AnnotePad Liz Kain Keith Kowalczykowski Richard Lee Kenton Roberts Liz Kain Keith Kowalczykowski Richard Lee Kenton Roberts

Our Project  Create a site where users can upload their pictures for everyone to see.  Additionally, users can freely annotate these images using the power of Web 2.0 design paradigms.  Annotations are shared across all users.  Create a site where users can upload their pictures for everyone to see.  Additionally, users can freely annotate these images using the power of Web 2.0 design paradigms.  Annotations are shared across all users.

Challenges  Building a web 2.0 site from scratch.  Server side processing  Database design and implementation  Javascript and HTML front-end  Working with the relatively unused tag.  Building a web 2.0 site from scratch.  Server side processing  Database design and implementation  Javascript and HTML front-end  Working with the relatively unused tag.

Accomplishments  Proof of concept functional.  Envisioned product not fully reflected in design  Want greater user control over sharing of images, annotations  Wanted greater annotation abilities  Increased knowledge of many aspects of AJAX design.  Server-side, XML, Javascript, CSS.  Proof of concept functional.  Envisioned product not fully reflected in design  Want greater user control over sharing of images, annotations  Wanted greater annotation abilities  Increased knowledge of many aspects of AJAX design.  Server-side, XML, Javascript, CSS.

Future Developments  Further work on annotation abilities.  Drawing: Opacity, other drawing options.  Multi-modal annotation: audio annotations? Animated annotations?  Greater power on ability to manage annotations.  Ability to annotate beyond images (such as HTML, PDF, etc).  Change in layout.  Implementation of photo gallery à la flickr.  Ability to have distinct public/private galleries  Further work on annotation abilities.  Drawing: Opacity, other drawing options.  Multi-modal annotation: audio annotations? Animated annotations?  Greater power on ability to manage annotations.  Ability to annotate beyond images (such as HTML, PDF, etc).  Change in layout.  Implementation of photo gallery à la flickr.  Ability to have distinct public/private galleries

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