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

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Post by alanh » Sat, Aug 07, 2010, 2:41 AM UTC

dmd wrote: post #26

Unicode: http://zoom.it/zTem#full

Wow, all those glyphs and still no padlock or play/pause/fast-forward symbols! *

That’s a very cool one, dmd. Would be even better if (like ZoomWorld), sections were labeled in huge text, and more information were available next to each symbol.

* Edit: There is a glyph that could stand in if you use your imagination. ꉩ "YI SYLLABLE NGO" http://alanhogan.com/images/Coincidental_pictograms-20100806... (though it doesn’t always look like that. http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/A269/index.htm)

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

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Post by CamperBob » Sat, Aug 07, 2010, 2:52 AM UTC

statictype wrote: post #27

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.

I think the key difference is that the iPhone uses inertia only for deceleration. Acceleration should always feel snappy and instantaneous; the relationship between the mouse pointer and the image should be nailed until the user lets go of the button.

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

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Post by freetard » Sat, Aug 07, 2010, 3:33 AM UTC

joshu wrote: post #8

I wish you could annotate in there.

Yep http://zoom.it/1Sma#full

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

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Post by city41 » Sat, Aug 07, 2010, 4:03 AM UTC

city41 wrote: post #30

alanh wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It reverts to silverlight if you are using IE (of course, :) )

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

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Post by matthewphiong » Sat, Aug 07, 2010, 6:09 AM UTC

city41 wrote: post #34

city41 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It reverts to silverlight if you are using IE (of course, :) )

As noted by RRW here http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/microsoft_introduces_so...

It works on your iPad/Phone/Pod too!

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

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Post by aaronbrethorst » Sat, Aug 07, 2010, 7:15 AM UTC

CamperBob wrote: post #16

city41 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The iPhone uses two fingers which enables much more accurate/rapid scaling. The mouse is a compromise in comparison, hence the added inertia.

Funny, online maps work fine without inertia.

I just noticed the other day that Google Maps on the web recently added flicking and deceleration. It's a nice, new touch.

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

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Post by WalterGR » Sat, Aug 07, 2010, 7:57 AM UTC

avar wrote: post #12

Look Microsoft, you can create useful dynamic web services without requiring Flash, I mean Silverlight.

Look Microsoft, you can create useful dynamic web services without requiring Flash, I mean Silverlight

Microsoft "invented" XMLHttpRequest for their Outlook Web client.

Bing Maps doesn't require Silverlight. Some people even prefer it over Google Maps.

Given that Microsoft has been creating useful dynamic web services without Flash or Silverlight for some time, I don't they were particularly shocked by their ability to create this one.

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

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 07, 2010, 11:08 AM UTC

city41 wrote: post #30

alanh wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

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Post by growt » Sat, Aug 07, 2010, 1:15 PM UTC

alanh wrote: post #31

dmd wrote: post #26

Unicode: http://zoom.it/zTem#full

Wow, all those glyphs and still no padlock or play/pause/fast-forward symbols! * That’s a very cool one, dmd. Would be even better if (like ZoomWorld), sections were labeled in huge text, and more information were available next to each symbol. * Edit: There is a glyph that could stand in if you use your imagination. ꉩ "YI SYLLABLE NGO" http://alanhogan.com/images/Coincidental_pictograms-20100806... (though it doesn’…

25B6 could be used as play.

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

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Post by thingsinjars » Sat, Aug 07, 2010, 6:58 PM UTC

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.

As far as I remember, Microsoft moved continued development of Seadragon AJAX from the Live Labs team to the ASP.NET team last year. It's interesting to see Live Labs continuing on the consumer side.