Thanks for kind words.
Please check if this is any better, it is not finished still a lot of work to do but we are working to make it more user friendly.
It is 99% java script.
http://AndreNapierStudio.com
Hi Andre.
I guess the 1% flash residual is located in the index.
It's faster with no doubt, although not immediate as it should be.
Sorry Andre: I'll be direct, but I think that's the best way to be usefull.
The main problem I saw is that the thumbs are not displayed with the required definition, they are blured and you understand that professionaly,
when you are in "fashion" and see the blured thumbnails, it is just not possible. Do not allow that happen in your website. Java is ok
BUT sometimes a little amateur issues like the Jquery lightboxes that are used in any wordpress stuff. This is because they are open-sources and it's difficult to fall on a really serious gallery system.
Again, watch Klaban thumbs= razor sharp. There is no script (that I can recognize) on Klaban website, and that changes A LOT the speed.
I smell also that probably, the pics are directly put into the web with a non-optimized web resolution using a downsampling?? because the time to open a pic is really long.
In fact as long as in the flash version. Thumbs appear faster, but then we are back on the same problem.
Not sure about that but it smells a reduction process very drastic. An AD will give up in 3 minutes because of the slowness.
Then, do not know for sure, but have the feeling also that there is an Ajax platform behind the scene. That is my interpretation but it might not be the case. In fact, to resume, there is an "overdosis" of Script. No matter if the script in question is Action Script or JavaScript, but a script has to be implement with caution. In a presentation? fine. In a gallery=NO (or you need to be a guru). The reason is simply because of speed, compatibility and stability.
IMHO.
Cheers.