Shomi
Click here to download version 2.0.3 for Mac OS X
What is Shomi?
Shomi is a package consisting of a Mac application and a Mac
contextual menu manager plugin (or CMM plugin for short).
There are now 2 separate downloads -
Click here for version 2.0.3 which runs on Mac OS X.
Click here for version 1.2.3 which runs on Mac OS 9 and earlier (it even supports 68K Macs).
The application version is a fast display program with as little interface as possible. Just drop things on Shomi, and it will show them to you. Drop several things and it can divide your screen into tiles and show them all at once. When you've seen enough, click the mouse, and Shomi will vanish again.
The CMM version is a handy little plugin. On OS X please install with the supplied installer. On OS 9 it goes in the "Contextual Menu Items" folder in your System Folder. Just install itand then control-click files or groups of files in the Finder to get the contextual menu. It will display pictures, play movies, let you copy pictures to the clipboard, convert JPEGs to PICT files, show you extended file info, display picture info - it does a whole load of stuff. You get most of the cool things when you control click a single file rather than a group. The group thing is great for batch browsing images though.
Each version can work without the other - they are totally independent.
Registered users have nothing to fear - all registration codes for past versions of Shomi are good for version 2. Your code never expires.
New version 2.0.3 for Mac OS X.
Now supports more JPEG files. The hang with very large Nikon files is fixed. Pictures are displayed in alphabetical order.
PDF files now supported. Long Unicode file name display.
Previous version history:
2.0b1 of the app has been carbonised to work on Max OS X.
1.2.3 has improved MPEG replay. Thanks Maynard!
1.2.2 fixes a background color bug in the CMM plugin.
1.2.1 fixes a registration bug in the app.
1.2 added support for MacOS 8.5.
Version 1.1 fixed a bug in the CMM plugin that would sometimes crash Internet Explorer (ironically I was then on the IE team, so I had the source code to both while tracking this down).
System requirements
QuickTime 3.0 or better.
The CMM version requires MacOS 8 or better and a PowerMac, simply
because that is what the MacOS Contextual Menu Manager requires.
The application version requires System 7 or better.
How do I pay the $20 shareware fee?
You can pay on the web here.
If your browser and firewall let you connect to it, there is also a
secure version here.
A company called "Kagi" collect the money. Kagi will email you a
registration code for the app automatically.
When you've registered the app you've also paid for the plugin.
How do I give feedback or report a bug?
maf@kagi.com