ImageFans

ImageFans

imageFans is an image search and management program that can search and download images from Internet. It has an internal image finder and image downloader. This powerful image search tool can collect hundreds of graphics from the Web with one single click.ImageFans is an image search and management program that can search and download images from Internet. It has an internal image finder and image downloader. This powerful image search tool can collect hundreds of graphics from the web with one single click.
The installation runs smoothly, and in seconds the program opens on your desktop.ImageFans uses two methods to search for images. The first is by keyword. It uses a search engine to find web pages for your keywords specified, downloads all images from those pages, and continues to spider through the links. The search possibilities are endless. You can find anything you want, from landscapes to celebrities. If you want to download an image, just click on it and it will automatically be downloaded in seconds. You can save your search results and resume it anytime you wish.

ImageFans is an image search and management program that can search and download images from Internet. It has an internal image finder and image downloader. This powerful image search tool can collect hundreds of graphics from the web with one single click.The installation runs smoothly, and in seconds the program opens on your desktop.ImageFans uses two methods to search for images. The first is by keyword. It uses a search engine to find web pages for your keywords specified, downloads all images from those pages, and continues to spider through the links.The search possibilities are endless. You can find anything you want, from landscapes to celebrities. If you want to download an image, just click on it and it will automatically be downloaded in seconds. You can save your search results and resume it anytime you wish.

I have always wanted to exploit the capabilities of .NET to create an image viewer offering a managed (possibly portable due to Mono) counterpart to the existing C / C++ solutions. Also, the lack of 64 bit image viewers has enticed me to pursue a .NET solution that would implicitly run as a 64 bit application, hardware and software platform permitting.

Visual Layout and Functionality

The application is designed in the traditional style of contemporary image viewers as follows:

• A drives list and corresponding directories tree on the left-hand side of the window
• A thumbnails list on the right-hand side, revealing thumbnails to the images contained in the selected drive and directory

Selecting a drive refreshes the list of directories and reveals the thumbnails of the images contained on the root drive. Selecting a specific directory fills the thumbnails list with the appropriate thumbnails. The thumbnails list can be navigated on by using the arrow keys and the scroll bar.

When the left mouse button is clicked or the Enter key pressed, while on a thumbnail, a new window is opened, containing the image in full size, scrollable if at least one dimension of the image is greater than the corresponding screen size dimension. The user can traverse the images list using this window, by employing the Space and Backspace keys and the arrow keys. The window can be closed by pressing the Esc key or the closing button on the window.

If the image window is clicked on again or pressed Enter upon, it will set the image to full screen view, resizing it if necessary to fit on the screen. In the full screen mode, the thumbnails list is navigable with the Space and Backspace keys, the arrow keys and the mouse wheel. The user can exit this mode by pressing the Esc key or the left mouse button.