Well, to the extent that AJAX techniques can make a site seem faster, it is actually on-topic.
And I don't care if this map thing is on-topic or not, it is cool as hell :) By the way, not sure who said it, but you can in fact scroll around this map, just like Google Maps, by dragging. The zoom is very nice, and cross-browser... I'm surprised the pixelation effect worked in Firefox, I thought that was still an IE-specific DirectX-based filter. Sweet! -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com On Tue, April 19, 2005 1:27 pm, Dakota Jack said: > This may be straying a bit from the AJAX discussion? > > On 4/19/05, Michael J. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 4/19/05, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > <on-topic obligatory='true'> >> > I like fast download times, but I hate the web: I want any page that's >> > more complicated than "Here, download this, you'll be better off" to >> > have functionality that doesn't make me wait all the time. For a >> server >> > round-trip. Sometimes it's faster the Ajax way, as far as I can tell. >> > >> > I _hate_ the way maps work on mapquest; I _love_ the google maps--much >> > more intuitive, much easier to maintain continuity across map >> sections, >> > etc. Blows me away every time I drag that sucker. >> > </on-topic> >> > >> > Dave >> >> <offtopic> >> Have you tried this one: http://map.search.ch/ Try to magnify ;) >> </offtopic> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > -- > "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it float on its back." > ~Dakota Jack~ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
