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A note about QuickTime Panoramas from LG Productions Adding new functions to a web browser can be done by plug-ins or by using JAVA appletts.We tried some of the solutions out there that use JAVA but kept coming back to QuickTime as being the most reliable and providing the highest quality images. Some of the JAVA and FLASH solutions have terrible image quality especially while the image is rotating! A problem with JAVA code is that it installs itself without notice and can be re-downloaded at any time by uncontrolled sources. Time and time again JAVA technology comes under scrutiny for introducing gaping holes in security. Some companies totally block JAVA in and out of their corporate networks. Whereas a plug-in like QuickTime is installed once, under your control, and you know it comes from a trusted source, Apple Computer. Recent changes to WindowsXP in the name of security have made the execution of JAVA code a nuisance by requiring the user to authorize each execution of JAVA code. No, you can't easily get QuickTime for some operating systems like Linux. Yet! Yes, you have to make a conscious decision to go to the QuickTime site and download the viewer (browser) plugin. QuickTime is a mature, secure and standardized product by Apple for both the Macintosh AND the Windows world. Yes, QuickTime is a rather large program but if you install just the minimum features, that will be enough to view these type images. No, you don't need to install the "iTunes" part of the QuickTime download. No, you don't have to buy the "Pro" license for QuickTime. For viewing these images the free version works very nicely thank you! No, the images don't rotate automatically as soon as they appear. Sorry, if you really need autorotation you'll have to go to a JAVA or FLASH solution. Talk to us, we can point out commercial JAVA or FLASH solutions that work well relatively well. Yes, FLASH is easier to install than Quicktime. FLASH also is very good for static images, small ObjectVR, and display of movies but I have yet to see a FLASH implementation of a spherical panorama that isn't plagued with image noise while changing orientation. Yes, we can produce higher definition images. MUCH higher. On a scale of 1 to 10, the small images you've seen on this site and in our LOW resolution gallery would be a 2. Our "medium" web images are what we rate as a 3. Please check out the site we did for AdrianHowardGalleries or in our new page High Definition Spherical Panoramas to see examples to see some of our images that we rate as a 5 or 6. We'd have to send you a CD or DVD to show you the images we rate as a 10! |
