>>1374911Actually, I find Irfanview isn't that great for animated gif viewing; It tends to play them too slowly, and gifs larger than the window get cut off. Windows Pic & Fax Viewer, OTOH, won't play all the way through some longer gifs.
The editing functions don't keep Irfanview from launching quickly, so it still works as a viewer for me. I have no problem ignoring the toolbar since it's pretty thin, and there's always fullscreen mode. As far as icon ugliness, I use the 16x16 Tango skin by Codemonkey:
http://irfanview.com/skins.htm