It's not the easiest tool to find, and not as functional as the rest, but there must be at least a few MySpacers going for this option, simply because it's there. If it isn't doing too well, then there's probably hope for external developers who think they'll be crushed if MySpace releases a competing product.
Ted
· 3 years ago
Great stuff, I'm loving your "labs", it's a unique and great service, you are definitely innovating in the blog space with this kind of research.
One question, how do you query the pages? Do you download them all and put them into a DB for full-text searches?
B. Dixon
· 3 years ago
Kelvin,
Great write up. As the posters above me have mentioned, what's the % of profiles that included a slideshow? That space is growing at a fast pace. It will will be cool to see who wins. :D
Geoff
· 3 years ago
Pete,
I chose to launch the Slideroll slideshow creator in a pop-up for several usability reasons. First, I launch without any toolbars to allow for enough vertical real estate for the creator to be used by people running at 800x600. Also, launching without toolbars prevents people from accidentally navigating away from the page and losing their work.
These reasons may be a little old-fashioned, but I launched in 2004 (before all of these other guys) so perhaps the site is showing it's age. Anyway, thanks for the mention.
By the way, I've never seen the creator get blocked by any pop-up blocker, as the creator is launched in direct reponse to a user click, not automatically when someone visits the page. If you've actually seen this happen, please verify. If not, I'd appreciate a correction. Thanks!
Geoff
· 3 years ago
Oops, I see this was posted by Kelvin... my own correction! :)
Jon
· 3 years ago
Would like to have seen Flickr on the list, but I tried to put a slideshow from there on my page, but, of course, it didn't work. Another reason MySpace sucks.
Kelvin Beecroft
· 3 years ago
Pete,
I was primarily interested in third-party products, but in all fairness MySpace’s slideshow creator deserves a mention and it’ll be included in future research. It’s doing alright, though, and would have placed third in this research. Like you said, its good info for developers concerned about getting crushed by MySpace’s own products.
Kelvin Beecroft
· 3 years ago
Slideshows are getting placed on about 10% of active profiles. We have a report in the works with more details on slideshows vs. video usage on MySpace.
Kelvin Beecroft
· 3 years ago
Ted,
You have the basic idea correct. We locate pages from a cache containing specific content using keyword and/or phrase searches . Each page is then post-processed with our own mining tools to filter unwanted content such as comments.
Alex
· 3 years ago
Yeah I want to echo someone elses comments regarding the labs. This is a very innovative product you guys are offering.
Keep up the good work :)
B. Dixon
· 3 years ago
Geoff,
There are cases of this in slideroll. I can show you. Let me know best way to contact you.
Kelvin, Good write up. Very helpful. I've added Mashable to my AJAX startpage.
Geoff
· 3 years ago
B,
Thanks for taking the time. Click my name and it will take you to the contact form on Slideroll. That e-mails straight to me.
heather
· 3 years ago
hey wats up ....i need sites that are not blocked on these damn skool computers....
heather
· 3 years ago
email me back if u know any sites that are not blocked ....from skool websites ...
tish
· 2 years ago
wat
Viajero
· 2 years ago
I'm started a myspace page yesterday, and installed the in-house slide show player from myspace (and why don't you mention it here, by the way?).
It looks and works great, BUT it consistently eats an avg. of 48% of CPU Usage for me, and the default, as with all the players it seems, is to have it moving when you load the page.
This is problematic for me, but also for visitors. Combine it with a streaming video or a music, and the system maxes out at 100% CPU usage.
Any comment on this? Would any of the other players be better in this regard?
ashley brown
· 2 years ago
hi
Mike
· 2 years ago
Another slide show tool with a clean interface is myPicPals. While not funded by mega bucks, we think its a pretty good slide show tool.
dana
· 2 years ago
aloha
dana
· 2 years ago
hola ta coool
Siera
· 2 years ago
Omg wtf are we talking about??
Christina
· 2 years ago
I had problems with PhotoBucket more than I expected. My slideshow on myspace would show all my pictures only some of the times. Most of the time it either showed only two pictures or none at all. I am in the process of trying to find a slideshow that I don't have to worry about these problems. Myspace slideshow definitely has some kinks to work out and they need to make there slideshow more user friendly.
Djuradj Vrashki
· 2 years ago
he,he. Pacman
Satoria Smith
· 2 years ago
my name satoria
Ketta
· 2 years ago
Wat ever
discrimination
· 2 years ago
darfur is suffering
brad
· 2 years ago
You seemed to have listed all the BIG myspace slide show websites.. check out Slideshow 4 Myspace
solomon
· 2 years ago
how r u
michael
· 2 years ago
MY family is the best one i every had
Anibelle
· 2 years ago
thanks. I always get slideshows that screw up, but this helps alot =)
wireless speaker
· 7 months ago
I have checked out all of those website, but i can't find what i am looking for, i am looking any software that can allow me to make simple slideshow that i can use for my site.
All Comments
Yeah, this is a huge industry. One thing I would be interested in knowing: how is MySpace's own slideshow tool doing? The code is along the lines of:
http://lads.myspace.com/slides/slideshow_random...
It's not the easiest tool to find, and not as functional as the rest, but there must be at least a few MySpacers going for this option, simply because it's there. If it isn't doing too well, then there's probably hope for external developers who think they'll be crushed if MySpace releases a competing product.
One question, how do you query the pages? Do you download them all and put them into a DB for full-text searches?
Great write up. As the posters above me have mentioned, what's the % of profiles that included a slideshow? That space is growing at a fast pace. It will will be cool to see who wins. :D
I chose to launch the Slideroll slideshow creator in a pop-up for several usability reasons. First, I launch without any toolbars to allow for enough vertical real estate for the creator to be used by people running at 800x600. Also, launching without toolbars prevents people from accidentally navigating away from the page and losing their work.
These reasons may be a little old-fashioned, but I launched in 2004 (before all of these other guys) so perhaps the site is showing it's age. Anyway, thanks for the mention.
By the way, I've never seen the creator get blocked by any pop-up blocker, as the creator is launched in direct reponse to a user click, not automatically when someone visits the page. If you've actually seen this happen, please verify. If not, I'd appreciate a correction. Thanks!
I was primarily interested in third-party products, but in all fairness MySpace’s slideshow creator deserves a mention and it’ll be included in future research. It’s doing alright, though, and would have placed third in this research. Like you said, its good info for developers concerned about getting crushed by MySpace’s own products.
You have the basic idea correct. We locate pages from a cache containing specific content using keyword and/or phrase searches . Each page is then post-processed with our own mining tools to filter unwanted content such as comments.
Keep up the good work :)
There are cases of this in slideroll. I can show you. Let me know best way to contact you.
Kelvin,
Good write up. Very helpful. I've added Mashable to my AJAX startpage.
Thanks for taking the time. Click my name and it will take you to the contact form on Slideroll. That e-mails straight to me.
It looks and works great, BUT it consistently eats an avg. of 48% of CPU Usage for me, and the default, as with all the players it seems, is to have it moving when you load the page.
This is problematic for me, but also for visitors. Combine it with a streaming video or a music, and the system maxes out at 100% CPU usage.
Any comment on this? Would any of the other players be better in this regard?