Archive for November, 2005
Javascript compressor
Let’s see if you are a real hacker.
Your problem: a web page somewhat slow, with lots of javascript code.
You can:
ignore the problem
activate mod_deflate in the server for javascript code (be careful with old browsers!)
use a javascript compressor to remove any extra spaces, new lines, comments, etc.
take an existing javascript parser, and make it rewrite your […]
User areas of photos
He asked, I deliver.
Do you have a ton of photos that you want to show in a map? Worried your pictures will soon fade away from the home page of panoramio to some hard to find page?
Now you can restrict the photos in panoramio to those of a particular user.
See for instance, the pictures […]
Web 2.0 definition
Best definition of Web 2.0 to date, directly from The Devil’s Dictionary:
Web 2.0, proper noun
The name given to the social and technical sophistication and maturity that mark the— Oh, screw it. Money! Money money money! Money! The money’s back! Ha ha! Money!
Direct Manipulation
In Panoramio you can move your photos dragging its red pin over the map. That is direct manipulation.
Imagine the old system: first, select “move photo”, second, introduce a new location, and third, save the new location. Thus every feature needs explanations, controls and several steps. Adding features make the interaction more complex, slower and […]
New page to see the photos
I have done a new page to see the images in Panoramio. There were several problems with the previous one, and also some advantages.
It was not really a new page, but just a bit (a big “bit”) of javascript that showed and hide some parts of the main page. It was very fast to lurk […]
Friends
I knew our friends Juan and Estela, were visiting Joaquín this weekend in Paris, but I couldn’t expect them to post their pictures rowing in the lake of Versailles Palace in Panoramio.com. Cool!
US cities
I have finally merged the USGS data about the US cities in our search tables.
So now you can jump to any place in the world but those in the Antarctica (they are in yet another database).
Enjoy!
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