browserphotos

Single-page HTML/JavaScript app that works from a file URL and shows an arrow-key-navigable slide show of photos and videos.

License

MPL 2.0

Use Case

Your desktop Linux distro doesn't come with a viewer that shows both JPEGs and video files in a single slide show like the Windows 8 Photos app or GraphicConverter on Mac.

Usage

• Copy the file 00_slideshow.html into a folder that contains photos and videos.
• Insert a list of the file names for the photos and videos (must have .mp4 or .webm file name extension in lower case) in the order you want to see them in in the source code into the JavaScript array initializer for var files.
• Open 00_slideshow.html in a Web browser.
• Put the Web browser in its full-screen mode (F11).
• Navigate with arrow keys, pg up/down, space/backspace.

Missing features

• Touch support.
• Going backwards my mouse.