Computer: Searching: Image
google image slideshow   (+17)  [vote for, against]
option to display image search results as slideshow

ex: search for "bijin-ga" to get a few dozen results. but to view each, one must click on the first, then click for full-size image, the click back, and back again, then on the second thumbnail, etc.

sure would be nice to click slideshow, to get the full-size image displayed, clicking each fullsize image to go to the next.

cant it be javascripted by a proxy google frontend? hell of a good way to serve a boatload of ads!
-- gnormal, Oct 24 2002

Google Web APIs http://www.google.com/apis/
Google has an SDK for developers, so this is eminently bakeable [krelnik, Oct 25 2002, last modified Oct 04 2004]

(??) Google viewer http://labs.google.com/gviewer.html
Does a slideshow of webpages. [kropotkin, Oct 04 2004]

Blogger play http://play.blogger.com/
Displays all images being uploaded to blogger [Klaatu, Jun 14 2008]

PicLenes http://www.piclens.com/
Grate add on for browsing no linux suport yet though [dev45, Jun 16 2008]

Slashdot story http://tech.slashdo...id=08/05/27/1643258
VueStar has threatened to sue websites that use pictures or graphics to link to another page [xaviergisz, Jun 16 2008]

Google Image Search Slideshow http://slideshow.zmpgroup.com/
Baked, though not on Google proper [waxpancake, Dec 19 2008]

Ya gotta love this.
-- waugsqueke, Oct 25 2002


Hmmm. I do need a .NET project to play with and this sounds like a good one. Now to come up with the necessary spare time. I suppose that would mean quitting the halfbakery...never mind. (+)
-- half, Oct 25 2002


And even for us "lo techies" this is understandable and highly desireable. +
-- blissmiss, Oct 25 2002


I submitted this to Google's suggestions email box.
-- waugsqueke, Oct 25 2002


half, what is "(+)"? ive never seen it. did you just moon me?
-- gnormal, Oct 25 2002


Nah, you just got given a croissant. Here, have another.
-- madradish, Oct 26 2002


improvement: click here to download a dynamically composed on-the-fly pdf of <thumbnails>, or <highest available res (printable)> images.
-- gnormal, Jan 20 2003


Google's experimental viewer does a slideshow of webpages that come up as search results, but it doesn't do it for images, or at least not yet - maybe this isn't far away from being baked. (See link.)
-- kropotkin, Jan 20 2003


2008... still no sign.
-- wagster, Jun 14 2008


//2008... still no sign// actually it looks like there are several websites that do this. For example google the keywords: 'image' 'search' 'result' 'slideshow' and the first 4 results are implementations of this idea.
-- xaviergisz, Jun 16 2008


use PicLens add-on for Firefox
-- dev45, Jun 16 2008


[xaviergisz], any chance prior art litigation?
-- 4whom, Jun 16 2008


//any chance prior art litigation//

I'm not quite sure what the question is, but I'll give it a shot.

If gnormal got a patent for this idea (in 2002) he might be able to make them pull down their websites. I don't think any of them are making much money out of this idea though (so any infringement damages would be outweighed by legal costs).

Now that I think about it, I think there was a news story last month about a company threatening lawsuits over a very similar invention... I'll see if I can find it.
-- xaviergisz, Jun 16 2008


Prior art does not require previous patent application, only previous publication of the claims? If anything it would nullify the claims of the litigants mentioned previously.
-- 4whom, Jun 16 2008


hmm, I'm having trouble understanding your question.

Yes publications (including websites) can be used to invalidate a patent. Sometimes it can be tricky to use an internet publication as prior art because: a) the publication date of a website is often not clear; and b) internet publications often don't have enough information to be considered an 'enabling disclosure'.
-- xaviergisz, Jun 16 2008



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