you can just use a different picture app. I personally like to use S2V although that won't help when trying to view videos you can use tcmp for that. As a plus S2V and imageviewer from pocketcm are finger friendly allowing you to slide/change pictures by sliding your fingers and zooming and rotating them as well.
S2V
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=358187
Image Viewer
http://www.pocketcm.com/imageviewer.php