ResizR: Resize images the Web 2.0 way
Yes, it's another Web 2.0 app that has dropped the 'e' a la Flickr - and this one has also capitalized that final R! They're definitely kicking it up a notch.Okay, all joking aside... ResizR is definitely a handy utility. It'll save you approximately 10 seconds in image resizing, since you don't have to fire up your graphics program and use the "image size" feature (or whatever it's called in the app of your choice). Use the slider to specify the image width (or just type it in the text box), select your image, and click the big 'ResizR' button. Voila! Your image has been resized.
Image resizing niftiness aside, the ResizR web site is, if nothing else, a one-stop shopping destination to see all the latest Web 2.0 tricks in action. It really feels like a developer who just learned AJAX decided to show off his or her new skill set. It almost feels like self-aware satire.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Bassio said 11:22AM on 9-18-2006
You can use the image resizer powertoy too
this saves a lot of time - and can work on multiple images at the same time
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reed said 11:40AM on 9-19-2006
I don't know, I just tested it on a broadband T1 connection here at work, and once I browsed, found, specified my image and clicked 'resize', it then took 44.9 seconds to upload and complete the function. It reported: Your Original image had 1224x1583 pixels. Now it has 182x235 pixels.
I can do it much faster with a local utility.
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dude said 10:41PM on 9-19-2006
Window's Powertoy takes about 2 seconds...and I dont have to be online or open anything...but for those who dont have the powertoy ( why isnt it standard? ) then this would be nice.
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Brian M said 8:19AM on 9-28-2006
Just get the powertoy for windows XP at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
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