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xv was very neatly and cleverly designed. I liked it a lot in the 90s. Still somehow remember his name.

• jnpnj 7mo ago
  saw a screenshot as I was reading this article, made me eager to try it, and it's indeed simple, slick and featured... elegant look and feel for a different age.
  • lysace 7mo ago
    Here's two screenshots: https://snapcraft.io/xv https://snapcraft.io/xv
    • jnpnj 7mo ago
      Reminds me of the 90s cgi scene, softimage, lightwave3d
      • lysace 7mo ago
        It uses raw Xlib to implement a custom widget toolkit. Yeah, it does feel Amiga-ish. A button (thanks for the github link, em-bee): https://github.com/jasper-software/xv/blob/main/src/xvbutt.c https://github.com/jasper-software/xv/blob/main/src/xvbutt.c
  • em-bee 7mo ago
    you can try it. a few years ago some people picked up maintenance: https://github.com/jasper-software/xv https://github.com/jasper-software/xv i just built it on my machine. works!
    • jnpnj 7mo ago
      it's available on arch aur too, a quick build away and ready to serve