App for viewing photos with properties (exif) display?

I'm looking for an app to view photos in folders, which can display properties (like time taken) next to photo. I want to view photos in folders as they are, without importing them to some library like in Shotwell or Digikam.

What would you recommend?

The default photo viewer (eog) will show metadata. If you open your photo, right click and select Properties. It will open a window that lists the metadata. You can then switch between photos and keep the metadata open beside it.

Try

gthumb

It is a powerful image viewer with many awesome features. I'm not sure if it can show the data next to the images, but you don't need to add a library.

If you enable the side pane in eog (View menu - you can get this info at the side as well.

To enable this btw you need to have the exif display plugin enabled in preferences. If you do not have this plugin, install eog-plugins .

The Nautilus properties option is the quickest way and gives most important data, but it doesn't show things like GPS coordinates if your images have geotagging.

For geolocation info you could try the lightweight Gwenview photo app found in the Ubuntu Software Center.

I also like the pre-installed Shotwell which also shows GPS data.