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HOWTO: Creating a Flickr topbar

Submitted by Mark Birbeck on Sat, 2006-12-16 16:14.

In this example we'll show how to create a topbar that can be used to search Flickr for images that have a specific tag.

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HOWTO: A desktop web application to search Flickr

Submitted by Mark Birbeck on Wed, 2006-12-06 18:34.

In this example we'll show how to convert a simple XHTML form into a desktop web application. In fact there is so little to it that it barely warrants a page...all you need to do is rename any HTML or XHTML document so that the file extension is .webapp--or deliver an application from a server with the MIME type application/webapp+xml--and Sidewinder will be triggered to open and run your document as a desktop web application.

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HOWTO: Searching Flickr

Submitted by Mark Birbeck on Wed, 2006-02-01 12:10.

Flickr is well known both as a full-featured image storage system, and one of the web applications that got everyone talking about Web 2.0 and Ajax.

In the following section we'll make use of the powerful Flickr API to search for a list of photos that have a particular tag on them. We'll also demonstrate how to show and hide parts of the application based on its state, as well as how to animate the display when these states change.

(If you want to get the completed source code, it's available here.)

Tutorial reviewed 2006-12-06, by MB.

Screenshot of Flickr search form showing flowers as search results.

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