Compared to Adobe Bridge or other heavy asset managers, XnView is feather-light. It launches in a blink and scrolls through directories of high-resolution images with buttery smoothness. I tested it on a folder containing 2,000 RAW files, and the thumbnail generation was surprisingly quick.
October 14, 2015 Category: Software Reviews
Note: By 2015, XnView had two variants: Classic (free, what this review covers) and XnView MP (cross-platform beta, slower but 64-bit and modern UI). Most 2015 reviews recommended Classic for speed, MP for future-proofing.
In 2015, we are well into the era of solid-state drives (SSDs) and multi-core processors. XnView takes full advantage of this.