[WEB4LIB] image size

[Thomas Dowling]

It looks like an implementation of FlashPix with a server back end that
responds to Javascript in a web page.

Somebody shout me down if I'm too far wrong, but the idea behind the
FlashPix format (which isn't very well supported yet) is that a single
file stores an image at different resolutions, and each resolution is
divided into tiles.  So, given the necessary software, it can provide a
low-resolution thumbnail and let you zoom in and out on different parts of
the image, only transmitting the tile you want at the resolution you want.
I have previously seen this with a plug-in; HP's server apparently lets
you do the same thing with plain vanilla Javascript.


Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu



> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Melanie Liu
> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 3:27 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] image size
>
>
> Hi!
>
> Image sizes and quality are one big concern to all web developers. I
> learned that "OpenPix ImageIgniter" by HP can raise image
> (Photo?) quality
> while reducing the sizes. Does anyone have the using
> experience? Any other
> software that can accomplish this?
>