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How about... a more productive thread: WWP enhancements for 07?
Roger Howard 2006-Oct-18 21:35:00
Personally, I don't think the question of VR file format is as compelling
as what we can expect from the larger WWP presentation in the future. I'm
wondering what features (and this is totally unprompted, I have no idea
whether our hosts are even interested in new features) may be missing in
the WWP presentation.
A few items that have repeatedly come to mind when exploring WWP:
1) A sense of communications through the addition of some form of comment
or forums system on a per-pano (and maybe site-wide) basis. I'd love to be
able to leave comments and have discussions about specific content there,
and be able to communicate with other visitors - I'm certain the vast
majority of the audience does not belong to this list
2) Some form of search - this seems a no-brainer. Navigation is great, but
freeform search is obviously a well demonstrated/common feature of a
content-rich site.
3) To go along with search, some form of extended metadata support;
perhaps a freetagging solution to allow end users to contribute to the
searchability of each page/object.
4) Integration with outside services; trackbacks (so we can see who is
saying what about the site) and de.licio.us come to mind.
5) Protected contact forms, to make it easy for the audience to
communicate directly with the content creator(s) without having to post
email addresses in plaintext on the Web
This is fun :)
-Rh