Comments on: Who says Microsoft can’t do Pretty? http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/03/08/turning-the-pages/ Tomos Hillman's mind-dump. Sun, 20 May 2012 12:03:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: yamahito http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/03/08/turning-the-pages/#comment-25 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:17:19 +0000 http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/03/08/turning-the-pages/#comment-25 Have you seen those things? They're beautiful, who wouldn't want to see them? I have to admit I've not tried viewing them on anything other than my pc using IE 6 - I've not really looked into how technically impressive this thing is. I just think it's pretty. Have you seen those things? They’re beautiful, who wouldn’t want to see them?

I have to admit I’ve not tried viewing them on anything other than my pc using IE 6 - I’ve not really looked into how technically impressive this thing is. I just think it’s pretty.

]]> by: SilentBob http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/03/08/turning-the-pages/#comment-24 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:58:53 +0000 http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/03/08/turning-the-pages/#comment-24 I noticed that the normal version required an ActiveX control. I then spotted the link to TTP2 that's been designed for Vista, and doesn't appear to require any controls to be installed (presumably it uses AJAX). It didn't feel that smooth though over a busy broadband connection. It's a nice idea, but it's probably only of interest for people that want to see original handwritten books (that are presumably out of copyright). I noticed that the normal version required an ActiveX control. I then spotted the link to TTP2 that’s been designed for Vista, and doesn’t appear to require any controls to be installed (presumably it uses AJAX). It didn’t feel that smooth though over a busy broadband connection. It’s a nice idea, but it’s probably only of interest for people that want to see original handwritten books (that are presumably out of copyright).

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