StormView1.03.0017

StormView is a small-sized and portable image viewer that features some basic options. Although it's not explicit concerning the supported image formats, our tests have shown that it works with JPG, GIF, EMF, WMF, BMP and DIB.

Portable tool with a minimalistic interface

The entire program's packed in a single executable file that you can copy to a preferred directory on the disk or to a removable storage device, in order to run it on any computer without previous setup. It doesn't need DLLs or other components to run, add new entries to your system registry, or create files on the disk.When it comes to the interface, StormView adopts a single window that doesn't show any options until opening the right-click menu. Images can be opened by dropping them into the frame while navigating disk directories in your file browser.

View file properties and create slideshows

File information supplied by the tool includes the name, format and full path of the file, along with its size. It's possible to copy the picture to the Clipboard, set it as the desktop wallpaper, as well as view it in half, double, in-screen or full size.Multiple instances are allowed. Plus, you can quickly put together a looping slideshow with all images that exist in the directory of the currently opened photo.

Evaluation and conclusion

Although the software utility hasn't received updates for a long time, it worked smoothly on newer Windows versions in our tests, without hanging, crashing or displaying error messages. It left a small footprint on system resources, running on a low amount of CPU and RAM.On the other hand, StormView has a pretty simple set of options and doesn't make room for customization. Nevertheless, you can test it for yourself, since it's free for non-commercial use.