Deeplol...

Macro · 12 Aug 2008 at 15:48

You like the occasional lolcat picture don't you? Of course you do! So does someone else, Rob burke has managed to combine 2000 lolcat images into one Silverlight/Deepzoom picture... Damned clever those IT types

http://robburke.net/images/deeplol.html

Now that's a lot of pussys...

Rhys · 12 Aug 2008 at 15:52

any more like this? tres cool

Azagoth · 12 Aug 2008 at 15:54

What's that Silverlight thing it asks me to install?

Tombo · 12 Aug 2008 at 15:57

Microsoft flash copy.

swinnie · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:02

fail. needs silverlight.

Burnsy2023 · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:04

Silverlight is an awesome piece of kit. Install it if you can

Burnsy

Ed · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:04

Kills Mozilla FF too.

Macro · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:05

Rhys said:
any more like this? tres cool

http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/ (once it's loaded try hitting V, it should zoom you all the way in on one section letteing you zoom out again to get an idea of the level of detail on the picture).

swinnie · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:06

Burnsy2023 said:
Silverlight is an awesome piece of kit. Install it if you can

Burnsy

Really?

/heads to MS site to install

Burnsy2023 · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:06

I started developing for it a few weeks ago. Has a lot of potential.

Burnsy

swinnie · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:10

Burnsy2023 said:
I started developing for it a few weeks ago. Has a lot of potential.

Burnsy

It's certainly faster and more compact than flash!

LordSplodge · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:11

Burnsy2023 said:
Silverlight is an awesome piece of kit. Install it if you can

Burnsy

Awesome as in a blatant rip off of Adobe Flash?

That lolcat picture is an ace way to use Silverlight though!!!

Abraham · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:23

Ed said:
Kills Mozilla FF too.

nope, you just have to restart ff once you've installed it, works fine then

Burnsy2023 · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:24

LordSplodge said:
Awesome as in a blatant rip off of Adobe Flash?

And also much better on a Windows system due to the .Net integration.

Burnsy

Ed · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:34

Abraham said:
nope, you just have to restart ff once you've installed it, works fine then

I had to use IE to download it from an application prompt. FF just blinked incessantly and crashed here. Installed now though. I haven't looked into SL much but I'm told the DOM validates which is something Microsoft have always failed to achieve.

KNiVES · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:36

Burnsy can you give a background on what Silverlight is, in general? I've seen it pop up every now and then with certain sites asking me to install it, but it's a complete unknown to me. I'm a little cautious of it as a result, Microsoft tends to be a bit more vocal about their projects and applications than they have been with Silverlight.

GarethDW · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:39

...and importantly does it work for non-Windows-based machines?

Ed · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:41

It's cross platform.

LordSplodge · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:43

Burnsy2023 said:
And also much better on a Windows system due to the .Net integration.

Burnsy

Some of us don't use Windows outside of work.

GarethDW said:
...and importantly does it work for non-Windows-based machines?

Works on OS X OK (I had some teething troubles) but I cannot comment about Linux.

Burnsy2023 · 12 Aug 2008 at 16:46

KNiVES said:
Burnsy can you give a background on what Silverlight is, in general? I've seen it pop up every now and then with certain sites asking me to install it, but it's a complete unknown to me. I'm a little cautious of it as a result, Microsoft tends to be a bit more vocal about their projects and applications than they have been with Silverlight.

Silverlight is MS's competitor to Adobe Flash and Shockwave. It is based on the Windows Presentation Foundation and is avaliable for Windows and Mac (Linux rollout is currently in developement by the Mono team).

One of it's main advantages over Flash is the speed increased in having access to a portable .Net framework called the Dynamic Language Runtime as well as being easy to develop for if you have C#, VB.net experience.

It also has the advanatge of being able to integrate well into other MS technologies such as Windows Media streaming server.

Have a look here at developing a simple webapp: http://silverlight.net/learn/learnvideo.aspx?video=57010
And here: http://www.microsoft.com/SILVERLIGHT/

Burnsy