Smart photo zoom
One of the most liked features of the Inzomia image viewer is the smart zoom functionality. If you have tried the program I am sure you have not missed it. When you move the cursor over the image and hold the right mouse-button down you can zoom in on where in the image the pointer is.
The smart zoom also has instant filtering to get a high image quality when the image is not displayed at its natural resolution.
So what is so great about the smart zoom. Its always nice with smooth movement but the implementation does violate some windows user interface conventions. First of all you expect a context menu when you press the right button and then the cursor should always move with the mouse. So this is perhaps not great but there is a reason i created it this way.
By directly connecting the mouse movement with the zoom level the mouse button actually change context of the operation.
By having total control over the zoom level without jumps your brain never lose context, your brain does not need to reinterpret the image. You can compare it to looking at a movie where you don’t have to think about that the image is updated 25 times a second.
If zoom level was controlled by a button you would loose context each time you zoom in or out of the image. If you also be hard to do it toward a specific pixel.
Personally I am very satisfied with the solution and its the number one reason I still today use my own image viewer,
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great review- very knowledgeable - thanks