On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 21:20:36 +0000 (UTC), Trevor
<trevorjdaniel@no_spam_yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> I have found a perfect example of what i am trying to achieve. I have
> tried to take it apart and it blew my brains out all over the floor.
>
> Can anyone help. The example is in PHP and javascript. I don't know PHP
> but i know C#.Net/ASP & javascript.
>
> Can any clever dick out there give some pointers on how the hell this
> works and how to reproduce it?[/color]
I don't think you would want to reproduce it.
- The code approaches 80KBs.
- It uses browser detection, which usually indicates code of bad quality.
- The producers claim that the system works in IE and Netscape, yet I
could only view the page in IE. Opera and Mozilla can't load it.
- The region highlight doesn't move if you drag the image itself. That
sort of defeats the point of it.
- The system's flaky when you open the context menu.
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> I am particularly interested in the map verson of the demo at
>
http://cendtonio.free.fr/[/color]
Initially, I could only view one of the demo images. The scrolling
mechanism didn't work, which isn't a good sign of robust coding.
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> How do i do it? - It looks so good.[/color]
An applet or Flash would probably be more reliable, but I think that
letting the user use their favourite image editing software is the best
approach. Gimmicks are nice, but functionality is better, and this isn't
either in my opinion.
Sorry to disappoint,
Mike
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