Re: New images

["Keith Zimmerman" <zz_ir@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I feel I need to throw a couple of cents into this.  I run IE 5.5 with WinME
and had no problems loading Symon's site and viewing any of the several
images I chose to view.  Acrobat works just fine on my system and my system
at work which runs NT4.0, same browser.

Please bear with me while I state a couple of opinions about Symon's site.

One, I agree that the interface is a bit awkward and the "star" images are
annoying, but the navagation is not all that difficult to follow.   I found
that the images loaded quickly and, in my browser, loaded scaled to my
window.  I did not have to scroll to see any of the image.  And I only have
a 15" monitor.

Two, let's not forget the main point of posting the images in the first
place.  Symon, your images are facinating.  When I opened the first image, I
was caught completely off-guard.  Fish-eye is not something that I am
experienced with, but these images display a unique perspective.  Many
people may be put off by this perspective, but I guarantee they won't forget
it.  I applaud the point of view
and the creative vision.

A question:  Would you mind elaborating on the technique used to produce the
images.  I am very interested in the creative thought process and would be
interested in reading your perspective and process.

Keith Zimmerman
zz_ir@xxxxxxxxxxx

These are only my thoughts and do not reflect the thoughts of the
management.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Symon" <fokww@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <infrared@xxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 8:30 PM
Subject: New images


> To : George/Todd/Dan/Don (and other members who came across difficulties
at
> my site)
>
> george:
>  >Why does the site require Adobe Acrobat? Why not simply use the browser
to
>  >display the images? This is a problem for me, as I have never been able
to
>  >integrate Acrobat with my browser. This means that I can't see your
pictures.
> Acrobat PDF documents (here the images) have several advantages over
common
> graphics files, to name just a few :
> - security (printing/changing can be prohibited) and fingerprinting
> (digital sigature can be added)
> - bookmark and general info (author/title/subject) can be inclueded
> - the initial viewing size can be set
> - images displayed on a web page can be rotated and zoomed.
> If you can integrate the reader with your browser, please refer the
> instructions posted on the top page of my site
> :  www.acad.polyu.edu.hk/~fokww/HoIR.html
>
> Todd:
>  >I hope you mean *all* comments are welcome, cause I found the site
interface
>  >too frustrating to bother with. The stars hide the content of your
images.
>  >I'd like a bit more than a tease up front to tell me if your images are
>  >worth fighting past the interface for. Really, at least one full image
of
>  >any size would do, before I start downloading images to my hard drive.
>  >Sorry, I didn't go very far with your site, so I have nothing to say
about
>  >your images.
> Very sorry for wasting your time. I will change the thumbnails to more
> normal ones later.
>
> Dan :
>  >Same here, Can't see the images, sorry.
> What's your problem on viewing them ? Acrobat Reader ?
>
> Don :
>  >I have no idea why you did a couple of things. Thumbnails would be much
more
>  >useful than the "stars" and why do you need Acrobat Reader for the
images?
> I think what you mean is the normal thumbnails. Will change it to normal
> ones later. Issues of Acrobat Reader are answered as above.
>
>  >That seems to be a terrible way to handle it. I couldn't view your
photos
> because
>  >the bottom half was cut off on my screen.
> It might be due to the your display resolution was not set to 1024x768. If
> your Acrobat Reader can integrate with your browser, you can see the
images
> with the central frame. Moreover, there is always a tool bar on the top of
> a displayed images, you can use it to change the zoom ratio.
>
>  >I think you need to work out some major problems on your site. You link
to a
>  >number of other sites with good design features; study them.
> Yes, the URLs my site linked to have good design. Actually, PDF documents
> (here the images) are not terrible as you thought. There are many web
sites
> that use Acrobat PDF (portable document format) to present their
documents.
> For images presentation, I am not lonely, please refer to one of our
> memeber's web site :  http://www.bigbenpublishing.com.au/gallery/
>
>
>
> regards,
> Symon
>
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