Using Preview to cycle through a folder of images/photos

While on Tiger, I used a program called JustLooking to replace Preview, because I wanted an app that would allow me to easily click through all my photos and images just using the keyboard arrow keys. (I did not have to select all files first, just double-clicked the first one and away I went). I see 10.6's Preview is greatly improved, but it appears that I still have to select all files that I want to view first. Is that correct?

How about using Quicklook instead.
Click on the first item in the Folder and tip the Space bar.
Then use the arrow keys.
To get out of QuickLook, simply tip the Space Bar again.
Regards
TD

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