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by j_r_f 3424 days ago
Yes truly a shame that they gave us a ton of files for free use but they aren't as ULTRA HD as you would like..
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Ofcourse the huge volume is great, it's awesome! But by only offering single high-res .jpg files instead of image tilesets just makes the viewing experience less than pleasant.. Downloads are slow, the pages are unresponsive, and I can imagine it's going to cost them tons of unneeded bandwidth.
I agree that "deep zooming" is desirable. Looks like Micrio doesn't support the International Image Interoperability Framework [0], something I think a museum would be interested in. Oh, and I hate that http://micr.io uses a fullscreen background image that highjacks the scroll wheel.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Image_Interopera...

Thanks for your reply, you're right about that. Currently we've only been developing micr.io based on wishes we received, that includes features such as hotspots, tours, etc. See https://tuinderlusten-jheronimusbosch.ntr.nl/en for its first release. We simply haven't had the time yet!