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Jakob Gade
Jakob Gade

Reputation: 12419

Silverlight Deep Zoom Server Control?

The Silverlight Deep Zoom was one of those cool things that I heard about when it was introduced a few years ago, but I never got around to actually trying it out. But now is the time, and I was so surprised to learn how complicated it apparently is to get the thing working, that I’m worried that I’m missing something here.

As far as I understand, using Silverlight Deep Zoom requires you to

I found plenty of examples on how to do both, but it’s a far cry from sticking a control on your page, set the original image source and height and width, which honestly was all I figured it would require.

So: Before I go ahead and implement my own,

Upvotes: 1

Views: 275

Answers (1)

iCollect.it Ltd
iCollect.it Ltd

Reputation: 93561

Quite a few points, will try to cover them all:

  • Silverlight Deep Zoom requires a Silverlight app...

Yes (hence Silverlight in the name :))

Is that difficult... not really. It is just files copied to the right place on a server.

This example is hosted under a simple WordPress blog and took 10 mins to build

  • You have to implement the buttons etc...

No You can use the free DeepZoom Composer output out-of-the-box. You only create your own pyramids for more advanced on-the-fly generation.

  • You need to create a pyramid of files manually...

No (use the DeepZoom composer)

So in answer to your last points:

  • Do you know any component (free or commercial) that wraps the above in a nice way?

No need. It is not as difficult as you imagine.

  • Do you know any alternatives to Silverlight Deep Zoom? JavaScript? HTML5?

None yet although I am sure something will be invented

  • I got this feeling that the technology is considered somewhat outdated today?

Not in my books, but I don't know where you get your information.

Upvotes: 1

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