What features would the ideal pic hosting site have?

[notfred]

Development is beginning on the next version of Fox302.com. It's going to be new from the ground up. If you have any feature requests, get them in now.

 

[olds]

Pay me $1,000,000 for every pic I post.

 

[George P Burdell]

it would be have the word bbzzdd in the name?? jk.. the simpler it is to work a website, the more i like it.

 

[Anubis]

simple is key, user created albums is good, linking from sites is good

 

[jagec]

look at google's popularity for design advice, people prefer fast loading and simplistic interfaces to fancy eye-candy that takes forever.

Not to say that you should leave features out. But make sure it loads fast.

 

[notfred]

I'm getting the idea that "easy to use" is popular.

 

[yllus]

Upload a .ZIP file with picture files within. Server automatically unzips and adds the files within to your dir.

 

[Kelvrick]

ability to resize in browser.

file renaming, and being able to browse all of someone's pics.

simple and fast

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: yllus
Upload a .ZIP file with picture files within. Server automatically unzips and adds the files within to your dir.

fox302.com already does that.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: yllus
Upload a .ZIP file with picture files within. Server automatically unzips and adds the files within to your dir.

Step 1: Look at pbase.
Step 2: Copy
Enjoy!

 

[Tweak155]

pr0n seems to work well

 

[junthin]

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: yllus
Upload a .ZIP file with picture files within. Server automatically unzips and adds the files within to your dir.

Step 1: Look at pbase.
Step 2: Copy
Enjoy!

In addition to the above and copying pbase...

Stay as a "for free" site.
Hotlinking would be nice (but is bandwidth intensive for the servers).
Resize/rotate/crop online pictures (not neccessary but nice, will slow down servers as well ).
EXIF information is good.
Simple Interface.
Batch Renames.
Search Feature.
"Get Similar" Feature. (Click on a picture, and find similar pictures through fuzzy logic or matching faces/places).
Different browsing options (slideshow, X number of pics per page, all of pics on one page)
Built in Watermarking feature for users.

If I recall correctly, there's some opensource software that already does most of what I listed.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: junthin
Resize/rotate/crop online pictures (not neccessary but nice, will slow down servers as well ).

I had this functionality in the past, but no one used it.

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Support for SWF files.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: ming2020
Support for SWF files.

I'm planning on adding support for SVG files. I don't know about the implications of flash with it's built-in scripting and proprietary format. For instance - how does one create a thumbnail of a flash animation?

 

[Yossarian]

email alerts based on user-specified text in the file name... so I will immediately know when new Alba pics are uploaded.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: ming2020
Support for SWF files.

I'm planning on adding support for SVG files. I don't know about the implications of flash with it's built-in scripting and proprietary format. For instance - how does one create a thumbnail of a flash animation?

Two choices.

1. Extract first 'frame"
2. Show a generic Flash logo.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: ming2020
Support for SWF files.

I'm planning on adding support for SVG files. I don't know about the implications of flash with it's built-in scripting and proprietary format. For instance - how does one create a thumbnail of a flash animation?

Two choices.

1. Extract first 'frame"
2. Show a generic Flash logo.

I think generic flash logo would be best

 

[Tom]

beach cams !!

 

[JohnAn2112]

Originally posted by: Yossarian
email alerts based on user-specified text in the file name... so I will immediately know when new Alba pics are uploaded.

:thumbsup:

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: ZePHyRaNTHeS

Originally posted by: Yossarian
email alerts based on user-specified text in the file name... so I will immediately know when new Alba pics are uploaded.

:thumbsup:

That's actually a great idea!

 

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[AgaBoogaBoo]

I'll send you a link to what I like

 

[mb]

pbase for free would be nice!

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: ZePHyRaNTHeS

Originally posted by: Yossarian
email alerts based on user-specified text in the file name... so I will immediately know when new Alba pics are uploaded.

:thumbsup:

That's actually a great idea!

Agreed.