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Re: Zoomquilt

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Post by _random_ »

girvo wrote: post #16
myhnusername wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're using Chrome: * File > Save Page As... * Choose "Webpage, Complete". * Enjoy later. Don't know how well other browsers handle this.

Interestingly I was poking around in //flags/ in Chrome today, and came across a "MHTML" one. Wondering what MHTML I came across this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MHTML "MHTML, short for MIME HTML, is a web page archive format used to combine resources that are typically represented by external links (such as images, Flash animations, Java applets, audio files) with HTML code into a single file." I haven't tested it…

"Microsoft Internet Explorer, as of version 5.0, was the first browser to support reading and saving web pages and external resources to a single MHTML file"

Re: Zoomquilt

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Post by pestaa »

dgdkfjghkdfhkhg wrote: post #13
nwh wrote: post #3

For some reason that is deeply unsettling. Something about the movement at the edges.

What's deeply unsettling is the usual put-downs from this community.

I very much enjoy the fact that all valid criticism is usually posted and upvoted on HN, as opposed to hurray comments only.

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Post by zaphar »

The amazing part is actually that I opened a link to a javascript demo page and my cpu fan didn't immediately start up.

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Post by joshstrange »

schtev wrote: post #19

Wasn't the original done in flash like...a decade ago?

That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw it. I know I have seen it in swf/gif form in the past. While I don't dispute HTML5's canvas(+js) is very cool I was hoping for something straining the limits or doing something new.

I was going to say something along the lines of "...rather than seeing an old idea/concept rehashed in canvas+js" but then I realized that could include people doing things like getting old games (Quake/Doom) running in the browser with canvas+js. The counterpoint would be that this idea could be implemented in gif form (While it would lose the ability to toggle your direction/speed) whereas I don't think anyone would enjoy gifQuake/gifDoom :).

TL;DR - It would appear I'm jaded when it comes to things like this. And that's probably not a good thing.

Re: Zoomquilt

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Post by camus »

_random_ wrote: post #7

It appears to be similar to previous version: http://zoomquilt2.madmindworx.com/zoomquilt2.swf . Only this time it's a slightly different script language, different rich client and a different vector-based rendering engine. The obvious difference is that now I can't save it easily to be enjoyed later.

you can save swf files too...
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