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Thanks for that - really appreciated. I've been heads-down getting this working and to be honest lost a bit of perspective on if it's an ok idea or not. Did th

Thanks for that - really appreciated. I've been heads-down getting this working and to be honest lost a bit of perspective on if it's an ok idea or not. Did the zooming in/out work ok?

guynamedloren 16y ago
You'll never know if you have a good idea until you try it. And you have, props for that. The zooming is somewhat functional, but a bit awkward and jumpy. I noticed that the scroll wheel no longer zooms out after I have zoomed in and moved around a bit. Also, I would recommend a more fluid zoom if possible, much like Android and iProducts. From a user perspective, I would like the article to open up (in a lightbox or new tab) as soon as I click the thumbnail. The little description bubble does not provide much benefit to the user. If there were "jump to 'section'" icons at the top of the window, that would be convenient.
- daviding 16y ago
  I think I can smooth the zoom, i.e. more like how Google maps resizes when you zoom. The bubble is something I've struggled with, in that I started with just an overlay icon but it got very 'busy', what with all those thumbnails. I'll try a few more things - thanks. Those section links are a good idea - I have the 'Overview' link but I'm not happy with the name - maybe 'Map' or 'Sections'?
nlogn 16y ago
I really like this but the slow refresh after zooming really kills it for me at least. Perhaps something like Silverlight's deep zoom[1] may be useful? [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645050(VS.95).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645050(VS.95).aspx
- daviding 16y ago
  Thanks, I'll take a look - I did play with this a little (snapdragon?) but at the time couldn't find a decent API. The backend is all python, so unsure how Silverlight and managed code will fly.
- daviding 16y ago
  I just wanted to come back and thank you again - in that I've spent a little bit more time researching this and it looks promising. When I had looked before the API was limited, but I think I can do everything I want to do. In the spirit of a 'hack' I've put a Deep Zoom (totally non-interactive) test harness here to play with - what do you think, better? http://zoomreadsl.s3.amazonaws.com/seasl.html http://zoomreadsl.s3.amazonaws.com/seasl.html (please ignore the layout etc, just gauging the zoom ability and performance)
  - nlogn 16y ago
    Sorry I never noticed your reply. Your link is unfortunately broken now but I would love to see it if you still have it around.

Thanks for that - really appreciated. I've been heads-down getting this working and to be honest lost a bit of perspective on if it's an ok idea or not. Did the zooming in/out work ok?

guynamedloren 16y ago

You'll never know if you have a good idea until you try it. And you have, props for that. The zooming is somewhat functional, but a bit awkward and jumpy. I noticed that the scroll wheel no longer zooms out after I have zoomed in and moved around a bit. Also, I would recommend a more fluid zoom if possible, much like Android and iProducts. From a user perspective, I would like the article to open up (in a lightbox or new tab) as soon as I click the thumbnail. The little description bubble does not provide much benefit to the user. If there were "jump to 'section'" icons at the top of the window, that would be convenient.

daviding 16y ago
I think I can smooth the zoom, i.e. more like how Google maps resizes when you zoom. The bubble is something I've struggled with, in that I started with just an overlay icon but it got very 'busy', what with all those thumbnails. I'll try a few more things - thanks. Those section links are a good idea - I have the 'Overview' link but I'm not happy with the name - maybe 'Map' or 'Sections'?

nlogn 16y ago

I really like this but the slow refresh after zooming really kills it for me at least. Perhaps something like Silverlight's deep zoom[1] may be useful? [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645050(VS.95).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645050(VS.95).aspx

daviding 16y ago
Thanks, I'll take a look - I did play with this a little (snapdragon?) but at the time couldn't find a decent API. The backend is all python, so unsure how Silverlight and managed code will fly.
daviding 16y ago
I just wanted to come back and thank you again - in that I've spent a little bit more time researching this and it looks promising. When I had looked before the API was limited, but I think I can do everything I want to do. In the spirit of a 'hack' I've put a Deep Zoom (totally non-interactive) test harness here to play with - what do you think, better? http://zoomreadsl.s3.amazonaws.com/seasl.html http://zoomreadsl.s3.amazonaws.com/seasl.html (please ignore the layout etc, just gauging the zoom ability and performance)
- nlogn 16y ago
  Sorry I never noticed your reply. Your link is unfortunately broken now but I would love to see it if you still have it around.