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Microsoft Zoom.it (Bitly for Hi-res images)

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Re: Microsoft Zoom.it (Bitly for Hi-res images)

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Post by kes »

callmeed wrote: post #19

I've had an idea for an image/bit.ly service for a while ... it goes something like this: - You upload a high/low res image - You have to specify one of the creative commons or other standard licenses - There's a short URL, API, geo-tagging, and sharing/embedding options - Attribution is stamped on the image and included in the embed code The idea is that journalists/citizen-journalists (and possibly artists/creative…

I like the idea, and I apologize for having nothing more productive to say other than 'sounds quite a bit like Flickr.'

Flickr has all of these features. Their main purpose is to host photographs, but with the rise of info-graphics (good stuff and bad stuff here) and other forms of picture-media, there could be a good place for a service to take up this new market segment.

Re: Microsoft Zoom.it (Bitly for Hi-res images)

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Post by callmeed »

kes wrote: post #21
callmeed wrote: post #19

I've had an idea for an image/bit.ly service for a while ... it goes something like this: - You upload a high/low res image - You have to specify one of the creative commons or other standard licenses - There's a short URL, API, geo-tagging, and sharing/embedding options - Attribution is stamped on the image and included in the embed code The idea is that journalists/citizen-journalists (and possibly artists/creative…

I like the idea, and I apologize for having nothing more productive to say other than 'sounds quite a bit like Flickr.' Flickr has all of these features. Their main purpose is to host photographs, but with the rise of info-graphics (good stuff and bad stuff here) and other forms of picture-media, there could be a good place for a service to take up this new market segment.

Good point re:Flickr ... my though is that it would have a much better signal-to-noise ratio for those seeking such images ...

Re: Microsoft Zoom.it (Bitly for Hi-res images)

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Post by eagleal »

geuis wrote: post #9

This is very interesting from a technical perspective. Its all being done with js and xhr requests. Its powered by Seadragon( http://seadragon.com/developer/ ) and apparently Zoom.it is just a new rename.

Something like this would be quite useful with a real-time source/feed of images/video. Or connect remotely to your home camera and spy on your neighborhood.

Seriously though, there should exist an implementation like this (at least from security firms or NSA/CIA).

Re: Microsoft Zoom.it (Bitly for Hi-res images)

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Post by photon_off »

As it turns out, there are already a couple of sites similar to zoom.it [1]. However, it should be interesting to see if zoom.it gains substantial traction, and how. I suspect that the fact it's Microsoft releasing something lightweight and useful will make this an interesting news story. This is seeming to be confirmed by Twitter showing a steady stream of links to it, and its gaining a lot of buzz on social media sites.

But, we'll see. It's possible that there just isn't enough demand for this type of thing, yet.

[1] http://www.moreofit.com/similar-to/zoom.it

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Post by statictype »

CamperBob wrote: post #14

The artificial inertia is pretty annoying. Have these guys ever used an iPhone in their lives?

I found it to be a nice touch. Do you find the artificial inertia in iPhone scrolling annoying? I think they both add a little 'flavor' to the UI experience.

Re: Microsoft Zoom.it (Bitly for Hi-res images)

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Post by city41 »

alanh wrote: post #17
city41 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually... "Zoom.it runs on Windows Azure and enhances the experience with Microsoft Silverlight when available." From the "About" page.

I don’t have Silverlight and it runs just fine here. (Yup, it’s all in my DOM!) Using Silverlight when installed is fine by me — theoretically, it’s going to run faster than having a browser scale tens of images tens of times a second.

I do have Silverlight installed and I couldn't seem to get the site to use Silverlight. Still all DOM as far as I could tell.
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