Picasa web albums catching up fast!

jfaughnan

Google has released an iPhoto plug-in that's a joy to use. It's painless to upload an album, and the titles and even keywords are uploaded with the image (though not comments I think). 9GB of storage for about $30 a year. Viewers can download hi-res images, Picasa users can get entire albums.

It's a real winner for OS X and XP/Picasa users, but ... No passwords, No printing, no customization (but I like their way of working).

If SmugMug could really get iPhoto integration working... I used SugMug's iPhoot v1 uploader with good success, but v2 won't work with OS X 10.3.9 and I even had weird behavior with 10.4.7. Really, it's an ugly application and, for me, very flaky. The other uploaders don't preserve iPhoto titles, comments, etc. (PictureSync, a 3rd party product, was good for a while but I think the author has given up on it.)

My loyalty is definitely wavering. SmugMug needs to get serious about OS X support, including iPhoto integration, or they'll lose me.

Andy

jfaughnan wrote:

Google has released an iPhoto plug-in that's a joy to use. It's painless to upload an album, and the titles and even keywords are uploaded with the image (though not comments I think). 9GB of storage for about $30 a year. Viewers can download hi-res images, Picasa users can get entire albums.

It's a real winner for OS X and XP/Picasa users, but ... No passwords, No printing, no customization (but I like their way of working).

If SmugMug could really get iPhoto integration working... I used SugMug's iPhoot v1 uploader with good success, but v2 won't work with OS X 10.3.9 and I even had weird behavior with 10.4.7. Really, it's an ugly application and, for me, very flaky. The other uploaders don't preserve iPhoto titles, comments, etc. (PictureSync, a 3rd party product, was good for a while but I think the author has given up on it.)

My loyalty is definitely wavering. SmugMug needs to get serious about OS X support, including iPhoto integration, or they'll lose me.

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All the best,

DodgeV83

9GB for $30 a year? I don't really see how that competes