QuickView - The Engine

1. The Engine

Mixed Architecture: Small size, instant startup, maximum compatibility.

📦

6.2 MB total size. No DLL dependencies. Compiled with LTO and /O2 optimization. Run it anywhere.

🧠

Integrated Microsoft Mimalloc. Replaces global new/delete for 10-20% faster allocation and zero fragmentation.

🏎️

DXGI Waitable Swap Chain for ultra-low latency. C++23 Coroutines for "Fire-and-Forget" async loading.

Verified: High Performance, Low Overhead.

JPEG: libjpeg-turbo v3 + AVX2 PNG/GIF: Google Wuffs (Secure) AVIF: libavif + dav1d (ASM) JXL: libjxl + Highway (Parallel) RAW: LibRaw + OpenMP

Redesigned for "Borderless Immersion".

Magnetic Time Lock Zooming through 100% automatically locks the view for 400ms, providing a tactile "notch" feel.
Smart Resize Window automatically scales with the image content until it hits screen edges.
Immersive Gallery (HUD) Press 'T' to summon a virtualized filmstrip capable of scrolling thousands of images at 60fps.

Professional grade introspection.

Ultimate Grid Panel Auto-aligning virtual grid displaying EXIF, GPS (Map Link), and real-time sparse-sampled RGB Luma Histograms.
Deep Format Info Detects Chroma Subsampling (4:2:0), estimates JPEG/WebP Q-Factor, and identifies color spaces (sRGB/P3).
Smart OSD Modern Toast notifications with color-coded state indicators (Green=Lossless, Red=Lossy).

Fully configurable engine behavior.

Bind logic for Window Behavior, Mouse Controls, and Image Decoding directly in the UI.

Rotations and flips are performed in temporary buffers. Changes are only committed via a TaskDialog confirmation (Save / Save As).

Right Click Menu: Refactored context menu with "Magic Bytes" file repair.