Re: Windows Picture And Fax Viewer Behaves Badly

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From: Roger (crosseyedpenguin_at_cox.net)
Date: 12/27/04 

Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:37:57 -0700

a nonymous wrote:
> "Roger" <crosseyedpenguin@cox.net> wrote:
> | Hi,
> |
> | When I rotate a JPEG image with the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer it
> | automatically saves the image without asking, adds 2 seconds to the file
> | creation date, and turns off the archive bit. Other than that, it works
> | well.
> |
> | If I hold down the control key while clicking the close button I get a
> | message saying "any rotation warning you may have suppressed have been
> | reset and may appear again." However, the warnings never appear again.
> |
> | Is there a way to make this program behave better or can anyone
> | recommend a simple alternative that does about the same thing? In
> | particular, rotate sees to not lose any JPEG image quality that is
> | typical of other programs. I use Gimp for all image editing so I just
> | want a lightweight viewer and rotater.
>
>
> Roger,
>
> What exactly do you mean by "behave better"?
>
>

I would like it to turn ON the archive bit, set the modified date to the
current date and time, and ask before it saves the rotated image to disk.

Roger

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