Just referring to a few previous comments ... I will likely answer these in depth once we launch a first preview.
eskimo121 wrote:Seems like X3 is integrating a few features of CMS's like wordpress and joomla which is good for putting some content/articles in i guess. The thing that differentiates Imagevue from these other photogallery/text sites is its sleek, polished appearance, smooth and fast loading and the central focus of it being the Image. Hence it excels as an image showcasing software/script.
It is true X3 will have much better support for modern html content, but this is mainly because Imagevue X3 is html and therefore we don't need to dump data into limited flash textfields. It will also be more powerful because there will be pre-defined layout elements powered by html5 and CSS3. X3 should be much faster than X2 if anything, and the appearance part is something we just need to work on, because todays technologies rely a lot on scroll for effective navigation of galleries, and that was not part of Imagevue X2. For examples the thumbnails in X2 ... Its quite inconvenient to have to click and load pages of thumbnails, instead of simply scrolling quickly to items.
eskimo121 wrote:The flash made it possible to have beautiful predefined themes and designs which were hard to copy/emulate as most people arent experts in Flash. This flash swf made for a unique homepage experience when visitors came in for the first time. The only drawback was the initial load time and the difficulty to add/modify the homepage for pop'ups, advertisements or some other intro pages.
I hear what you are saying, and I understand many enjoy the "app"-like experience on Imagevue X2. At first launch, new Imagevue will perhaps for many look more "traditional", basically because we first wanted to build something that worked fast, quickly and nicely on all devices. We would like to add options that give it a more app-like feeling, in many ways similar to X2, except it will still need to rely on modern scrolling techniques in some fashion, as well as working nicely on all devices.
andreamarucci wrote:I'm thinking to change my gallery software for a number of reasons but before doing that I'd like to see something about the upcoming X3 release. When will be possible to see or know something?
For now, all I can say is that you will be able to see a gallery website running on Imagevue X3 in December. It will be premature, and it will not exhibit all the layouts you can accomplish with X3, but it will showcase a fast, effective and stylish way of displaying images and media.
andreamarucci wrote:I thing IV is one of the best galleries around but shouldn't use flash at all and should have some more options to have a navigation menu different from the one it has now. In my case the menu is not too good since I've many galleries but in most case it work (worked until now
So maybe rethinking the navigation and remove flash should be the next step to do...
Removing flash is already done, new version is a html5/css3/javascript combo. Another aim is of course to make one gallery work nicely on all devices, not like now. The menu should be much more flexible also, and it will be much easier to offer variations. Right now, we have a new horizontal dropdown menu as default ... It supports unlimited levels, and collapses nicely for navigation on mobile devices. We also wish to introduce an left vertical menu, which will likely be better for heavy gallery structures ... This menu will have an "off-canvas" effect that comes to life for small screen devices, but the off-canvas effect will also be available for larger screens if you want to hide away the navigation for maximum focus on content.
Wagner Alex wrote:All the pictures from my gallery are at this time linked to Flickr, cause Imagevuex does not satisfy my claims anymore.
A roadmap/preview to X3 would be good.
I really am sorry for all the time this is taking, and the previous delays. At least now you can see we are making progress! All I can say is that this stuff takes crazy amounts of time when you have an ambitious plan to produce and launch something which is better than anything else that exists. Its a crazy world of devices, high-resolutions and we want your photos to load fast and shine on all screens.
For the record, one of our main strategies after initial launch, is to offer X3 the option of images stored on 3rd party services like
Flickr,
Picasa and
Cloudify. These services are faster than your own hosting, because they are running from content delivery networks, and also because they are dedicated to serving images. They are also more powerful than your own hosting, and can resize images at multiple sizes easily. Their image management features are also more powerful than what Imagevue admin will be able to offer on your shared hosting ... Having said that, nothing wrong with hosting your images locally.
eskimo121 wrote:Great to see some old imagevue X2 style scrolling too!! Hope this one has the "automatic Fullscreen on first click" option too!
This should be possible, although I am not sure I can condone it personally. Your average visitor doesn't like to be taken out of the comfort-zone of their browser without actively having clicked a link to take them full screen.
Bulletproof IT wrote:Why are you using DROPLR?
Shouldn't you be using ImageVue X2 for showing off your X3 Screenshots?
Best would probably be to use X3, but then it would take some time to prepare wouldn't it ... The reason I use droplr, is because it takes the snapshot, automatically uploads it, and gives the shortlink. Would be tedious to take snapshots locally, then upload and provide some home-brewed interface.
Bulletproof IT wrote:With a sub-gallery for date, so we can see things slowly progress over time?
The idea with the new "playground" to be launched shortly, is to offer a glimpse of progress by example, but also with posts.