New Storybook Gallery!

[arifakhan]

That F11 full screen suggestion is great. I suppose kids these days know about all this already as they learnt all these cool things about computers in school unlike me who used a PC for the first time when I was 30.

Anyhow, the bottom line is that you have created a charming book. I just showed it to Kiran, my wife, and she was going all aaah oooh etc. all mushy over it. So there you are. You have managed to warm her heart too.

[pstewart]

Thanks, Kevin and Arif and Kiran. Nice to know that folks who do actually read it find it worth the effort and think its good.

A business idea? Hmmm... Great suggestion, Kevin! I could take people's albums and make stories from them. Wonder what a book like this should cost? I'm guessing about $5/page (plus printing charges), which would make this one cost around $220. Seems like too much to pay, but, at the same time, not enough to charge! Weird! Oh well, it's not much pay for the time spent (this one took me about 20 hours) but I'd make up for the low pay in pure fun!

So far, my mom wants a printed version to show her other grandma friends. But I won't make a nickel on her.

[pstewart]

Very creative indeed! There seems to be a rather large gap in there when she grows up a little too suddenly.

I appreciate this input. I looked through some boxes of photos and found some younger ones which I substituted on page 36, where she looked too old all of a sudden, and also a new one on page 35. So now 34, 35, and 36 are the transitional "growing up" pages, where she's between 8 and 14. I definitely think this is better. Thanks for the good advice!

New page 36:
http://www.pbase.com/image/24565128

It's weird how her hair turned blonde for a few years right before puberty, then changed to dark brown! I guess the pool and all that sun had a lot to do with it, but it's still pretty surprising!

[cinderuila]

I don't usually take the time to scroll through things like this. I guess I am not "mensa" material. Having said that, I was impressed.

This is just wonderful. Very nicely done, great story and well thought out.

I made it about halfway through ... I just hate repositioning the screen, and clicking on next for a thousand pictures

Well, if you don't read to the end the story makes no sense. But you may have hit on the problem folks are having! It never occurred to me that many folks would be using 17"-19" monitors with settings of 1024 wide, as I use 1152 by 870 on a 19". Wish I had considered that before uploading all those 600 by 600 images! By the way, there are only 42, not 1000.

How about reading it at "medium" size? Then you wouldn't have to reposition the screen, but just click "next" at the top right, which wouldn't require even moving the mouse. Anyone try that?

Well, at least the folks who did make it all the way through liked it, so maybe they thought it was worth the effort. But it shouldn't have to TAKE any extra effort...so...

Would it help if I changed all the images to 500 by 500? Please tell me, because that's a lot of work and if it doesn't help I don't want to do it for nothing. If it does help, I'll do it. Meanwhile, if repositioning the screen was a problem for you, would you please try again at "medium" setting?

[The EDIT was for monitor sizes.]

i like all of ur photos. they looks cute and funny nice.
wish ur kid a good future:)