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Re: Google Body Browser

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Post by mike-cardwell » Fri, Dec 17, 2010, 10:31 AM UTC

henrybridge wrote: post #39

mike-cardwell wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Completely unusable on my Macbook. It's a 4 year old machine though and not a Pro.

Are you running 10.5 or 10.6? Performance will be slow for large windows on 10.5

10.6

Re: Google Body Browser

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Post by a-priori » Fri, Dec 17, 2010, 2:28 PM UTC

ars wrote: post #56

qjz wrote: post #22

Isn't it a bit prudish not to fully expose the skin? It's not much better than a Barbie doll. And where's Ken?

Is it bad to be prudish? What's the upside of fully exposing the skin? I don't think skin exploration is the goal of this project, and this way they aren't alienating part of their audience.

I'm pretty sure Grey's Anatomy (the book, not the show!) doesn't draw clothing over the figures...

Re: Google Body Browser

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Post by torme » Fri, Dec 17, 2010, 5:10 PM UTC

natmaster wrote: post #60

torme wrote: post #12

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I have the exact opposite experience actually in FF 4b7, and though I'm not running some crazy awesome machine, its still a decent box. The page basically crashes the browser.

Can you paste the Graphics section on the about:support page?

Adapter Description: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295

Vendor ID: 10de

Device ID: 06fd

Adapter RAM: 256

Adapter Drivers: nvd3dumx,nvwgf2umx,nvwgf2umx nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um

Driver Version: 8.15.11.9038

Driver Date: 7-14-2009

Direct2D Enabled: true

DirectWrite Enabled: true

GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 10

Running on windows 7, Xeon quad core 3.20 GHZ, 6 Gig ram

Re: Google Body Browser

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Post by morphir » Sat, Dec 18, 2010, 1:02 AM UTC

does this use websocket?

Re: Google Body Browser

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Post by MaysonL » Sat, Dec 18, 2010, 9:53 AM UTC

When will Google learn that 2-finger scrolling on OS X is not meant for zooming?