Comments on: Bubbleshare: Photo Sharing Community

By: Silly Wampa :: Bubbleshare Photo Sharing site :: June :: 2006

Silly Wampa :: Bubbleshare Photo Sharing site :: June :: 2006 — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 19:32:16 +0000

[...] I came across this site this week, BubbleShare. It’s yet another photo-sharing web site. I learned about it thanks to an article on Ajaxian. It’s got a lot of DHTML and AJAX so it’s generating a lot of buzz from that. It’s a very simple site. No real customization options available. The site is in Beta, but if they really want to get people to stick around and distinguish themselves amongst all the other sites, they need to add the ability to create themes and change colors and layouts. [...]

By: immobile hessen

immobile hessen — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:14:43 +0000

i never saw something like that before. flickr is an alternative but not as good as bubbleshare. its more fun

By: immobile hessen

immobile hessen — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:09:37 +0000

thats an awesome website. nice !

By: Eduo

Eduo — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:53:38 +0000

To be completely fair, Flickr has had an iPhoto plug-in (produced by a third-party, yes, but sanctioned by Flickr) since almost the beginning.

Gallery2 (gallery.sf.net) has one as well, although it plays in a whole different league.

By: Danny

Danny — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:14:14 +0000

Bryan, I’ve seen other ways of batch uploading too. Check out Fotki.com, they’ve got Java and FTP uploaders (besides regular ActiveX). Well, they probably not that “web2.0′ish”, but I’d take convenience first.

By: blextar

blextar — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:07:41 +0000

Ben: you’re right, i forgot to count you.
Phil Ridlen: I’m also very excited to see where all these BETAs go, and actually a loooot of very good stuff is being produced :) !! But I’m also worried of all the trash that can come from this endless flow of new apps, where it seems that being “cool” is becoming more important that being “well done”. This is just a consideration of mine, anyway. And well, the term ‘idiots’ is surely an exageration, I’m sorry.

By: Bryan Buchs

Bryan Buchs — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:00:14 +0000

The multiple-file-upload function is pretty awsome. Depending on your browser, you either get an ActiveX control (yuck) or a hidden Flash movie that is controlled by Javascript. I’m still working on reverse-engineering it, but there are some articles around the web on using a 100% flash solution to do batch uploads.

By: Phil Ridlen

Phil Ridlen — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:33:10 +0000

The other upload methods are cool, as well. It just works so smoothly. If more web apps start using the “use our service first, then sign up” method, I’m definitely going to have some “getting used to” to do.

@blextar: I agree that there are far too many “betas” out there. However, I disagree with you calling them idiots. Many of these beta apps are really quite inventive and I’m really excited to see where they go. And as far as the “beta” tag goes, I think that mostly has to do with the fact that these technologies are really just beginning to be standardized, so people will feel more comfortable (or less angry, take your pick) if their web app doesn’t behave the way they want it to if it says “beta” on it. Remember Google Local was in beta for quite a long time, and GMail is still in “beta,” even though thousands of people use it as their primary e-mail account.

BTW, I just noticed the live preview. Pretty sweet.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:52:30 +0000

Thomas: You’re a tease, man. Can’t wait to play with Fluxiom myself.

blextar: +1, dude.

By: blextar

blextar — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:47:24 +0000

I HATE BETAs!!! BETAs are everywhere! Every darn web2.0 app is a BETA! It was nice in the beginning, but now it’s just becoming an irritating lack of fantasy?! ..why is the world inhabited by 6 bilions of idiots producings BETA’s apps??
..well, beside that, cool app.

By: Thomas Fuchs

Thomas Fuchs — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:37:50 +0000

Ha, be sure to check out the fluxiom.com video… ;)