Apple Says "Apps that are "beta", "demo", "trial", or "test" versions will be rejected" and for some reasons i can't post a trial version outside the app store, all developers know that.

source:
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2010/09/app-store-guidelines.pdf

line 2.9

This is something I did NOT know. Then Apple should be chewed out for this. It's a BAD policy, especially for you developers, then. What they must be trying to do is prevent people from advertising on the store, and then having clients NOT buy through them, thus circumventing their sale percentage (which MUST be high!). However, they could still provide TRIAL DOWNLOAD LINKS for their developers. That's just stupid.

I suppose we loose Steve jobs (and his large corporate control) and we get MicroApple, or is it, AppleSoft?

Sorry for not understanding their App Store Developer bylaws. I'll have to start a write in (bad propaganda) campaign.

Q: ViewIt has a great thumbnail preview feature. It allows for the rapid (and smooth) playback—drag of all thumbs in a collection. This is — in effect — a movie preview in near real time. For Time-Lapse this has proven a VERY useful preview feature (no rendering required). Is this something you have included already (does your preview work this way), or can add?

Thanks
Dorian

Hi Iamdorian, There's a lot to say about App store anyway i tried ViewIt and i agree it has a great thumbnail preview and the answer of your question is no, but there is a difference in images quality, Viewer calculate the sharpness of images by it size.

Please add me to the list of people who will not be buying without trying. I do not blame you, the developer. Rather, please send yet another complaint to Apple for making business difficult for all of you.

I see no sane reason why Apple should not allow a demo. One developer responded to me that "Apple will refund your money if you're not happy." But look at the procedure Apple puts you through for this:

http://www.40tech.com/2011/01/31/how-to-get-a-refund-from-the-ios-or-mac-app-stores/

When you report a problem via the iTunes store, the options they give you are as follows:
1. I didn't receive this item
2. I inadvertently purchased this item
3. This item does not function as expected
4. I already own this item
5. This item was labeled incorrectly
6. My concern isn't listed here (with box to explain)

Nowhere do I see the option of "I was not happy with the application," or "I just wanted to demo it and see if I liked it." As if that explanation is going to fly in the first place. So, I either lie or hope Apple will accept my rationale of unhappiness.

And since all of the articles I found that describe this "simple" process caution us not to abuse this process - and I'm unclear as to how many refund requests constitute an "abuse" - it's conceivable that I cannot really "demo" very many of these pay-up-front products before Apple won't let me do so anymore and will stop issuing refunds.

And then, if I do get lucky, I get to wait at least a week before Apple even decides, and then I get to wait even longer before a refund shows up in my bank account. In the meantime, as I await the coveted "unhappiness refund," I no longer have access to the money that I might have spent on a competing product that did allow a trial version and that might have satisfied what I was looking for.

And this is Apple's new form of "demo" for an app?

Again, developer, I am sorry for your troubles here, but I can't afford to do this. I might ask, though, if the Apple Store is genuinely your only or best option for doing business? I'm sure they offer incentives or simplicity, but perhaps those benefits don't outweigh the loss of sales.

A demo could be posted here and the developer could still have an appstore version. It's not a big deal. Lots of developers do this.
Fantastical, Transmit.etc.

@Orytek: True, but is that fair? Why don't they actually sell their apps here also? As they used to. The only way to get things straight is to indirectly boycott Apple by boycotting such developers.

I agree with the comments re the App store, and the seemingly only alternative of voting with our pocketbook and not purchasing from Dev who ONLY sell thru the monopolistic app store. It seems that this Dev is saying that selling thru Apple somehow circumvents selling said app elsewhere; though I have observed other Dev doing this. Why not just change the app name by 1 or 2 letters and let us purchase thru MAcUpdate? It's probably obvious by my comments that I do not know about software dev or App store rules; but as a customer, this makes perfect sense to me (and perhaps $cents$ for u).

Hi Leo Spill,
From five days ago i post a 30 promo code in my college as a gift, and I think these comments is due to this. I even didn't tell them to post a comments or rating or anything like this. I'm not sure, but it is not me, it's a shame to a anyone to market his products this way, i was happy with these comments but now i'm frustrated, anyway thank you for your attention in these details.

Just tried a couple of aGIFs that I have and it works like a champ.

Yay for that!!

Hi Mastermacnikon, Do you still need a refund or your problem is solved ?

Thanks for getting back.

But I am still waiting for an answer on my original question: how is it possible to view images like shown in the screenshot of this page. i.e. batch viewing of a group of images.

As I have stated, I don't want to get a refund unless I was duped somehow.

Hi Mastermacnikon, If you mean the thumbnails you can simply hold with left mouse in the center of viewer (in the center of image), or in "Browsing ->View Thumbnails" menu

Note: Thumbnails will showing the images in the same folder you are browsing

Ok, chalk that up to me not understanding that command, but it is a bit disappointing that I have to use a counter-intutive method to accomplish my goal.

Having to view an image and *then* select a command to have the app go through the enclosing folder for batch viewing is like the phrase: "one step forward, two steps back."

This command would be better served implemented next to the Open... command to allow better accessibility; for what it accomplishes.

I will not ask for a refund because I can accomplish what I need to and the app functions as stated. Just not in the most intuitive manner possible.

Hi Mastermacnikon, We will add your suggestion as a preference to startup Viewer with thumbnails in next few updates.

If you still feel dissatisfied you can ask for refund, Our goal is to be satisfied and pleased with our product.

Hmmm. Should be interesting to see how this works out.

Thanks for making the product. I don't foresee needing to ask for a refund.