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Re: Moving on from Picasa

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Post by agumonkey »

brodock wrote: post #218
agumonkey wrote: post #195

Open Source Picasa Google, release it instead of letting him die instead of forcing poor users into your identity crysis.

If they do no one will migrate to photos. That's why they are killing it instead. Reader was killed because google plus feed was being competed by, and so on.

Then they're digging their own grave. They rose because they gave no brainer value. Mail that wasn't sluggish with comfortable storage capacity and free. Easy to use map service, so on and so forth. Now they're playing funny games, just like any average company. Laughable.

Re: Moving on from Picasa

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Post by gcb0 »

ZacharyPitts wrote: post #107
tshtf wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I ported my number out of Google Voice a couple of years ago. Some things to keep in mind with GV: * Your only form of "support", even when paying to port out a number, is a forum staffed entirely with volunteers. If you're actually using GV it's useful to read through here to see the trainwreck: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/voice * As the parent mentioned, the GV Blog is barren. * You're better off…

I ported my google voice number to... Google Fi! Most of the same features, plus now I don't deal directly with Verizon/T-Mobile/etc. I suspect that is where the resources that had been on Google Voice have gone to.

so you moved away from a dying product from yesterday from a company that gives zero support even if you're paying ... to the dying product of tomorrow.

Re: Moving on from Picasa

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Post by gcb0 »

pgrote wrote: post #8

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…

shotwell. comes default with Debian desktop install.

and if you're still not using Debian as your default os, get ready to ask for X-alternative all your life.

Re: Moving on from Picasa

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Post by 19870213 »

Gmo wrote: post #161
19870213 wrote: post #96

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Ouch, automatic locale detection, and badly in need of a (proper) translator (for at least Dutch). And no way to switch language that I can find (wouldn't be the first time that was translated with ""). I'm currently using https://blogtrottr.com to get e-mail updates for RSS/Atom feeds.

Huh ? You can change the language (I'm in France and I have my theoldreader in English). You just need to click on your login at the top right and go to "Settings" (probably Instellingen in Dutch).

I don't have an account there.

But I just figured out that using: https://theoldreader.com/?locale=en will also get me English text.

That enables me to properly evaluate it before signing up should I want to.

Re: Moving on from Picasa

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Post by fernly »

jwatte wrote: post #186
D_Guidi wrote: post #68

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>not everything needs to be, nor should be, a pure webapp google thinks you're wrong. me too.

There is nothing on the web able to even enter the same ballpark as Photoshop. Separately, when on travel, a web connection for your photos may be very hard to find and/or expensive. Separately, again, Google photos downscales my photos. My hard drive does not. Why do you think we should only have shitty tools with bad accessibility and low quality?

They only downscale if you choose the "free unlimited" option under settings. If you choose the "Original" option they don't -- or at least, I assumed they don't! Unfortunately if you want to store more than 14GB of "Original" images -- a quite trivial quantity for the serious photog -- you have to pay. I'd have to pay $10/mo for the 1TB if I wanted to put all my pics online.

At for example Smugmug.com you can have unlimited storage of original images with a VASTLY better UI for less than $4/mo.

Re: Moving on from Picasa

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Post by dzhiurgis »

newjersey wrote: post #205
dzhiurgis wrote: post #156

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> corner cases will be buggy This is where you are wrong. It is much easier catch and fix bugs in cloud software.

But how much effort will you spend on edge cases?

Just as much as with other technology, but with web apps there are simply less of them.

Re: Moving on from Picasa

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Post by takeawayandrun »

anon1385 wrote: post #220
takeawayandrun wrote: post #190

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I haven't really seen this done but couldn't Google pour money in to developing very high quality GPL'd libraries for say.. C++ or Python - becoming the defacto standard libraries. If other's want to use them in their closed source projects they'd have to pay licenses to Google, however internally they can use them in their closed source code since they own the rights to it. The trick would be get that critical mass…

Why would they do that? Google isn't a charity. Anything that makes it easier to develop native software (which 'won't-suddenly-disappear' software has to be) is in direct conflict with Google's strategic interests (Chrome, ChromeOS) and their bottom line.

What? Businesses that try to to use the libraries they create would have to pay royalties... how is that charity?

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Post by torbit »

technojunkie wrote: post #78
berberous wrote: post #48

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Eh, I was until Feedly came along. It is really is just as good.

Feedly's use of whitespace bugs the crap out of me. I also don't like the behavior on the desktop as much. I much prefer Inoreader. https://www.inoreader.com

the big white bars in desktop? I'm okay with it. when reading, it is easier when the content is compacted. if the text was full length of a browser, supposedly it is harder to read or people lose interest. Now, youtube is video, so I'm not sure whats up with their white bars but I digress.

Re: Moving on from Picasa

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Post by balladeer »

tshtf wrote: post #40
anoonmoose wrote: post #30

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Your comment about the blog prompted me to go check the Google Voice blog...nothing since May 2013. Crap. I've been using, loving, and recommending GV since I started using it in 2010 when I got my first smartphone...one day they're just gonna up and shut down GV and not only will I lose a service I'm extremely fond of but I also won't get, you know, phone calls, because that's the number I've handed out for the last…

I ported my number out of Google Voice a couple of years ago. Some things to keep in mind with GV: * Your only form of "support", even when paying to port out a number, is a forum staffed entirely with volunteers. If you're actually using GV it's useful to read through here to see the trainwreck: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/voice * As the parent mentioned, the GV Blog is barren. * You're better off…

I am not from the USA. I have a GV number and I have been using it for a couple of years and it's super helpful. I am not sure how I can keep it once they shut GV down.
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