I use flickr, but not as a general presentation site for all the reasons you mention. However, it uses RSS to allow people to get feeds of pictures for usage elsewhere - for example I use livejournal to consolidate lots of websites i read on a daily basis (because I forget to read them if they're not all in one place) as well as to inform me of updates. I have a feed from flickr for my contacts' photos as well as for any tags and fora i am interested in (I did look at every photo marked with the tag London for a while until I saw so many pictures of big ben that i almost started vomiting blood). Some of the picture communities on flickr are quite lively as well - but i think this an example of the difference between photo.net and flickr.
Photo.net seems to be a place to display pictures, flickr is a community website that has its focus on pictures. Flickr also has a focus on playing with new tech - such as the RSS, the tagging and the picture annotations. It has it's place, but I agree that for people who have slower machines or don't want the extra frills it's not going to work. billy (cowfish on flickr) On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 07:48:50 -0800, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, Frank .... > > I've got a new, Captain Marvel Whiz Bang machine, and Flickr is a PITA for > me as well. I'll only put up with it for Juan's photos and yours because I > know the results will interest me, but I won't put up with the site in most > instances. > > Shel > > > [Original Message] > > From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > The problem I'm having with Flickr is that it takes a long time to > > upload photos, and when I go there to view, it takes a long time to > > load other folk's photos. I assume that's in some part due to the > > fact that I'm using somewhat older computer (like maybe 3 or 4 years > > old?). > > -- Billy Abbott Photography - http://www.cowfish.org.uk/paw/
