Wow that's nice :)
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 7:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > The company history page is another interesting use of deep zoom : > http://www.michaelhill.com.au/#CompanyHistory > > Click the pause button to skip the video > > > On 01/12/2009 10:45am, Miguel Madero <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for sharing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What do you mean by Application lifetime objects / client side services? > > > > > > It's nice the way you use deepzoom. Altough I was thinking I could zoom > in out of the products and then I noticed that it was mainly to "preload". > That's nice. > > > > > > It would be good to know a bit more on some topics, for example security, > how you used deep zoom, SEO and analytics. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I agree with most of the comments around navigation, slot transitions and > movies. It's some valuable feedback. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Miguel. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Tatham Oddie [email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sounds like some really cool technical work you’ve done! > > > > > > > > From an interaction perspective, Nick’s response correlates with Twitter > as well: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Tatham Oddie > > > > au mob: +61 414 275 989, us cell: +1 213 422 7068, skype: tathamoddie, > landline: +61 2 8011 3982, fax: +61 2 9475 5172 > > > > > > > > my business: tixi.com.au – Ticketing without the dramas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Randolph > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, 1 December 2009 10:55 AM > > To: ozSilverlight > > Subject: RE: Our new silverlight site > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ross > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Since as you said this was a bit of a “cheap marketing email” I’m going > to retaliate by providing what I hope will be constructive criticism: > > > > > > > > > > - I hate menus that disappear! The way the menus disappear > completely makes the site hard to use. I flipped windows whilst the site > was loading (sorry short attention span) and when I came back the menus had > already gone – took me a while to find them. > > > > > > > > > > - The site’s infuriatingly slow – all the ui transitions are too > slow for my liking. > > > > > > > > > > - There are some positioning issues whereby the close icon is > half cut off by the edge of the screen > > > > > > > > > > - When you go into looking at one of the products ( > http://www.michaelhill.com/#ProductList?ProductMenuItemId=8&ProductMenuSubItemId=&ParentScreenId=3) > it’s then not clear where to go from there..... > > > > > > > > > > > > General feedback – visually it’s quite pleasing. Navigation leaves quite > a bit to be desired. > > > > > > > > > > > > Nick Randolph | Built To Roam | Microsoft MVP - Device Application > Development | +61 412 413 425 > > > > > > The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not > the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this > email in any way. Built To Roam does not guarantee the integrity of any > emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's > own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built To Roam. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Ross McKinnon > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, 1 December 2009 9:51 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Our new silverlight site > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, as you guys aren’t exactly our target market, this can’t be > considered a cheap marketing email to promote our new website, but more a > demonstration of how silverlight can be utilized to create a global retail > branding site. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, we released our new website which is written completely in > silverlight. If you get a chance to look at the site (www.michaelhill.com) > it has a number of interesting technical features that I would like to point > out to you all. > > > > > > > > > > 1. Heavy integration of smooth streaming video. > > > > > > 2. Deep zoom for the product carousel. Significant bandwidth > savings are made by the in-built lazy loading of deep zoom product images, > plus the natural friction effect. > > > > > > > > > > 3. Integrated video inside a deep zoom image (company history > section). > > > > > > 4. Search engine optimisation. > > > > > > 5. Deep linking : > > > > > > a. From search engine optimisation links > > > > > > b. Send to friend links > > > > > > c. Browser integration with forward/back buttons > > > > > > d. Sets the browser/tab title > > > > > > e. Appropriate link / title for adding to browser favourites. > > > > > > 6. Client side state. This reduces load on server such that when a > user visits a page once, then navigates away / back, the application doesn’t > have to fetch data from the server. This is difficult to do in a > traditional web application. > > > > > > > > > > 7. Custom install experience. > > > > > > 8. Analytics integration (via google analytics / javascript). > > > > > > 9. Isolated storage allows us to persist a ‘super cookie’ using > serialized C# objects. > > > > > > 10. MVVM pattern. Dependency injection. > > > > > > 11. Application lifetime objects / client side services. > > > > > > 12. Animations / effects / scaling create smoother experience for > user without unsightly page refreshes. > > > > > > 13. ADO.NET <http://ado.net/> data services integration. Rest based > / loosely coupled / dynamic data access. > > > > > > a. Easy to secure via policies rather than code. > > > > > > 14. Data driven application, where all menus / and content on > particular screens can be changed via CMS. For example, the product > carousels are all data driven. Dynamic loading of Xaml at runtime allows us > to substitute in content / animations without rebuilding the application. > > > > > > > > > > You might have seen Ross Jempson post to the silverlight list > occasionally. He is the owner and primary developer of the development > company that implemented our site. We believe we have achieved a fantastic > result and the capability of silverlight has helped us get there. > > > > > > > > > > Enjoy, > > > > > > Ross (on day 1.....) > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ozsilverlight mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > > > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Miguel A. Madero Reyes > > > > > > www.miguelmadero.com (blog) > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ozsilverlight mailing list > [email protected] > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight > > -- Miguel A. Madero Reyes www.miguelmadero.com (blog) [email protected]
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