To gfs
Cool idea!
It looks really nice and cute. I personally tend to lose control because it is running faster. If I step through a large number of pictures with this fast rewind button I tend to not view any more a picture in fullsize after I have used the high speed bar.
You have to do two things if you want to view a picture: First slow down, second move the mouse button precisely to the picture you would like to view and then klick. After viewing this single picture you have to move out your mouse and make a selection to move your mouse rightwards or leftwards and als choose the right speed for scrolling. In most of my tries I missed some frames and I have to scroll backwards. After you have completed this procedure a few times, you will be fed up with that :-)
But that is my ony personal impression.
As an trendy option and switchable and configurable as option, choosable for a) the PC and tablet/iphone seperately, I would say thumbs up!
But what about a button combination like control or shift and the cursor buttons for scolling the thumbnails. With that you are both very fast and precise.
Another feature request:
Keep the last choosen loaded preset after saying new gallery. Believe me after doing that 149 times for the coresponding number of galleries, it is fatigueing to say:Load preset, switch directory, choose preset and say ok. And please show the choosen preset at a prominent location (like in word the file name after the term MS Word in the top Programm Bar)
The hide/autohide thing should be switchable. I brings a lot of stress into viewing if any time you reach the left or right side the thumbnails come in and out, I like the more static view. Or options for all the different approaches of us to get a good viewing impression.
Best regards