Decisions, Decisions
Every so often in a persons life, they encounter real, life-changing, agonizing decisions that need to be made. Decisions where there seems to be no right answer and your destiny lays in the balance. THIS is not one of those decisions. I nevertheless happily agonized over it this morning.
Smugmug or Flickr
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I know.
Okay first of all, they are both quirky, with odd hiccups you can encounter along the way. Still, there's no denying that smugmug has a nicer layout and some neat little features - and Flickr? They have the power of popularity. Try searching for "oscon 2007" on flickr and smugmug and you'll see what I mean. I'm not sure thats enough though. In fact I must confess myself to be completely charmed by smugmugs personality. Who couldn't be after reading a completely unpretentious blog from the owner concerning the direction of smugmug? Not to mention the wonderful dedication to customer service. No! I declare them to be the adorable twin of emma in the picture storage world, and I'm not sure I can resist setting up camp with them. I have a 14 day trial going for now though - and I hope to hear from all of you what you think of either service.
Kim's Flickr!
Kim's Smugmug! (only good for 14 days unless I renew)
Whooooo wants to test out embedded slideshows?
Interesting. Flickr doesn't really seem all that helpful here.
Smugmug?
Holy crap. Am I really asking anything SO WEIRD here?
Well this is kind of blowing my mind. Surely I've just overlooked the way to get to it. Errr... Picassa?
Interesting. Well done, Picassa. Maybe I've also overlooked a third competitor in this heated debate.
Now I do realize that abusing the embedded slideshow may be the 2k equivalent of animated gifs and blinking text - but c'mon. When used with restraint it's not *so* bad. Is it? I just decided to give myself a chuckle and googled "web design sins" Awesome. Indeed, www.webpagesthatsuck.com completely cracked me up - not only for their commentary but the fact that they openly confess to sucking.
Head over to the checklist and get a giggle for yourself. My particular favorites are the checklists for text/links and graphics/audio. Classic. Then, if you haven't laughed enough, check out his awards for the worst of 2k6. My picks:
INCREDIBLE.
Smugmug or Flickr
???? ?? ? ??????? ?
I know.
Okay first of all, they are both quirky, with odd hiccups you can encounter along the way. Still, there's no denying that smugmug has a nicer layout and some neat little features - and Flickr? They have the power of popularity. Try searching for "oscon 2007" on flickr and smugmug and you'll see what I mean. I'm not sure thats enough though. In fact I must confess myself to be completely charmed by smugmugs personality. Who couldn't be after reading a completely unpretentious blog from the owner concerning the direction of smugmug? Not to mention the wonderful dedication to customer service. No! I declare them to be the adorable twin of emma in the picture storage world, and I'm not sure I can resist setting up camp with them. I have a 14 day trial going for now though - and I hope to hear from all of you what you think of either service.
Kim's Flickr!
Kim's Smugmug! (only good for 14 days unless I renew)
Whooooo wants to test out embedded slideshows?
Interesting. Flickr doesn't really seem all that helpful here.
Smugmug?
Holy crap. Am I really asking anything SO WEIRD here?
Well this is kind of blowing my mind. Surely I've just overlooked the way to get to it. Errr... Picassa?
Interesting. Well done, Picassa. Maybe I've also overlooked a third competitor in this heated debate.
Now I do realize that abusing the embedded slideshow may be the 2k equivalent of animated gifs and blinking text - but c'mon. When used with restraint it's not *so* bad. Is it? I just decided to give myself a chuckle and googled "web design sins" Awesome. Indeed, www.webpagesthatsuck.com completely cracked me up - not only for their commentary but the fact that they openly confess to sucking.
"Yes, WebPagesThatSuck.com fails to pass the checklist. The site's design has always sucked."
Head over to the checklist and get a giggle for yourself. My particular favorites are the checklists for text/links and graphics/audio. Classic. Then, if you haven't laughed enough, check out his awards for the worst of 2k6. My picks:
Winner in category "Site Most Like A Monty Python Skit" — Association of International Glaucoma Societiesand finally:
Winner in Category "I Have More Links Than God" — HRODC
Winner in Category "We're Back in 1995" — NEIU Foreign Exchange Lab
INCREDIBLE.
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