Vista
The image viewer macOS should have built.
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The image viewer macOS should have built.
95 followers
Preview can't browse folders. Quick Look vanishes when you click. Every alternative is Electron bloat or a full editing suite. Vista just shows the image — fast. Arrow keys, that's it. Simple on the surface, obsessively refined underneath. Every detail you'd expect from a native Mac app, and a few you wouldn't. Free.
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Here's the homepage:
https://storepal.app/vista
Looks useful — is it possible to replace Preview with this for image files?
@chrismessina Thanks, definitely. I use Vista for everyday image browsing, and only switch to Preview when I need to resize or do light edits.
As a fellow Mac developer, this makes me really happy. Preview has been frustrating for years and Quick Look disappearing on click is one of those tiny annoyances that adds up. Love the "simple on the surface, obsessively refined underneath" approach. That's exactly the philosophy I try to follow with my own Mac apps. Quick question: does it support HEIC and RAW files natively? Those are the formats I deal with most and Preview handles them poorly.
@lzhgus Thanks, that really means a lot!
And yes, Vista supports both HEIC and RAW. For RAW, it prioritizes the embedded preview when available, so the image stays much closer to the camera maker’s intended look. It also has full HDR support as well.
Hmmm, I guess there is no way to make it a default image viewer
@julia_yudova Actually it is possible. If you check the settings page of Vista, there is a detailed guide on how to set it as the default image viewer.
Switched from Windows to Mac just last month and was shocked there is no option to just open one picture and then use arrows to switch to the next ones in the folder. Thank you man! You are a saviour.