How to build something like Safari "Top sites" view?

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Hi!

What would be the best way to build a view similar to Safari "Top Sites" using C++ under Windows?

Thanks!

see the view:
http://www.netzwelt.de/images/articles/2009/safari4-small-1244627625.png[^]

Posted 15-Aug-11 2:14am

Pit M.

Updated 15-Aug-11 2:55am

Simon Bang Terkildsen

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ah if it just were so easy as saying, this is the one and true method to write this and that feature.

I don't really know what kind of answer you're looking for. Using DirectX to replicate that view seems like overkill to me.
Using WPF would be alot easier, granted you need to know how to do 3D in WPF. But due to your question I'm guessing you don't really know how to do this with DirectX either, so it might be worth for you to look into WPF.

Posted 15-Aug-11 2:54am

Simon Bang Terkildsen

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Maximilien · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-15T03:00:00

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What part of it you want to do ?

Drawing the images at an angle ? should not be difficult.

Creating the website previews ? have a look at : How To Get A Website Thumbnail in a C# Application Without Creating A Form (console)[^] (but in C#)

Max.

Posted 15-Aug-11 3:00am

Maximilien

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Simon Bang Terkildsen 15-Aug-11 9:04am

nice article +5

Pit M. 15-Aug-11 9:54am

But which technonlogy?

GDI+ with System.Drawing.Drawing2D?
or even GDI?

Maximilien 15-Aug-11 11:50am

Technology is not that important. Once you know how to do the task, you can use whatever you want. Today I would probably not go "lower" than GDI+
Depending if you do "manage" or not, you will be better using one or the other technology.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Aug-11 21:43pm

My 5.
--SA