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View Flickr Images Fullscreen!

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yezzer  Pro User  says:

Hey :)

This afternoon i created a Flash application that lets you view Flickr images fullscreen:
iestyn.net/wp/2007/12/29/flickr-view-photos-fullscreen/

An example is here:
www.flickr.com/photos/yezzer/2146185695/

It's quite easy really - create a bookmarklet, go to a flickr photo, click the bookmarklet

There's a few bugs, and i can think of a lot of improvements too!

Any feedback? Remember it is early alpha ;) Haven't tested it on mac yet.
Posted at 11:07AM, 29 December 2007 PDT (permalink)

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tofmade says:

Nice smooth tweening!
Are you using BitmapData.draw() to crop the image or are you just repositioning a large MovieClip?
Either way it's great to see another minimalist Flash app :)
I like it!
Posted 54 months ago. (permalink)

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yezzer  Pro User  says:

thanks :)
i'm not doing anything clever with bitmapdata, as it seems to be fast enough already - well, at least in fullscreen, but then that takes advantage of hardware. If it chugs too much outside of fullscreen, then i'll try some blitting or similar..

i've got a few ideas for enhancements to this as well.. when i have the time!
Posted 54 months ago. (permalink)

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yezzer  Pro User  says:

Out of interest, i've made a couple of updates, including not panning if it's not needed, and a loading bar.

i quite like this... :)
Posted 54 months ago. (permalink)

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jhey says:

nice. Is this all AS3?
It seems that the right click "Zoom In / Out" features don't work correctly.
Posted 54 months ago. (permalink)

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gus_estrella  Pro User  says:

Wow, this looks very good and something that have been thinking of. One item that would love would be to have the image fit the browser screen versus showing with panning. Also, I though with the latest flash you can also make it go full screen and even hide the browser. Can be a nice little feature too showing say a button on the lower tight hane side that can toggle that.

FYI - This reminds me somehwta of piclens ( www.piclens.com/site/safari/ )

Also, runs fine on my MAC here (just checked a couple of times)
Posted 54 months ago. (permalink)

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yezzer  Pro User  says:

@jhey: Yeah, it's all AS3 :) I've disabled the context menu now.

@gus_estrella: It was going fullscreen already, but perhaps you missed that? Could you see if it works on the mac? You just need to click it to toggle fullscreen.

I added a few extra things too - like select available sizes, and it'll even work with any image on any domain if it has a valid crossdomain.xml (eg: this image on my website

Here's a new example of a
fullscreen flickr image

...and here's a direct link

Any feedback anyone? :)
Originally posted 54 months ago. (permalink)
yezzer edited this topic 54 months ago.

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eerkmans  Pro User  says:

Really a cool little app! Some photos just don't really shine when shown in smaller sizes, with the whole flickr interface around it.

Do you use actionscript or javascript for the fullscreen functionality?

And would it be possible to make the direct link even more direct? I have to click twice to actually go fullscreen.
Posted 53 months ago. (permalink)

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yezzer  Pro User  says:

Hey eerkmans,

it's all actionscript. At the moment Flash forces the user to click to go fullscreen, and there's no way around that... yet. if Adobe change that, i'll definitely implement it :)
Posted 52 months ago. (permalink)

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StarrGazr  Pro User  says:

Is there an easy way to return to the Flickr page? If there is, I missed it somehow. Perhaps clicking in the image will bring you back.
Posted 52 months ago. (permalink)

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nikrowell says:

Very impressive! When the photo is large enough to scroll, the resulting experience is VERY engaging - almost like you're experiencing the scene first hand!
Originally posted 51 months ago. (permalink)
nikrowell edited this topic 51 months ago.

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cngodles  Pro User  says:

panoview.yezzer.net/?id=http://www.flickr.com/photos/cngo...
Posted 51 months ago. (permalink)

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yezzer  Pro User  says:

thanks nikrowell :)

cngodles: that's a great shot!
Posted 51 months ago. (permalink)

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noyzy says:

Very nice yezzer! I love how smooth it pans.
I am currently just learning actionscript 2.0 at uni... I hate it how everything you learn at a university is out dated... (at least in cenral Queensland Australia) only way to learn is on your own I rekon.
I can't wait to start playing with actionscript 3.0 when I'm finished my course. It looks so much smoother/faster than 2.0. Is it totally different syntax to 2.0 or will it be easy to transition into?
Posted 51 months ago. (permalink)

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yezzer  Pro User  says:

@noyzy: thanks :)
in my opinion - forget AS2 completely. Concentrate completely on AS3, you will *not* regret it :D
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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