but the website you posted is very bad example to compare to deep zoom.
The example is slow and not smooth. When i zoom in i have to wait nearly 30- 60 seconds before the resolution change. Its big pixel look when you zoom in. And the user feeling is bad, because to use the big buttons can´t be compare to use the mouse like the demo in deep zoom.

jens

For those interested they can see here hi-res pictures of Van Gogh paintings: http://www.zoomomail.com/b8612.....dc9b284ec9

Or check out the site: http://www.zoomorama.com , download the authoring tool and start having Zooming fun time with your 10Mpixels pictures.

Where??

Zooming in and out of all that data was quick and simple. Info came up as I got into more details, and it’s quite compelling. Very interesting.

You can make your own Deep Zoom (or SeaDragon thingy) here.

http://blogs.msdn.com/expressi.....poser.aspx

The same technology I think.

And for you Mac users, you would think OS X is the most highly support for OS in the world, isn’t it? Silverlight is still in beta btw.

Maybe you can articulate what makes Seadragon innovative. You probably will do a much better job than what MS was able to do. I know you’re a Silverlight developer so maybe you can educate us on the technological advances that Seadragon makes. I think most of us would love to advance the UX of our users, if Seadragon can do it, I’d love to expend the time to learn it.

But it appears to me and others that it isn’t anything new, nor does it do anything better than what Zoomify does. The backend for zoomify is very easy to use, it democratizes the use of advanced technology to those who aren’t coders. I’ve used both Zoomify and a free application that produces the processed images you use in Google Maps to navigate giga pixels images.

I agree with you that if Silverlight pushes Adobe to make Flash and other applications better, we all will benefit. And you are right that should be the point.

Then tell me that it doesn’t compare to Microsoft’s ‘new’ technology.

“Microsoft Silverlight may not be supported on your computer’s hardware
or operating system. ”

…and indeed it isn’t.

As for the install issues people are saying they are experiencing, i believe it may be because they had the issue of having a version (1.1) installed which is a developer version not advised to be installed by ordinary people. Just guessing here thou!

The install process I’ve had with SL has been flawless, and I put my dummy user hat when I installed it!

When flash was version 1 moving int version 2 I’m sure it would have had the same teething problems so don’t give me the all mightier than god argument that flash is better than silverlight because their install process works..

As for the adoption rates, so what if flash is 90+% Doesn’t mean that new technologies shouldn’t try to enter this space. That is where innovation is stimulated. If there was no-one to push flash then they would be moving at a much slower rate! You should all be thanking Microsoft for stiring the flash adobe/flash giant!

And for your information seadragon is nothing like zoomify or GIS systems or any other technology out there! Get your facts straight before you compare. Seadragon is in a league of it’s own, it really is a new technology that came out of the labs that no one else in the world can do!

Do your research before making stupid comments that make you look like idiots!

Ha Ha Ha, I think you’re missing the point. This is nothing new. It’s been done before and done a lot better. The PhotoSynth demo at Ted, that was inspiring. This is pedestrian. Go look at the xrez examples. Multi Gigapixel images. Many well over 10 Gigapixels. The Bo Didley example means Didley, it doesn’t load a 400MB file, it shows a glorified thumbnail of the image. As you zoom in it calls for a higher resolution image in the same location within the image. It’s a layer. Same as Google Maps. Just with a slicker UI.

The point is that people have been doing this using tools that are FREE and can be loaded as an AJAX page. No need for a Beta plugin that doesn’t install for some.

There’s no need to bash other technologies, just to buy into the PR spin. Go look around. It’s nothing new.

If you feel compelled to develop using MS development tools good for you. But being brand agnostic and just striving to deliver a User Experience that is engaging, I’m not impressed and I think most who have actually seen sites like xrez, won’t be either. Because there is nothing new. It’s mature technology that MS is just bringing to forefront and trying to extract the PR benefits from. Nothing more. It’s just another example of how MS has lost it’s innovation capability.

For all those who bitch about the technology, go to http://blogs.msdn.com/expressi.....poser.aspx and create a DeepZoom control of your own photos and see how it works.

It does seem like the site is a little slow right now. Probably choking a bit with all the traffic from all the attention from this morning.

But did you see the Bo Diddley guitar at the end? That *one image* alone is 400 MB.

Choke on that zoomify!

At least Flash has already gone through the growing pains of intermittent updates and can minimize the disruption.

Hell, I think the installation/upgrade path for running meez.com’s java applet is smoother than this.

CG