I've mentioned SmugMug a few times now, with the first reference on this blog back in 2004 (zoiks!). Now that we have the fancy Nikon D60 I thought I would give it a try. Some positives for me:
- Layouts - very nice selection, very rich, although the "themes" are a little weak on design. Seems a bit "geocities" for some of them.
- Extra Info - I like the extra info on the camera and other image deets
- I like the "hover" for voting a photo up or down
- I really like the fact that my visitors can download a high-res version for themselves
- Ability to play back video is pretty cool
Some negatives:
- Print prices are $.19 compared to $.14 at Costco.
- Too many uploader options. Which one should I use? I couldn't get the Simple one to work for me on my Del XPS, but it did work on my Dell XPS One desktop. Huh? Both ave Vista and IE7. I tried Firefox on the notebook and that didn't work either.
- How about a decent Facebook SmugMug app?
- How about a SmugMug upload from Windows Live Photo Gallery?
- I can't seem to upload home movies. I have a 200Mb WMV file and it uploads all the way but doesn't show up. Bummer.
I'll keep using it but I look forward to the improvements. Much better than Kodak/Ofoto for sure.
Quick update on SmugMug upload: the upcoming Windows Live Photo Gallery release, currently in beta, supports publishing plug-ins.
Omar Shahine has released his SmugMug publish plug-in here:
http://www.shahine.com/omar/PublishOnSmugMugForWindowsLivePhotoGallery.aspx
Cheers,
== Eric
Posted by: Eric Richards | September 26, 2008 at 10:23 AM
You can try SmugFoto for facebook, I've made a lot of new changes :).
Posted by: Troy | February 01, 2009 at 01:13 PM