New SmugMug - Window Dressing?
eoren1
Registered Users Posts: 2,391 Major grins
I know that with all major changes there will be naysayers but I have to say I am disappointed now that the shine is starting to wear off.
My site - password protected galleries don't seem to have been considered.
Social - as per other thread, images not being pulled into FB posts
Selling - I checked Varina Patel's site which was the first where I saw landscape prints for sale. I clicked an image and see a medium sized photo on a huge white background (on 27" iMac) with a small light grey box in the bottom right corner that lets me buy. I would never have seen it if I wasn't actively looking for it. Clicking it brings up the old cart with old styling which differs greatly from her clean white look on the rest of the site.
Mobile - buying prints on iPhone was miserable before. Had hopes here but went to Varina's site on iPhone and clicked on same image of iceburg and...no cart! Really? No option for purchasing on mobile devices now? That's a step backwards.
I'm glad that my only use for Smugmug at the moment is to share pix of the kids with grandparents. I'm hoping that this new framework allows all of the above issues (several years in the making) to be addressed rapidly now. For the moment, I hate to say it but it's just window dressing...
My site - password protected galleries don't seem to have been considered.
Social - as per other thread, images not being pulled into FB posts
Selling - I checked Varina Patel's site which was the first where I saw landscape prints for sale. I clicked an image and see a medium sized photo on a huge white background (on 27" iMac) with a small light grey box in the bottom right corner that lets me buy. I would never have seen it if I wasn't actively looking for it. Clicking it brings up the old cart with old styling which differs greatly from her clean white look on the rest of the site.
Mobile - buying prints on iPhone was miserable before. Had hopes here but went to Varina's site on iPhone and clicked on same image of iceburg and...no cart! Really? No option for purchasing on mobile devices now? That's a step backwards.
I'm glad that my only use for Smugmug at the moment is to share pix of the kids with grandparents. I'm hoping that this new framework allows all of the above issues (several years in the making) to be addressed rapidly now. For the moment, I hate to say it but it's just window dressing...
Eyal
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My site | Non-MHD Landscapes |Google+ | Twitter | Facebook | Smugmug photos
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