Gary Flake: is Pivot a turning point for web exploration?
http://www.ted.com Gary Flake demos Pivot, a new way to browse and arrange massive amounts of images and data online. Built on breakthrough Seadragon technology, it enables spectacular zooms in and out of web databases, and the discovery of patterns and links invisible in standard web browsing.
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@strappinggermanlad …
@strappinggermanlad hahahaha word
@nathanaelawrence
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@nathanaelawrence
I like the (yet unrivalled by any other microsoft os) stability and reliability of XP SP3.
And I don’t believe in the constant replacement of OS’s as a prerequisit of modern day computing.
If or When I make my next hardware upgrade, I will still use XP …for the gaming side of things.
@nathanaelawrence
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@nathanaelawrence
Interesting. Thanks buddy for your effort and good will.
@Lycanthis
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@Lycanthis
1. Deep Zoom Items = documented format
2. Deep Zoom Collections = documented format
3. XML = easily parsed schema
4. Linux = resourceful users
5. You can build your own HTML5 Canvas or Flash viewer for Pivot collections.
6. Seadragon AJAX may beat you to #5
7. Novell’s Moonlight team will get this running in 2011.
@MarkoKraguljac The …
@MarkoKraguljac The Silverlight 4 version isn’t tied to Windows Aero.
And for my friends who unreasonably hate Silverlight, keep your eye on Seadragon AJAX as the HTML5 Canvas tag becomes supported across all browsers. I’m pretty sure we’ll see Seadragon AJAX support Deep Zoom Collections, rather than only single Deep Zoom Images, which enables an HTML5 Pivot control.
@pwiattitto Just …
@pwiattitto Just wait for the Silverlight 4 version that’s coming out this summer. It’ll work for you.
Honestly, you should think about buying an operating system that isn’t 9 years old now, though.
@noamkos
1. The …
@noamkos
1. The Pivot *client* has been available for download since November 2009.
2. The Pivot *client* is only for Windows Vista and Windows 7.
3. When the Pivot *control* ships for Silverlight 4 this summer (which they do say right on the site) it will work on modern Macs, on Windows xp, etc. etc.
4. The ‘Download Now’ button links directly to the installation file for the Pivot client. You need only Silverlight to watch the videos on the site.
@miggyb89 Agree …
@miggyb89 Agree wholeheartedly. Kind of like a bicycle for a fish> neat concept, but not exactly practical.
@ChrisSketch Most …
@ChrisSketch Most people dont.
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i was able to …
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i was able to download pivot
are you sure your system is compatible?
Last year I asked …
Last year I asked for a good laptop.
I got a mac book pro as a gift… but i threw it down the stairs because I was off because It was an apple product.
Our brain works …
Our brain works with association anyway so in a sense viewing information like this is more natural.
Brilliant idea: I …
Brilliant idea: I loved the talk and got so excited… went on the website and now I’m off with Microsoft AGAIN:
>> when I clicked Download, I expected to download Piovt, not Microsoft Silverlight!! I did install it in the hope to use Pivot but Pivot is not yet available!!!
This is yet another Mircosoft way to shove down our throat their crap products! What RUBBISH MARKETING! I hate this company’s attitude… why not say upfront on the website: wait till summer for download?
microsoft pivot – ” …
microsoft pivot – “windows xp is not supported”
i’m already starting lose interest!
Recommended System …
Recommended System Configuration: Windows 7 with Aero enabled, 2-GHz 32-bit (x86) processor, 2 gigabytes of random access memory.
DANG
The “transcribed …
The “transcribed audio” at 5:33 hahahahahaha
using XP+Firefox => …
using XP+Firefox => can’t use it… damn
Excellent …
Excellent observation!
what a waste of …
what a waste of space, to save all historys…..
Touche.
It does …
Touche.
It does make me wonder if there is not value in development being shared at TED. Seeing what someone has done with one idea, will sometimes inspire others.
5:35 transcribed …
5:35 transcribed audio lol
i agree with you …
i agree with you that development is important, but ted is about ideas.
What a beautiful UI
What a beautiful UI
Lol, that’s a good …
Lol, that’s a good point.
Well, not exactly. …
Well, not exactly. You could of course also employ the world sweatshop, like most tagging systems, to do it for you.