Thanks, Paul. I agree. Well put :-) Regards Jens
Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 31. januar 2006 20:43 Til: [email protected] Emne: RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often) I understand Shel's unhappiness here, but I found Jens' panorama quite interesting and well done. And I believe it's perfectly appropriate to offer it as a PESO. Those who wish to view it will do so. Those who would prefer not to look at it. won't. But I think it's wrong to dismiss it as "junk." It's not junk. It's the same view one would have if one stood in the road and turned 360 degrees in order to take in the full landscape. It's a photograph, although a new type of photograph that depends on the availability of certain technology. I don't think digital photographic exploration should be reduced to the lowest common denominator: i.e. don't do it if it requires any new technology to implement. Broadband and java aren't exactly day after tomorrow. They're in general use by a large majority of internet users. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I don't understand the point of what you're doing. It would be simpler to > have a panorama that one could scroll through, left to right. It seems like > an exercise in technology more than anything else. Speaking for myself, > the viewing experience is awful and not at all satisfying. > > This thing that you've done takes forever to download on a dialup > connection, requires plugins that, obviously, some people don't have, or > which are not up to date, plus, Java dumps a bunch of hidden files onto the > user's computer. Most people may not know that, and some may not want that > (I certainly don't) for any number of reasons. I know where they are and > clean out the files every now and then, but others may not have that > knowledge. > > While I'm sure you don't care one way or the other, but I won't be viewing > your panoramas again. It's quite possible a number of other people won't > see your good work because the technology to view the files limits or > excludes them for doing so. > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Date: 1/31/2006 10:37:37 AM > > Subject: RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often) > > > > Both, naturally. I took a photograph (and stores it as a computer file, > > which can be reproduced as a photograph). Then turned it into a file in an > > application, that just shows a part of it - which part changes a little > bit > > every second. > > > > Jens Bladt > > http://www.jensbladt.dk > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > Fra: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sendt: 31. januar 2006 18:39 > > Til: [email protected] > > Emne: RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often) > > > > > > I clicked on all the buttons, and couldn't get it to stop, only reverse > > direction. Maybe my Java's not up to date. I don't care - I'm not > > downloading any more junk like that to my computer. Anyway, this isn't a > > corporate computer ... > > > > You say it's a photograph, and then you say it's not a photograph but a > > file. Is it one or the other, or both? ;-)) > > > > Shel > > > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Jens Bladt < > > > > > Hmmm... > > > There is a button to stop it moving... > > > It is a photgraph - not flat but cylindrical... > > > Internet pictures arent really photographs, they are computer files... > > > Java is today a standard feature in a large number of corpotate > > > computers, just like Acrobat Reader, mediaplayers etc... > > > Regards > > > > > > Jens Bladt > > > http://www.jensbladt.dk > > > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > > Fra: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sendt: 31. januar 2006 18:06 > > > Til: [email protected] > > > Emne: Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often) > > > > > > > > > Me too .... although I already had the plug-in, and did look at the pic. > > > It's a moving panorama, and it drove me nuts. Had to shut it down, in > > part > > > because it moved and I couldn't see details of any one area, and in part > > it > > > made me dizzy. It was like looking at a scene while spinning around ... > > > ugh! IMO, it's not a photograph but a movie, and it's one of those > things > > > that is done because technology allows it to be done. > > > > > > Shel > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > > From: frank theriault > > > > > > > I refuse to look at a photo that tells me to download > > > > a plug-in before I can look at it. > > > > > > > > > > On 1/31/06, Jens Bladt wrote: > > > > > It's winter in Denmark: > > > > > http://www.jensbladt.dk/pano/newfile6.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
