Here is the technology behind the Thesaurus...<http://www.thinkmap.com/download/whitepaper/technical_white_pap er.pdf> ... Jim
on 11/17/06 7:27 AM, Sivakatirswami wrote: > Bernard Devlin wrote: >> Sivakatirswami, what is it you would like Rev to be able to do here? >> Acting like a pre-installed plugin, or being able to re-arrange the >> graphics within the window? The latter is possible - I did a rough >> prototype for that kind of effect a few months ago. Animation >> engine should be able to smooth out the effect to make it much more >> pleasing. >> >> Bernard > > I'm not really interested in the "whirly" movement of the mind map on > demand, but rather how this relates to the other thread and the > "overview" of architectures and models for content delivery where the > browser (since everyone loves it so much) serves as a launching pad for > another application, but the user experience is a seamless one. That new > window is *not* HTML being rendered by and HTML rendering engine, as such. > > Looks like a completely Java based application to me (Like Scott said I > also don't see any .swf in the cloud there.) > But the user is not a) leaving his browser b) clicking on another > document to boot the "java app"... it just transparently opens as a new > window: new rect in the video card... isn't the browser basically passing > off, completely, the windowing, content rendering task to a completely > independent app? > > So, this goes to the whole discussion (viz-a-viz Lynn's query about how > Rev could integrate with browsers) of rev plug-in vs web page with links > to down load stand alones, vs some kind of embed object filled with Rev > CGI powered content, vs getting them to download a Super Revolution > Player... I thought this site offered yet another model. > > I mean Javascript is > a) a plug in which the browser API uses to render stuff inside the > browser window, but here it is also > b) a separate complete framework that the browser simply "launches" into > another window which is now under the control of Java.. not the browser > perse... I tried to View Source, View DOM, etc on that window.. Firefox > wasn't happy. It was completely independent.. so this got me thinking.... > > a) if we can get users to download and install some player core... or a > stand alone.. > =resistance has dropped to virtual zero.. because it is coming from Run > Rev Home site. > b) we have a link on our web page(s) that calls a stack, > c) the browser launches the stack using this player core. > d) users see it as a seamless integrated experience. > > But! and this is the big one: the core of the player is not at all > concerned with the browser API! > i.e. does not have to live by the constraints and rules of having the > content be rendered "inside" the browser window itself... > it opens it's own, new window...and leaves Firefox (IE, Safari.. > whatever..) behind > > Isn't that not essentially what is happening here? > > http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ > > It's so beautiful here on Kauai, hard not to dream :-) anything is possible. > > Sivakatirswami > www.himalayanacademy.com > (now coming to you from our > super fast box at ServePath in San Franscisco) > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution -- www.TalentSeeker.ca www.HiringSmart.ca/ns www.KeepingTheBest.ca/ns <http://www.OwnYourFuture-net.com> Own Your Future Consulting Services Limited, 23 Shoal Cove Road, Seabright, Nova Scotia, Canada. B3Z 3A9 Phone: 902-823-2339. Fax: 902-823-2139 _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
