Moving on from Picasa

#1

Post by mvgoogler » Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 6:16 PM UTC

Moving on from Picasa
googlephotos.blogspot.com

Re: Moving on from Picasa

#2

Post by tmaly » Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 7:04 PM UTC

like Google Reader, this was probably not a core part of their business.

Re: Moving on from Picasa

#3

Post by nikolay » Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 7:08 PM UTC

I'm tired of these shutter-downers! They broke a gazillion URLs! At the same time they penalize you if you do similarly!

Re: Moving on from Picasa

#4

Post by NathanKP » Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 7:08 PM UTC

A lot of people who used Google Blogger hosted images for the blog in Picasa. If the URL's break a lot of old blogs will lose content.

Re: Moving on from Picasa

#5

Post by Alex3917 » Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 7:09 PM UTC

tmaly wrote: post #2

like Google Reader, this was probably not a core part of their business.

Google Reader should have been though. If they have used that as the core of Google+ then it could have had a shot at becoming the next Facebook.

Re: Moving on from Picasa

#6

Post by nikolay » Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 7:09 PM UTC

NathanKP wrote: post #4

A lot of people who used Google Blogger hosted images for the blog in Picasa. If the URL's break a lot of old blogs will lose content.

Yeah, but maybe Blogger is next in line!

Re: Moving on from Picasa

#7

Post by nikolay » Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 7:09 PM UTC

tmaly wrote: post #2

like Google Reader, this was probably not a core part of their business.

And what's their core part? Self-driving cars?

Re: Moving on from Picasa

#8

Post by pgrote » Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 7:11 PM UTC

Alternatives for desktop picasa?

Desktop Picasa is also going away and it is what I use for organizing my photos. I understand the backend of Picasa Web is replaced by Google Photos, no problem.

My problem is with the desktop organization. Desktop Picasa allows for one feature no other alternative I have seen allows ... tagging of multiple photos.

Does anyone have a web or desktop alternative that supports tagging on individual and multiple photos? Google seems to have forgotten about this feature in Google Photos.

Thanks!

Re: Moving on from Picasa

#9

Post by baldfat » Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 7:11 PM UTC

nikolay wrote: post #7

tmaly wrote: post #2

like Google Reader, this was probably not a core part of their business.

And what's their core part? Self-driving cars?

I would put it this way. Google Photos blows away Picasa Web Albums and Imgur is a better host. It was dead as Flickr will be in the next year or so sadly.

Re: Moving on from Picasa

#10

Post by daave » Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 7:11 PM UTC

tmaly wrote: post #2

like Google Reader, this was probably not a core part of their business.

Unlike Google Reader, this product was replaced with a newer (and, IMO, better) alternative, Google Photos. Albums you had in Picasa aren't gone, they're just accessible through the new UI. Why should Google maintain two competing UIs for the same product?

[these opinions are my own, not necessarily those of my employer, Google]