ffGallery 0.5 review
DownloadffGallery is a customizable, simple, web photo gallery written with PHP and javascript. ffGallery uses the SAJAX toolkit and CSS t
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ffGallery is a customizable, simple, web photo gallery written with PHP and javascript.
ffGallery uses the SAJAX toolkit and CSS to present the user with a flashy interface.
Tested and works in the following browsers:
Firefox 1.0.4
IE 6
Safari 1.2
Not tested, but should work in the following browsers:
Konqueror
Netscape
Camino
Tested, but needs some work in Opera.
I decided to write this software after seeing many people using Flash for their galleries in an attempt to make them look cool. In general they accomplished their goals, but at the price of being 'Flashy' with long load times, browser incompatibilities, the need for a plug-in, and general dislike from some of their intended audience. What I'm trying to do with ffGallery is have a Flash like user experience, without the Flash overhead, hence a flash free Gallery.
To accomplish this I use Cascading Style Sheets for the presentation, Javascript for user interaction, PHP for server operations, and the SAJAX Toolkit to link Javascript with PHP and display only the needed information. In the end ffGallery acts more like Google Maps than a Flash gallery, but it loads faster, is compatible with most modern browsers, no plug-ins are needed, and people won't hate it because it's Flash.
What's New in This Release:
add a global variable so we can choose if we want realsize image to be resized
I add the real size fonction like lightbox does
it use cross-browser(x) function from Michael Foster (http://cross-browser.com)
it doesn't work for the admin section (too lazy for that)
missing: a loading imagea choice to have real size or, as i do it, resize bigger image to fit the screen
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