Adobe buying out Macromedia maybe be an issue for some people, and I could be one!! Problem as I see it is that both companies offer competing products. ie Dreamweaver and Go Live, Photoshop and Fireworks. Common sense tells me that one product will go and it will more than likely the Macromedia ones....
Please tell me I'm barking up the wrong tree!!

On a side issue, how are you guys managing to post without the anoying underlines??

Cheers
Ian

Yes, how are you guys posting with out those annoying underlines ??

Hmm interesting enough I am looking for a flash alternative for panoramas.  Maybe with a future Flash version that incorporates some shockwave technology.

Dave

Personally I don't get the whole flat Flash thing?

The images are distorted showing curves where curves aren't (like footpath's/sidewalks etc) If the images were converted to cylindrical first maybe this would correct the angles? either way it doesn't display a full 360 x 180 equirectangular image, so personally I think this is a backward step in panorama display. Sacrificing the quality of the image to fit the viewer?

Now that said, if they ever offer a Flash viewer that can display a cubed/equirectangular/spherical image correctly then and only then would I offer this as a viewer (in fact, I would - based on claimed installed user numbers) make it my first choice viewer. The technology already exists for this projection with Macromedia "Shockwave" and this I feel has more of a chance becoming the standard unless they finally include this technology into Flash. 

For me at this stage Quicktime is the only viewer for full-screen display. Immersion's G2 is the best choice for applet based full-screen projection.

Oh! and my new computer came with WindowsXP Pro and Java was installed and enabled.

Regards, Smooth

Hi there Smooth... I am also awaiting a new computer... ;-)

Thats the problem with Flash... only displays cylindrical panos... not cubics/equirec/spherical. The other querie I'd have, not having the faintest idea about this, how large is a flash file compared to a java file for the same image quality/size?? Is there a difference?? Is the Flash better/worse?? I don't know but am interested to find out. Anyone know??

Smooth,  which flavor of java was installed and enabled ?  Sun or MSJVM ?

Dave

The Flash viewer will display any fisheye panorama equirectangular full 360 or <180 partial panoramas stitched with Panoweaver or other software.  Only issue is when you scroll up.. you would see alot of distortion in the zenith and nadir.

To resolve this  I cropped out the tripod cap (glass reflecting ball) zone and some of the sky/ceiling.  Results appeared to look reasonable.

Most QTVR's were sized to 1.8mb as compared with the Flash version was 300kb.  Smaller file sizes produce faster download with both dial up and broadband visitors

We did offer our client a display choice.  For what ever reason, after they saw both display flavors, they selected Flash to meet their website needs.

The client needs seemed to have been met.

Dave

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Smooth,  which flavor of java was installed and enabled ?  Sun or MSJVM ?

Dave

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Hi Dave,

Was MSJVM on Windows XP Pro SP1

Regards, Smooth

Possible result of Adobe+Macromedia = full Flash animations / Movies + viewers imbedded directly into PDFs ?

http://tools.devshed.com/c/a/Search-Engine-Tricks/PDF-Optimization-Death-to-SEO/

(PDFs as "the web's only cross-compatible portable platform")