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I don’t get it.

So what do you guys think about Google Wave? Wouldn’t it do this and 100 other things?

I made this about a year ago, there were a few rough edges so I never bothered publishing it… sub-pixel rendering is a hot topic now so maybe I will.

Anyway, try this out on your logo, sub-pixel downsampling with any image: http://www.stainlessvision.com/lab/sub-pixel-downsampler/subpixel.swf

Hey guys, just like Lascar, I think everyone would love to hear your opinion about Google Wave. And today would be the perfect day to say it… :-) thanks

Reminds of way back when facebook introduced images and videos in their comments. I personally think it cheapens the interface a little.

SvN has a different logo font (on this page) than the company logo?!

I get it, I think this stuff is cool.

I wonder how UML diagrms via http://yuml.me would look in a campfire scroll?

Sorry about the self promotion, but I seriously am curious :)

Good eye Brian. Wonder which (if either) is the official logo?

@Tom H

That flash app looks AWESOME .

However, the image preview is crazy small. So small that I can’t tell if it’s better or worse.

Can you make the image thumbnail to be the same size as the uploaded image file?

@Gregory

Thanks :)

The preview is the full image; you have to start with an image that is three times the size you need it because the method essentially packs three horizontal pixels into one.

@Tom H, that is amazing! I have a feeling it’s going to get a lot of attention now.

@Tom H

“you have to start with an image that is three times the size you need it because the method essentially packs three horizontal pixels into one.”

How is this then any different that using Photoshop and scaling down?

Everyone knows that if you start with a super high-resolution image/text in Photoshop and simply scale it down … as opposed to starting at the desired (smaller) size, you’ll get better looking results.

@Gregory

Standard downsampling simply shrinks the image and evens out the pixels to approximate the original. Sub-pixel downsampling does this but takes advantage of the Red Green Blue elements that make up a pixel on your screen, allowing it to make the scaled image slightly sharper.

Read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering

Mad props go out to http://propaneapp.com for making Campfire rock some socks off as a chat client.

@JF : I guess bribing you into sending me you email adress in exchange for one of the few wave invites I have left is pointless ;) ?

@pht

jason [at] 37signals…

@Nicolo’ Google ripped Wave off. That’s my thoughts.