speedyview

Short:        A very quick image-in-a-window viewer
Author:       ben@bmatthew.demon.co.uk (Ben Matthew)
Uploader:     ben bmatthew demon co uk (Beb Matthew)
Type:         gfx/show
Replaces:     speedyview.lha
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

SpeedyView 1.4

==== Release notes ====


Changes since v1.3:

	* Adjusted decode routine to use half the memory needed (keeping DTobj alive)

	* Added keyboard options; Esc + Cursor controls
	
	* Adjusted with of scroller again to make arrows aligned correctly
	
	* Added startup message + option to turn it off.

Please not that you MUST use the correct version of picture.datatype
with this application.  If running P96 use that V43 datatype clone
only - not versions for Cybergraphics! + vice versa

Not doing so will cause crashes!


==== What is it? ====


Basically it's a picture only version of MultiView! :)  However, Sview 
works by calling ScrollRaster() and only blitting the extra bits of the 
image each time you scroll - unlike multiview which redraws the entire 
window - to get silky smooth scrolling (better than anything I've seen 
elsewhere).

It's good for people with graphics cards.  If you have no gfx card; look 
at FastView or ViewTek.  However unlike CyberWindow (which is crap anyway) 
SView works under AGA as well.

If, however, like me you have both pot loads of RAM and a Cgfx card this 
is MUCH faster than CyberWindow or Multiview.  Like MView Sview works with 
the system datatypes but supports 24bit images as well (doesn't do anything 
nasty when blitting...)

If you find any bugs or want to make a suggestion feel free to email me at:

	ben@bmatthew.demon.co.uk

Note however that this isn't the project I'm working on - just a fortunate
side-effect so I may not have a lot of time to do stuff.


Ben