Is there a decent file browser that show date of picture TAKEN?

[Edmund]

Is there a decent file browser that show date of picture TAKEN?

[Dan Purgert]

Post by Edmund
Is there a decent file browser that show date of picture TAKEN?

Offhand, no. There are probably "Picture Book" applications that will
be able to read the EXIF data and provide it in a sidebar of some sort
though.

There was one that I used about 15 years ago, but I think it's one of
the many "got bought by BIGCO then killed" products.

[Big Al]

Post by Edmund
Is there a decent file browser that show date of picture TAKEN?

The built in xviewer will show the date as you display a single image. If you turn on 'image
galery' under 'view' on the toolbar, you get kind of a browser, but you can't move around folders.

xnview a windows program can run in wine, but there is a linux version I think.
https://www.xnview.com/en/xnview/#downloads shows a sample screen. You can browse folders with this.

[Big Al]

Post by Edmund
Is there a decent file browser that show date of picture TAKEN?

The built in xviewer will show the date as you display a single image.  If you turn on 'image
galery' under 'view' on the toolbar, you get kind of a browser, but you can't move around folders.
xnview a windows program can run in wine, but there is a linux version I think.
https://www.xnview.com/en/xnview/#downloads shows a sample screen.   You can browse folders with this.

https://www.xnview.com/en/xnviewmp/ is 'mp' multi-platform, includes linux.

[Edmund]

Post by Big Al

Post by Big Al

Post by Edmund
Is there a decent file browser that show date of picture TAKEN?

The built in xviewer will show the date as you display a single
image.  If you turn on 'image galery' under 'view' on the toolbar, you
get kind of a browser, but you can't move around folders.
xnview a windows program can run in wine, but there is a linux version I think.
https://www.xnview.com/en/xnview/#downloads shows a sample screen.
You can browse folders with this.

https://www.xnview.com/en/xnviewmp/ is 'mp' multi-platform, includes linux.

Have it, it's nice but not finished.
I just figured out how to get decent thumbnails/preview.

[Paul]

Post by Edmund
Is there a decent file browser that show date of picture TAKEN?

File Managers started life with a diet of "file system data".

stat some.file # show info for a file as it rests on a file system

File Managers tend not to lead exotic lives. Using derived data (width=1024 height=768)
or using EXIF data for Lat=45.4 degrees Long=63.3 degrees (GPS), that is an exotic
function more suited to a fancy "search" system.

When I look, I can find various things that install via PPA,
with unknown provenance, but generally the file managers don't have

file manager.deb

file manager rich options.deb

It is not hiding in plain sight. It is not "strapped on, ready to use".

Buggering with "file rename" and restricting how easy it is
to rename a file, this is an indication of "how conservative"
a file manager designer is. They have barely progressed from
"square wheel" to "round wheel".

When a "thing" is in a "tree", it is more tested.
Maybe it doesn't even crash the main code it is glued to.

Even in Windows, not all the EXIF field types are accessible.
They included "whatever the developers liked". "Date TAKEN"
might not be included. This is always a risk with such tools.

[Picture] Only one file in the made up example, has a Date TAKEN field
Perfectly normal.

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You have issues of "where would you cache it" and "how much slower is my File Manager".

A Photo Manager with an EXIF viewer, might be a way to package it.
But Photo Managers work on curated trees, rather than searching
downwards from slash. That is a bit restrictive.

Paul