question URL .. specific search terms - for easy sharing

[dobkeratops]

ive seen how to make a url to launch with a particular mode,
is it possible to mske one which outs a specific search term in the UI aswell … this would be very handy when showing other people;
i saw a few people streaming the,selves “learning ai” on twitch.. jumping into the chat it was nice to mention this imagemonkey dataset in the conversation, but its quite hard to explain the workflow,

using the link “imagemonkey.io/annotate?mode=browse&view=unified” definitely helped
but if it was possible to show “explore” with a search term si they can see a page of images with outlines, thst would be a great first impression. also jumping into unified with specifc broad search (scene/theme label)like “street” “food” “sport” “vehicle” “music” .. would be great to give a data overview.

seeing a browse view with outlines would instantly communicate that you have polygon annotations instead of just tagged images like the photosharing sites

i also sometimes use the rework mode to view existing annotations, but its not quite the same as browsing thrn being abke to jump in and edit

with these kind of links we could probably imrpovise an overview oage that is a appealing intro that gives an idea of the type of images and annotations already present (i could throw together a static html oage with an examole image from each search , jumping into the browse search for thst category)

the other thing that happens is the “press return - unexpected behaviour”- this always goes to task mode, from the unified search bar.. i have to explain “press go, dont press return in the search” .. if a search url fired up a specific list of images straight away, that would dodge that problem

[bbernhard]

Thanks for the suggestions - very much appreciated!

I am currently doing some refactoring work on a git feature branch (basically re-writing most of the unified mode to make it easier to maintain & extend) and stumbled across the same annoying issues you mentioned. I think some of them are already fixed there.

But as the refactoring still takes some time until I can merge a first draft into the master branch, it definitely makes sense to fix the issues also in the existing unified mode. I'll have a look at it - I think it shouldn't be that hard to fix :)

[dobkeratops]

Thanks for the suggestions - very much appreciated!

I am currently doing some refactoring work on a git feature branch (basically re-writing most of the unified mode to make it easier to maintain & extend) and stumbled across the same annoying issues you mentioned. I think some of them are already fixed there.

But as the refactoring still takes some time until I can merge a first draft into the master branch, it definitely makes sense to fix the issues also in the existing unified mode. I'll have a look at it - I think it shouldn't be that hard to fix :)

oh a big refactor cleanuo could improve many things simultaneously.. sounds a lot better than isolated minor fixes.

maybe i could take screenshots of example search results , and put those in a little instructions page for people.. or record a little example video for people to follow. other ways to help draw people in

[bbernhard]

maybe i could take screenshots of example search results , and put those in a little instructions page for people.. or record a little example video for people to follow. other ways to help draw people in

That would be awesome! I played with the idea of doing a twitch/youtube livestream while labeling/annotating some images. But as english is not my first language and I am also more an introvert, I dropped the idea again.

But I think even a little instructions page or a small recording (even without tone) would be really awesome and could help to draw people in.

[bbernhard]

short update: The URL will now be updated with the search term when one searches something in the unified browse mode.This should make it a bit easier to share some results. e.g: https://imagemonkey.io/annotate?mode=browse&view=unified&query=apple&search_option=rework

I'll look at the other issues next :)

[dobkeratops]

perfect!
i can now share URLs like this, gives a more appealing entry point

https://imagemonkey.io/annotate?mode=browse&view=unified&query=street
https://imagemonkey.io/annotate?mode=browse&view=unified&query=food
https://imagemonkey.io/annotate?mode=browse&view=unified&query=living_room

and the rework option allows showing annotations in the overview aswell (does a similar job to “explore”)

[bbernhard]

short update: The enter key should now work in all search input fields. In case for some reason it still doesn't work for you, please let me know :)

[dobkeratops]

Found it, works great. Nice big work area, and the label list highlight does the job of showing you the current label. I couldn’t find the “view all” .. that’s nice to have but not essential

[bbernhard]

Found it, works great. Nice big work area, and the label list highlight does the job of showing you the current label. I couldn’t find the “view all” .. that’s nice to have but not essential

Glad it's useful! Yeah, there are still a few things missing, but I wanted to get a first version out there as fast as possible to get some feedback. I'll add the missing functionality next :)