In Explorer, just go to the View tab/menu, enable Preview Sidebar, click on the image, resize the Preview Sidebar as necessary, look at the image, then disable Preview Sidebar again.
Windows Explorer Preview is just not the same. It's either always on or always off, and it takes up space, and it does not pop up above other content.
Quicklook is there only when you want it; it pops up a good sized window on top of anything else, and it goes away just as quickly and easily as you brought it up - spacebar.
Yeah sure. And try to rename a file while it‘s preview loads. Does not work, the flow will break. Sometimes it will just not rename the file. Sometimes it will block the UI as long as the preview is not loaded.
I would never set preview on Windows to the same level as preview on OS X. Because the one on Windows as just not as good.
In Explorer, just go to the View tab/menu, enable Preview Sidebar, click on the image, resize the Preview Sidebar as necessary, look at the image, then disable Preview Sidebar again.
Easy /s