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Anyone remember the photo viewer from 10+ years ago that started with a tiled view of every photo and you zoomed in kind of organically to what you wanted? At t

Anyone remember the photo viewer from 10+ years ago that started with a tiled view of every photo and you zoomed in kind of organically to what you wanted? At the time it was revolutionary to me. Kind of in the Picasa era or earlier. I believe it was shareware or freeware and might have been Java-based. And I'd love help with a search query. Can't figure out the right words to avoid links about restoring old photos, or details of various MS Photos applications over the years.

bo0tzz 3y ago
I don't know the one you mention, but I believe https://github.com/SmilyOrg/photofield https://github.com/SmilyOrg/photofield does something similar.
- ballenf 3y ago
  That interface is very similar. It's not the app I was thinking of, but same functionality.
afranchuk 3y ago
Are you perhaps referring to eagle mode? https://eaglemode.sourceforge.net/ https://eaglemode.sourceforge.net/
chromakode 3y ago
I remember Jeff Han's multitouch demos (which pre-dated the iPhone!) -- is this what you were thinking of? https://youtu.be/ac0E6deG4AU https://youtu.be/ac0E6deG4AU
- ballenf 3y ago
  Those are very cool, but I'm talking about years pre-dating smartphones. I guess Picasa wasn't a good time marker in my question since it really wasn't retired that long ago.
jasonhong 3y ago
You might be thinking of PhotoMesa, which was a research project (I think later commercialized) out of University of Maryland. Here is the research paper on PhotoMesa: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~bederson/images/pubs_pdfs/p19-khella.pdf http://www.cs.umd.edu/~bederson/images/pubs_pdfs/p19-khella.... And here's a YouTube video of PhotoMesa: https://youtu.be/CQYDhnBMoF0?si=SOWUcjSFyv47nfrt&t=59 https://youtu.be/CQYDhnBMoF0?si=SOWUcjSFyv47nfrt&t=59 Also, as a researcher who has studied and implemented Semantic Zooming, the original post (probably inadvertently) makes it sound like Underkoffler invented the idea. I'd have to double check things, but I believe it was Ben Bederson (also the creator of PhotoMesa above) and Jim Hollan that invented the concept of semantic zooming in their seminal work Pad++, which aimed to explore alternatives to basic GUI interfaces. Ben has a lot of papers looking at zooming interfaces for photos, presentations, calendars, and other visualizations. Here's the paper on Pad++ https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/192426.192435 https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/192426.192435
mortenjorck 3y ago
Are you thinking of Cooliris? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5CB7hH8TM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5CB7hH8TM
Too 3y ago
Don’t all smart phones do this nowadays? iPhone built in gallery app does and I know a few Android models that do too.

bo0tzz 3y ago

I don't know the one you mention, but I believe https://github.com/SmilyOrg/photofield https://github.com/SmilyOrg/photofield does something similar.

ballenf 3y ago
That interface is very similar. It's not the app I was thinking of, but same functionality.

afranchuk 3y ago

Are you perhaps referring to eagle mode? https://eaglemode.sourceforge.net/ https://eaglemode.sourceforge.net/

chromakode 3y ago

I remember Jeff Han's multitouch demos (which pre-dated the iPhone!) -- is this what you were thinking of? https://youtu.be/ac0E6deG4AU https://youtu.be/ac0E6deG4AU

ballenf 3y ago
Those are very cool, but I'm talking about years pre-dating smartphones. I guess Picasa wasn't a good time marker in my question since it really wasn't retired that long ago.

jasonhong 3y ago

You might be thinking of PhotoMesa, which was a research project (I think later commercialized) out of University of Maryland. Here is the research paper on PhotoMesa: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~bederson/images/pubs_pdfs/p19-khella.pdf http://www.cs.umd.edu/~bederson/images/pubs_pdfs/p19-khella.... And here's a YouTube video of PhotoMesa: https://youtu.be/CQYDhnBMoF0?si=SOWUcjSFyv47nfrt&t=59 https://youtu.be/CQYDhnBMoF0?si=SOWUcjSFyv47nfrt&t=59 Also, as a researcher who has studied and implemented Semantic Zooming, the original post (probably inadvertently) makes it sound like Underkoffler invented the idea. I'd have to double check things, but I believe it was Ben Bederson (also the creator of PhotoMesa above) and Jim Hollan that invented the concept of semantic zooming in their seminal work Pad++, which aimed to explore alternatives to basic GUI interfaces. Ben has a lot of papers looking at zooming interfaces for photos, presentations, calendars, and other visualizations. Here's the paper on Pad++ https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/192426.192435 https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/192426.192435

mortenjorck 3y ago

Are you thinking of Cooliris? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5CB7hH8TM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5CB7hH8TM

Too 3y ago

Don’t all smart phones do this nowadays? iPhone built in gallery app does and I know a few Android models that do too.