Digital Light & Color

I understand that dcraw -e option can extract Jpegs/ppm: in-camera-processed preview images embedded in RAW. I find it useful in that I can only shoot and store RAW, always having access to the embedded Jpegs if needed (even if it's 1/4 size, that's still useful for web or previews, without having to go into RAW processing - even more useful and if a workflow could open the previews instead of processing RAW if so instructed...). Would implementing it in PWP be an option?

While you wait for PWP to bloat up to PhotoShop proportions, you can see the embedded JPGs with Fast Stone. I use this shareware viewer to review a day's shots, selecting the ones to get serious treatment in PWP. Fast Stone also does most elementary RGB transformations so you can see whether a shot has potential for one or another look.

Another great viewer that extracts JPG from RAW is IrfanView. You can also get a great free JPG extracter called Instant JPG From RAW which is available from: http://mtapesdesign.com/rawworkflowcom-download-page/ IJFR is a small plugin to Windows Explorer and works a treat!