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Re: 360Cities.net
bryant_arnett 2010-Feb-14 00:58:00
Hi, Jeffrey.
Now to look at the other side (I can't help myself). And I'm sorry if I made it sound like I would never look at 360Cities in GoogleEarth. I love 360Cities.net and I hope to be able to access it directly and in it's full glory. I think Google is still improving their interface. I am sure they will add additional functionality and preferences as the feature is improved. I think we will see your 18 Gigapixel images directly from the GoogleEarth interface eventually, and I hope that you are able to dictate a little bit to them how they should be displaying your images. If they want to have a drag interface for their own features, then let them have it, but if your VR images are to be displayed, I think it needs to be with better controls and resolution. I have confidence they will continue to improve the interface. One thing I like about GoogleEarth map dragging, is the ability to sort of toss the mouse as I drag it, I let go of the click just as I am stopping the drag, and it puts the display into a sort of auto pan mode. I find I toss the view around a lot as I drag myself around the GoogleEarth terrain. GoogleEarth offers a bunch of customization for its map viewing. I have high hopes for this interface.
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--- In #removed#, "prague" <360cities@...> wrote:
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> Your answer is really melodramatic.
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> Is it really so bad? ("giant step backwards" i think is really making a mountain out of a mole hill)
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> Think of "normal" users. clicking and dragging using the "hand" cursor, I think, is definitely more intuitive.
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> the ease of use, and level of frustration MUST be taken into account.
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> Taking that into account, is the "hand" cursor really so bad?
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> I'm not stating my opinion - I'm honestly wondering. I don't know the answer of what is "better"
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> Jeffrey
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> > I disagree that this is the most technologically wonderful way possible. The image viewing navigation in Google Earth is terrible. Dragging the little hand around, completely opposite of the way we normally view VR images in the rest of the world, is a giant step backwards for the world of VR photography. Why does Google Earth display VR images this way? It's so bad that I never use the feature, except occasionally the "street view" mode if I am really looking for a location in the map. When it comes to viewing images in the 360Cities database, I would never use this terrible interface. That's just my opinion.
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