Comments on: Photosharing with Zooomr http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/01/photosharing-with-zooomr/ the home of peter chng Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:24:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Kristopher Tate http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/01/photosharing-with-zooomr/#comment-114 Kristopher Tate Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:39:36 +0000 http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/01/photosharing-with-zooomr/#comment-114 I'm glad you're excited, Peter. I try to be as dedicated as one can be. Sometimes you can't get to everyone, but where there's a will there's a way. Thanks again, -Kristopher I’m glad you’re excited, Peter. I try to be as dedicated as one can be. Sometimes you can’t get to everyone, but where there’s a will there’s a way.

Thanks again,

-Kristopher

]]> By: Peter Chng http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/01/photosharing-with-zooomr/#comment-113 Peter Chng Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:15:40 +0000 http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/01/photosharing-with-zooomr/#comment-113 Great to see you've been addressing these issues head-on; that's one of the things I've noticed with Zooomr and your blog, you guys really seem to be dedicated to helping out even individual users - a great way to build "grassroots" support, and a good way to build a personable relationship with consumers. Traditional companies could learn a thing or two! I might have been a bit nitpicky in my original post, but I didn't want to come across as being an evangelist for Zooomr - however, having said that, I understand the nature of growing pains, and from what I've seen (rapid, ongoing updates and improvements to the site, along with straightforwardness), I have no doubts that your team will be able to over come these issues. There's a lot of "web 2.0" sites out there nowadays, but Zooomr is one that has actually me excited. Great to see you’ve been addressing these issues head-on; that’s one of the things I’ve noticed with Zooomr and your blog, you guys really seem to be dedicated to helping out even individual users - a great way to build “grassroots” support, and a good way to build a personable relationship with consumers. Traditional companies could learn a thing or two!

I might have been a bit nitpicky in my original post, but I didn’t want to come across as being an evangelist for Zooomr - however, having said that, I understand the nature of growing pains, and from what I’ve seen (rapid, ongoing updates and improvements to the site, along with straightforwardness), I have no doubts that your team will be able to over come these issues. There’s a lot of “web 2.0″ sites out there nowadays, but Zooomr is one that has actually me excited.

]]> By: Kristopher Tate http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/01/photosharing-with-zooomr/#comment-112 Kristopher Tate Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:40:10 +0000 http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/01/photosharing-with-zooomr/#comment-112 Hi there, thanks for taking the time to post about Zooomr! I wanted to personally let you know that the speed issues have been a problem in the past, but are actually tied to our templating engine named KID. In our testing, KID slows down by a factor of 3x the more markup you put into a template -- it gets to become very slow indeed. So, that's why I've internally launched project SilverScreen to move our templates over to ClearSilver, a templating engine built entirely in C -- and boy is it ever so fast. And about the community stuff -- you're quite spot-on there. Thomas Hawk and I have been developing a complete community package for Zooomr these last few weeks, and when we push it to live, I think you'll be pretty happy about it. Again, I appreciate the time you've spent in writing about Zooomr. It really means a lot to me as Zooomr's developer. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to write me. Best and more anon, Kristopher Tate cto & founder -- bluebridge tech / zooomr Hi there, thanks for taking the time to post about Zooomr!

I wanted to personally let you know that the speed issues have been a problem in the past, but are actually tied to our templating engine named KID. In our testing, KID slows down by a factor of 3x the more markup you put into a template — it gets to become very slow indeed.

So, that’s why I’ve internally launched project SilverScreen to move our templates over to ClearSilver, a templating engine built entirely in C — and boy is it ever so fast.

And about the community stuff — you’re quite spot-on there. Thomas Hawk and I have been developing a complete community package for Zooomr these last few weeks, and when we push it to live, I think you’ll be pretty happy about it.

Again, I appreciate the time you’ve spent in writing about Zooomr. It really means a lot to me as Zooomr’s developer.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to write me.

Best and more anon,

Kristopher Tate
cto & founder — bluebridge tech / zooomr

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