Ruud de Soet wrote:When you compare Paver with the 2 aforementioned viewers, you notice how stiff (not fluent) Paver scroll.
Just for reference, I only mentioned Paver because I had noted it earlier for this kind of panorama scrolling. I'm sure there are other solutions also. Yes Paver is more consistent (stiff) with the actual mouse movement, and in my opinion, there is nothing wrong with that ... It moves where the visitor wants to see, with precise movement.
https://www.univie.ac.at/ptox/uploads/p ... index.html
The motion in the above is really annoying. Not only is it jerky, but it's got an annoying elasticity to it making it hard to actually view the parts of the panorama you like. Furthermore, the motion should be INVERTED ... When mouse is on right, it should move left (to show more of what is on the right) like
paver does, and all modern services like facebook etc.
https://preview.codecanyon.net/item/360 ... 1569837988
The above only moves when you click the PLAY button. Not only does it move way too fast, but this motion is not proportional with how the visitor would like to view the panorama. When you click the < or > buttons, do you like to view the panorama like that?
Since we are discussing the examples mentioned, out of the three, paver has by far the most comfortable and intuitive way to navigate the panorama.
Ruud de Soet wrote:On a desktop you must also always move your mouse to scroll from left to right. And Yes, I think that a user will also scroll backwards.
Yes, but so what? I got my hand on mouse or scrollbar (on my mac), and it's by far the easiest way to navigate a panorama. I don't want to click and hold down a previous / next button, which will scroll the image at a predefined speed. And of course, with mouse motion, they will be able to scroll BOTH directions (also backwards), so I am not sure what you mean.
Ruud de Soet wrote:I think Paver is not the most suitable viewer.
We won't be using Paver, but out of the three suggestions, that option is the most modern and most well-considered.
Ruud de Soet wrote:Why not a standard plugin like you use it for 360 pano viewer? In this viewer you can set your own preferences with paramaters.
First of all, the auto-rotate is available for 360 degree images that loop. It won't work if your partial-panorama images (which are basically just wide) don't loop. Should it go back and forth then? Second, the panorama viewer is a RENDERER, which renders 3D views from spherical panorama sources. Finally, there is already an option for "flat" images in the panorama viewer, but in this case it will not (cannot) auto-rotate (there is no "rotation"), and it basically requires cutting your images up into multiple tiles. Below is an example of a FLAT panorama in the X3 panorama plugin:
https://demo.photo.gallery/examples/plu ... onasteries
So considering the above, there is only ONE feature left here that can be used: previous / next arrows. Personally, to navigate the image above, I would always drag it with mouse / trackpad / touch. The arrow motion on click is not as accurate in navigating the image to where I want to view it.
Ruud de Soet wrote:I wonder if I am the only Photographer who goes on vacation without a 360 degree ball head? All modern camera's and mobiles makes very good panoramas. I think this must be a default function for a photo web gallery solution.
I'm sure you are not. However, I think the visitors functional requirements may often be overlooked. If you can find me examples of how this is done better from popular sources (facebook, google, flickr, which are tested in depth) or other pro websites, or modern plugins (that are actually used in modern websites, not like the ones you mentioned) ... Then I will consider any features. Until then, I stand by my previous post, which would offer a balanced, modern way to navigate flat partial cylindrical panoramas (which are not "really" panoramas at all, but ultra-wide images).
Thanks!