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Re: Microsoft Pix

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Post by ksml »

Ooh, they mention it includes Hyperlapse! I haven't looked into Pix too much so I don't know if this is a full implementation (someone commented on an unnatural-looking stabilization demo, but I think it was just a poor choice of an example), but Hyperlapse is one of the coolest research projects I've come across:

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/hype...

The video demo there is worth checking out.

Re: Microsoft Pix

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Post by addedlovely »

drinchev wrote: post #27

I'm amazed how low-quality this MS landing page is. - The "How it works" tab is just a huge image. - The search box ( top right ) has some problems with the border. Both in Chrome & Safari. - It uses `font-family: 'Segoe UI';`, which makes all elements with that font on my Mac "serif"

Also running on WordPress and exposing version number - which is out of date: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/readme.html

Re: Microsoft Pix

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Post by addedlovely »

jandrese wrote: post #37
gisenberg wrote: post #19

Insane. That page loads in 111 network requests totaling about 40MB.

This is what happens when you make everything an API and try to hide all of the details. People program as the docs tell them to, not realizing that what they're doing requires a hideous amount of complexity under the hood. It is sadly rare for an API to actually mention that a particular method is expensive.

Huh, this is a badly coded WordPress site with HTML and CSS?

Re: Microsoft Pix

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Post by usaphp »

I wonder who is responsible for their site design at Microsoft, their whole website looks very unpolished and quickly made, especially typography.
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