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The big update we have all been waiting for!
Today we release a new site with a cleaner simpler look & feel. The main focus of this release is improved search functionality including clustered search results (stacks as we like to call them) based on facial similarity.
The Polar Rose plugin is now available for Internet Explorer (version 7) so please try it out and report any bugs that you find! We also made some modifications to the plugin user interface to bring it in line with the new site look.
User interface improvements…
The main goal of the user interface re-design was to make searching and browsing results easier and more intuitive. We also wanted to simplify the other interaction points (forms, settings etc.) and the plugin user interface. Finally we wanted to create a user interface which is easier to expand upon and add new functionality to.
Look out for an upcoming post with more about the future user interface developments we are working on.
Under the hood…
We have built a new flexible and scalable infrastructure to support increased numbers of users – more beta invites will be sent out soon! We also now utilize a content delivery network (CDN) to make the output of search queries faster.
In closing…
Todays release represents a lot of hard work by the whole team at Polar Rose and we all look forward to your feedback and comments. We are already busy designing and developing many improvements and new features which we will be releasing over the coming weeks and months!
Congratulations! :o)
There are a estimated date for plugin match faces and describe who is in the image on any website?
Please add the following to the plugin: – Show name when hovering rose – Focus edit box when rose is clicked (much faster, click rose, enter name, )
And how long does it take before a person named in a picture will be autonamed in other pictures?
Also make the rose different color if I have supplied a name/agreed, so I dont have to check every rose if I should agree to them.