PanoTools:
RE: Re: "Brocap" integration - please test
John Spikowski 2006-Mar-03 12:38:58
Most of the professionally done site ask you once what your viewer
preference is and stores it in a cookie. (Fox, CNN, ...)
I think Brocap was targeted as a real estate photo server and Yuval made the
"client/SDK" available to use. I could see an appropriate viewer being
select for image type (spherical, cylindrical or stills). I have a fast
connection so size doesn't matter. I see more examples presented on this
list in QT rather then Java. (10 to 1)
John
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> Chegado - www.netlojas.biz
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> Subject: Re: [PanoTools] Re: "Brocap" integration - please test
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> I like the idea of having the user choose the viewer.
> The problem is when I look at statistics from the websites I
> have running several viewers like FlashVR, QuickTime VR,
> Spi-V, and Java viewers, 90% don't bother to choose the
> viewer, just click away on the first image they see and take
> the Flash VR by default that I have set as a fail safe, even
> if that gives them lower quality panoramas compared to QTVR,
> Spi-V or Java, they just look at the Flash VR version and say
> wow, they can't imagine that it can be better.
> If I had choose to make the default other viewer, there would
> be a % of people that just go away without seeing the
> panorama because they won't understand what is happening.
> This is different behavior from people visiting panoramas.dk
> because there they go after the panorama and probably even
> download the 30MB or so Quicktime just to watch your
> wonderful panoramas.
> The websites of our customers are not made to show off
> panoramas but rather can use panoramas to sell something else
> and this is what matters.
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> Carlos Chegado
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> Olho de Peixe Lda
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> >>I agree. BUT: First of all it should be known what technologies are
> >>available on client side. This is the job Brocap does. If Bernhard
> >>choose to automatically use one of the installed technologies it is
> >>his concern. There is always the possibility to show a list of
> >>available viewers.
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> >>However, the average arm chair travel user does not want to bother
> >>with viewer technologies, he wants to view locations - conveniently
> >>and in the best available quality.
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> >To choose a viewer is something everyone on the net is used to.
> >Almost all large news site with videos gives you the choise
> to use WMP
> >- Real and sometimes Quicktime.
> >And they never do this choise automatically.
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> >To choose a viewer is a natural thing and we have to educate people
> >that we have different technologies also for VR.
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