Very nice, clean Flickr embed tool: PictoBrowser

2008-08-14

I’m not a fan of bloated chrome on widgets intended for embedding in your own webpages: they carry too much of a parasitic personality, looking out of place, and often, taking longer to load. Why bother?

Thankfully, amidst all the ruffle comes PictoBrowser for embedding Flickr sets and such. I originally heard of it from Aleister Kronos, who uses it to great effect on his Second Life explorations blog, and I’ve mentioned PictoBrowser before, but know it deserves its own mini-video tutorial. After all, how can you resist such a compact, elegant layout which has a spark of fun but is otherwise unintrusive and a pleasure to show off?

Here’s a PictoBrowser highlighting my most recent 100 snapshots sent from within Second Life, which in turn is autorefreshed by dopiaza’s set generator. <3 connecting tools together for moah magnificent results!

Like I said in the vid, wish PictoBrowser had templates so I didn’t have to type in numbers each time. I could copy-and-reuse the code, true, but it’s a touch more convoluted and not as easy to swap out as I’d hope.

All in all, fab tool. Give it a spin, The Torley recommends!
 

P.S. Thx Pictobrowser for faving me on Flickr! I’m glad you noticed!

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Sahoni Tigerpaw 2008-08-15 at 3:48 AM UTC

LOL… this tool is awesome! I'm addicted!
Thanks Torley :)

Torley 2008-08-17 at 10:46 AM UTC

@Sahoni: You're very welcome!

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