile

Windows Photo Gallery &amp; Gifs