Back to SmugMug

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.