A better panoramic experience?
After having a play on Google’s new street view of San Francisco, I realised that the behaviour of the panoramic imagery was quite different to how virtual tours normally worked. Usually those made for Quicktime or Java applets rotate in the direction you drag the mouse towards. However, Google’s street view works just like Google maps; you drag the picture to where you want it, effectively grabbing and pulling the panormaic image around, which means that you have more control and are not sent in a spin, which can otherwise happen with the traditional interaction.
Can’t wait until it comes to London.