Ask HN: Displaying a million images on a page, in a way that doesn't suck?

#1

Post by Rayzar » Wed, Sep 08, 2010, 12:09 AM UTC

Well, CoolIris seems like a possibility...any other ideas?

Re: Ask HN: Displaying a million images on a page, in a way that doesn't suck?

#2

Post by somagrand » Wed, Sep 08, 2010, 12:10 AM UTC

Haha through flash. Enjoy performance tanking.

Re: Ask HN: Displaying a million images on a page, in a way that doesn't suck?

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 08, 2010, 12:21 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Displaying a million images on a page, in a way that doesn't suck?

#4

Post by terryjsmith » Wed, Sep 08, 2010, 12:35 AM UTC

Just look into lazy loading. Google image search is doing it, as it Facebook now as far as I can tell. Basically all of your images on one page and you load them based on the user's scrolling and what's visible. There's a plugin available from jQuery that can help get you started:

http://www.appelsiini.net/projects/lazyload

Re: Ask HN: Displaying a million images on a page, in a way that doesn't suck?

#5

Post by Rayzar » Wed, Sep 08, 2010, 1:25 AM UTC

terryjsmith wrote: post #4

Just look into lazy loading. Google image search is doing it, as it Facebook now as far as I can tell. Basically all of your images on one page and you load them based on the user's scrolling and what's visible. There's a plugin available from jQuery that can help get you started: http://www.appelsiini.net/projects/lazyload

Yeah, I saw this on Facebook recently and was thinking of looking into it, thanks for the link!