proj-imim:
Re: PTViewer 1.1
Ed Howard 2000-May-30 10:47:20
> > Looks good to me and I think that it would restore control if a wait
image
> > is displayed without a pano.
>
> I don't know about that...
Displaying a wait shouldn't deactivate the buttons. It only does that with
Helmuts config controls because they are on the "frame" which currently does
not appear on a wait..only on the pano.
Would your panel be configurable if someone wanted to add controls
(gotoView, showHS etc...) or remove controls?
> > If that were the case, and other parameters like wait, frame etc...could
> be
> > specified on a per pano basis, I would REALLY like both.
>
> Me, too. I think Helmut is concerned about parsing a large amount of
> data, but it seems like you end up with a lot of params either way.
>
> > could one have a variable for a button?
> > <param name="item1" value="Living">
> > <param name="file1" value="living.jpg">
> > <param name="button1" value="livingclick.jpg">(a clickable button
image)?
>
> I don't think you would want to do this; I think it would be better
> to use the built in Java buttons with user definable labels. Otherwise,
> you might as well use the current 'frame' overlay method, no?
Big difference!
In residential real estate, I'm guessing there is a total of 15-20 buttons
that I would ever need
Kitchen, master, Dining etc... through infrequent ones like pool, breezway
and other... With standardized naming ... your done.
> I just thought that the 'choice pop-up menu' was a very efficient use of
> space.
It is... and the more I think about it, the more I like it. Design wise
though, it is limiting...
Way back in the days of scripted panos (last week), My design for my home
plan site (all computer generated) included 120x100 clickable image buttons
(mini views of each space).
That way a before visitors clicked the first time, they could determine if
the design was for them, if so then they could start clicking to get panos,
larger exterior views etc...
I'm not sure how this will evolve under the less flexible config
controls.....But it must...
Content for all, negative feedback from none....
> How many bytes is this frame?
Mine with nav control and room buttons 3k
For your implimentation not more than 500bites.
>It should be fairly easy to add a param
> to ptviewer to be able to set the background color.
Maybe you missed it....Helmut has already said that is coming....
>Even cooler would be
> to add 'skins' to ptviewer! Soon the applet will become an application.
8^)
Thats the beauty of it. It is fully skinable. (you just have to make the
skins....)
BTW Gummy,
Very nice pano's.
Ed