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December 09, 2005
Iokio CameraFinder
One of the most popular early RIA examples used in Macromedia demos was the CameraFinder application created by software vendors Iokio- using their FeatureFinder product which helps you to build RIAs quickly and easily. And the CameraFinder demo is still online- you can check it out here, along with more information on FeatureFinder here (should you be a bit more code-averse to approaching projects like this). Good stuff from some early RIA pioneers- check it out!
Posted by sfegette at December 9, 2005 03:01 PM
Comments
...and the camera app is still the 'inspiration' for many current projects ... http://pages.ebay.co.uk/christmas/
:)
Posted by: Adam at December 9, 2005 04:39 PM
Classic! Thanks for the link, Adam- that's a good one. :)
Posted by: Scott Fegette at December 9, 2005 04:45 PM
I agree, this pioneer RIA had inspired even people in Macromedia's XD team who had released Flex 2 Store sample application.
Posted by: JabbyPanda at December 12, 2005 03:45 AM
Thanks! I've learned something new!
Posted by: Linda at December 12, 2005 09:07 AM
Great stuff! Creating SWF getting easier!
Posted by: Susan at December 15, 2005 04:13 AM
FeatureFinder has some excellent potential for creating offline mashups a la Google Maps API + [whatever you like]. It takes much of the hassle out of simple mapping work - not least finding basemaps which are easy and free to use.
Posted by: Date Heure at January 30, 2006 01:30 AM
I must say that Prismix gave us a lot of inspiration on RIA considering it was those guys that brought the Iokia Camera Finder to the market in the first place. I have seen many a copy of this application They were the true Pioneers and new how to create good intuitive interfaces. It is sad that Prismix never really got the acclaim for the application.
Posted by: Adrian Munn at February 13, 2006 08:11 AM
Acclaim is indeed due for a strong implementation given a clear vision of an application.
But the true credit for CameraFinder goes to the Iokio vision itself, without which CameraFinder would never have existed: Flash-based interactive product visualisation using query devices.
Posted by: Steve at May 6, 2006 02:22 AM
Common - you don't think Iokio invented "interactive product visualisation using query devices." - people did that at University of Maryland a decade ago or similar. Iokio are a bunch of copycats.
Posted by: John Smart at May 6, 2006 08:59 AM
People have been doing 'visualization with query devices' offline and online for a long time. Doing it in Flash, however- well, that was a far smaller (if not non-existant at the time) crowd. I think both Prismix and Iokio get a tip of the hat for some vision here.
Posted by: Scott Fegette at May 8, 2006 11:44 AM
As an addendum to this post, you may be interested to learn that Iokio won the Internet World "Innovator of the Year" award 2006 for its FeatureFinder application.
http://www.internetworld.co.uk/press_110506.htm
Posted by: Liam Bennett at May 12, 2006 02:22 AM