Library 3.0
Wow does this look impressive.
http://www.thinksecret.com/news/deliciouslibrary.html
http://www.delicious-monster.com/
http://www.thinksecret.com/news/deliciouslibrary.html
http://www.delicious-monster.com/
Comments
Originally posted by hmurchison
Great Job to Mike Matas, Greg Titus and Wil Shipley. Can't forget the original author Andrew K as well. This is how Mac software is supposed to look. Inviting and easy but yet powerful at the same time. I'll definitely be buying this program. Love the iSight scanning feature, that's worth the price of admission alone IMO.
I could not have said it better. It is applications like these that make using a Macintosh stand out. You just cannot get this kind of beauty on Windows, and even if someone tried it would be crippled and most likely dog slow.
really looks good and at home we all love our movies and books!
Originally posted by Agent Macintosh
Does the bar code scanning work with a regular digital camera?
Yes.
[edit] Does anyone know what the price of admission will be for this software?
I really like the idea of using the iSight to read the codes. Very slick indeed. I may break down and get one at some point.
Originally posted by Bancho
Now that really seems like an interesting application. The interface seems attractive and easy to use as well and looks at home with other iLife apps. I'll probably pick up a copy when it's available.
I really like the idea of using the iSight to read the codes. Very slick indeed. I may break down and get one at some point.
I'm with you. This is probably the first killer app (beyond iChat AV, but you have to have someone on the other end) that makes me want to get an iSight.
Although if it works with digicams I may just use my Rebel.
Originally posted by PBG4 Dude
I'm with you. This is probably the first killer app (beyond iChat AV, but you have to have someone on the other end) that makes me want to get an iSight.
My thoughts exactly. Very cool app. One more fix for the anal-retentive among us!
I'm getting it. And I'm getting it for my mom, too, since she's up to her eyeballs in books.
Unfortunately, a lot of those books predate bar codes, sometimes by a century or so...
Hm, I'm really trying to find an excuse to get it.
seems odd to depend on a store's inventory and website for data retrieval. or am i missing something?
Originally posted by applenut
what happens if Amazon changes their database system? or if a book isn't in their system?
seems odd to depend on a store's inventory and website for data retrieval. or am i missing something?
Amazon offers web services for precisely this sort of application.
Originally posted by Amorph
Amazon offers web services for precisely this sort of application.
well that explains it
Originally posted by RolandG
I hope they offer skins for the boards to match your furniture - I really am not into this whole cheesy looking wood thing. It would be cool if it would be able reflect the trends in contemporary (and maybe even historic) furnishing.
exactly!
GarageBand's wood trim cr*p gotta go too
Originally posted by Amorph
Amazon offers web services for precisely this sort of application.
What if Amazon goes down?
Originally posted by RolandG
I hope they offer skins for the boards to match your furniture - I really am not into this whole cheesy looking wood thing. It would be cool if it would be able reflect the trends in contemporary (and maybe even historic) furnishing.
i guess you didn't notice that there is at least one alternate "metal shelf" theme in there.
but hey, i like the wood in THIS context.
Originally posted by applenut
what happens if Amazon changes their database system? or if a book isn't in their system?
seems odd to depend on a store's inventory and website for data retrieval. or am i missing something?
well, no, you're right. but when you're a small developer, you have to take what you can get. and a LOT of apps have made hooks into the amazon system for stuff such as this. but you take your money and you bet the pony that you think will at least place. amazon seems like a safe bet, at least for the next few years, after which everyone will have wetware cranial insertion points for their ipods and we won't need to catalog any of this earth-bound stuff anymore (hey, imagine spotlight enhanced vision!)