Another upside of this is that you directly in the overview can see any eventual caption for the images. Naturally, the preference you choose in one gallery is then kept in the other galleries as well. You can make them small to get a good overview, medium, or large if you want to look at all the pictures in the same page, hence eliminating the need to go into each photo’s page to be able to view it. One of the things I really like is the possibility as an end user to, in the gallery overview, choose in what size you want to view the thumbnail images. All you need to start is a Google Account, and you here’s my albums if you want to test drive the service. While it isn’t as sophisticated as Flickr, its simplicity and some of the features are definitely better than Flickr’s. Personally, I think it’s a shame that it isn’t available for Mac OS X as well, since iPhoto is sub-par (more about that and Mac in general in My MacBook Pro – first-time Mac owner).ĭuring June this year they took the natural next step and released Picasa Web Albums: online photo sharing. Picasa is a software for organizing, editing and sorting your pictures, aimed at PC users, but there’s also a Linux version available in Google Labs. This is Google’s picture service: Picasa Web Albumsīack in 2004, Google bought Picasa Inc, a digital photo company, and it become known as one of the numerous items in Google’s product flora: Picasa. Well, as we all know, time flies but now I’m ready to tell you about a service that I believe have a serious potential to become a Flickr contender. When I wrote my post about the Flickr photo service, I promised that I’d review another one within the next week or so. Picasa Web Albums – A serious Flickr contender Published on Friday, October 20, 2006
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