I'm still mad because a few years ago, the now Israeli-owned Simple Gallery introduced the perfect way to organize a phone gallery and literally no one noticed, and now it's lost forever.

It was a compromise between a simplified mobile grouping system and a standard PC hierarchical folder structure.
The homescreen of the app only shows:
>Folders that contain images
and
>folders that contain folders with images.
That means you got a maximum of 2 sublevels, aka 2 taps to get to the picture you need.
Meanwhile you can still manage your files like you'd do on a PC.

Nobody understood how handy it was which is probably why every subsequent fork (like the screenshot on the right) "fixed" the feature by making it fully behave like a PC, which means navigating 200 folders before getting to the picture you're looking for. Not something you want to do with a mobile file picker.
Now I'm stuck with an app that was last updated like 2 years ago despite a desperate need for bugfixes and a better UI.

>>105733729 (OP)
i store all my 12000 photos in a single category and use my hyperthymesian memory to find whatever i want

>Whatsapp
>Telegram

>4chan
>only 6945 pictures

I miss when simple gallery wasn't nagware.

>>105733729 (OP)
I'm using the last version before it switched to scoped storage, my portable furry folder(26k pics) opens as fast as on PC and about 10 times faster than any "modern" gallery.

>>105733729 (OP)
>the now Israeli-owned Simple Gallery
Wait, what?

>>105734000
Is real
https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/General-Discussion/issues/241
Must fetch the fossfy-ed version.

>>105733729 (OP)
did fossify remove it too?

It got forked after all the BS along with all the other "simple" apps:

https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Gallery

>>105734083
Yup.

>>105734051
Fug. I bought Pro EONS ago (2018?) because I liked it enough to think it was worth it. Do the kikes have all my dickpics now?

>>105734144
Let's hope so. Let them be jelous of your uncircumcised, goyish pickle.

>>105734099
dont bother using pajeetware
look at the lead maintainer

>>105734213
what??

>>105734237
see
https://github.com/naveensingh
why are jeets everywhere?

>>105734158
Hmm. It looks like "Simple Gallery Pro" is still on 6.28.1, which is also the last version on the Github repo. Of course, the new kike overlords are now only updating the regular version, which costs $15 a fucking WEEK.

>>105734259
Lmao, mindbroken

>>105734259
>Location: Earth, Milky Way
>All coding is supervised by a very judgmental rabbit

>>105734285
do not redeem the card SAAAAAR

>>105734277
bullshit, it is physically impossible to be that jewish

>>105734353
I wish I was joking
https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/General-Discussion/issues/245#issuecomment-1908121676

>>105733729 (OP)
I've been using Quickpic for over a decade now, and it works quite similar to what you said OP. If you have a Pictures directory with pics, but also subdirs (with their own pics) then all directories will be shown when opening the app. You can either whitelist/blacklist, hide and password-protect directories as well. I'm not a shill, I just really like the app and I'm glad it just works. Btw, the original app was bought by a chinese company back in the day, but a fork has been maintained ever since, just look up "Quickpic gallery xda".

>>105733729 (OP)
OP, are you fucking sure? Because I just installed the Fossify one and that option is in there. Unless I'm missing something?
>That means you got a maximum of 2 sublevels, aka 2 taps to get to the picture you need.
But what if a folder is nested 5 folders deep with images along the way? You'd still have to click 5 times, no?

Toggling the option in Simple Gallery Pro 6.28.1 and Fossify Gallery behaves identically...

Which other FOSS fork lets you pick the start folder?

>>105734213
May be true but if you're still using Android it's jeetware the whole way down anyway so does it really make a difference at this point?

>>105734259
fucking gross
is there another fork anywhere

>>105733729 (OP)
>I'm still mad because a few years ago, the now Israeli-owned Simple Gallery
Since which version?

>>105733937
NVM

>>105734537
>are you fucking sure?
Yep. The "group direct subfolders" now makes the app behave like a desktop explorer (except it filters folders without images).
>But what if a folder is nested 5 folders deep with images along the way? You'd still have to click 5 times, no?
No, that's the point. It had a "2 tap" hard limit, which is exactly the feature I'm missing. That was removed in forks and later updates.

The app this guy uses
>>105734481
behaves in a similar way, no hard limit, just endless digging in nested folders.

>>105734422 (checked)
>To put into perspective how absolutely bonkers their subscription rate is...
>All apps from Adobe Creative Cloud: $59.99/mo. $719.88/year.
>Simple subscription: €14.99/week, €779.48/year.
What in the fucking fuck.

After using a bunch of android tablets and phones, Huawei, LG, Xiaomi, nothing genuinely beats Samsung Gallery. If you guys can find a way to work the apk on your non samsung phones/tablets I'd definitely

>>105736297
...advise that. I think I had a stroke and posted too early.

>>105736297
>Samsung Gallery
Why's that, anon?

>>105737005
It's fast, like REAL fast. Fluid, smooth, the animations never bug out and it's really easy to copy/move stuff around. Sharing also.

>>105735895
terrible

>>105735670
the latest GitHub update is probably still safe.

I use aves libre, it's the best gallery app.
Tagging images for quick sorting by content later on is an excellent feature.

>>105735833
>That was removed in forks and later updates.
Ah, that'd explain why my version of the original behaves the same way. How old do I have to go in order to see how it worked?
>>105735895
I told you I wished I was joking

>>105738690
Version 6.27.2 should be enough.

>>105733729 (OP)
I just use the default Samsung gallery, it works.

>>105733729 (OP)
He says this while using a CIA-certified mobile OS.

>>105740546
That doesn't narrow it down at all.

>>105733937
>26k pics
disgrace, get yourself together and grab a copy of e6 data in case it goes down again

>>105734285
>I love eating shit
why are modern weimarican like this?

>>105735263
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Flight_182