ImageWind.Net - Keeping a keen eye on the Interwebs
Change Log
12/30/2009
fixed issue where some images near the bottom of the screen could not be clicked on
tweaks to the default settings for number of images shown per column and the max scroll speed
updated about menu to reflect
1 million image views!
12/23/2009
improved frames per second (FPS) 15-30%
menus no longer temporarily flicker visible in the startup process
added check to prevent duplicate tweets from being parsed multiple times
12/20/2009
introduction of new cloud style menu system
updated the no Silverlight page to redirect a user back to the root page once Silverlight is installed
swapped tooltips to be black on white instead of white on black
menu system will no longer fade out when a menu is still open
created content for new menu sections
12/15/2009
added a trending topics tab in options, selecting a topic will start a search for relative tweets
full images now fly in from the location of the thumbnail
fixed issue where scrollbar was unnecessarily showing when viewing an image in full size
application title no longer fades out when going to large image view
12/13/2009
minor code cleanup and reduced the download size by ~15% from 360kb to 309kb
12/12/2009
initial pass at adding a logo and tagline - things missing after the recent change to full screen
pausing the stream now gives you access to the scrollbar to scroll back to an image you recently saw
12/10/2009
the silverlight app now fills the entire browser window (and relative changes)
now only twitpic and yfrog providers default as on to increase image freshness
initial color tweaks and various other UI tweaks relative to full screen changes
12/07/2009
added in maximum speed setting to let users adjust the speed of image scrolling
switching between normal and full screen modes now quickly corrects image scalings
changes to prevent exceeding the image buffer and removing images still on the screen
changes to the calculations for the automatic speed (relative to other changes)
11/24/2009
added email sharing link to image detail view
removed horizontal scrollbar - beginings of changes relative to scrolling implementation
changed background from black to a gradient similar to the html page's gradient
11/17/2009
added progress bar for progress while downloading full size images
added drop shadow to full size image loader border/text to better show up on bright images
11/15/2009
added preview screencast
11/14/2009
began work on options section of controller
added providers section of options where you can now enabled/disable various image providers
added general section of options where you can now edit the number of images per column and how many columns to show
moved status bar items into the controller's status area and removed it from the bottom of the screen
11/11/2009
replaced text controller buttons with buttons with placeholder icons
styled the image thumbnail tooltip to be more consistent with the rest of the app
improvements/changes to the number of images shown per image column
fixed issue where caret in the search field wasn't visible
added tooltips to controller buttons
added back pause abilities
other random tweaks to the controller UI
11/10/2009
initial pass at tooltips for images
image queries no longer start until the warning is accepted
search textbox now reflects the search terms provided in the url (if applicable)
re-enabled the twitpic image provider which was unintentionally disabled in the last build
retweeting text is now in a typical format
added link for sharing on facebook.com
11/09/2009
added search term linking (ex:
http://www.imagewind.net/index.html?search=pizza
)
11/08/2009
added alternate querying method to use if twitter alters clientaccesspolicy.xml again
critical error display now hides when service responds successfully so its not up indefinitely
11/04/2009
added fullscreen support!
added new critical error message to be shown when twitter is refusing searches
11/02/2009
added some basic social networking links and other html changes
10/22/2009
initial pass at search abilities
fixed issue where scrollbar thumb would get too small to use
image providers now query in cycles instead of all at once
added max scroll speed setting, eventually will be an editable option
10/20/2009
added yfrog.com support
added twitgoo.com support
added tweetphoto.com support
added img.ly support
10/18/2009
- intial beta release
images which fail to download are now hidden instead of being shown as blank squares
added image/messaging for no-silverlight html layout
added changelog and hooked up beta tag to open it
tweaks to startup and loading animations
fixed significant memory leak (yay!!)
changes to status bar text
added new analytics calls
added a favicon