Klook - current status

are there any plans of resurrecting klook?

https://github.com/KDE/klook

this was (and could be in the future) a really cool feature.
(yes, i know there is the preview-feature (with bugs); no, i do not want to use gnome-sushi with nautilus (even i know some guys who only use it because of the sushi-feature). no, i did not say it would be the next cube-effect)

klook is already there. it is simply very useful and could save users lots of opening and closing-clicks (or fiddeling around with preview).

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I’m not following this space in general, the only thing I’ll point out is that an incubation request showed up on a KDE mailing list recently: Incubation Request: Kiview

According to some reviews on the thread, there are still some technical issues with this new quick-look app. I don’t know why they would choose to go for a new app as opposed to resurrecting Klook, but every developer has their own goals and makes their own judgment calls.

Fun fact: I got interviewed by the original developer of Klook a while back, he’s really nice and knowledgeable. (Unfortunately, the company decided to ghost me when they decided not to go forward with the application. Oh well.)

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Thank you for the info and your great app. is is already working with plasma 6?

Hey, I know this is an old thread, but I just wanted to chime in (mostly because I’m eager for a similar feature myself) - I recently tested the above mentioned Kiview and it unfortunately seems to have issues under Wayland, which Plasma 6 defaults to. I hope this gets fixed soon. Or better yet, fully integrated into Plasma by default with its next big update.

This tool would be very much useful.
It allows to quickly skim through different types of documents, images and files, which is a very useful feature on daily basis.
I vote with all my fingers for it!