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The seamless chain is actually what people like about the site. It ends up in grandma's inbox in the best possible way. Embarrassingly, the camera-to-internet
by brlewis 19y ago
The seamless chain is actually what people like about the site. It ends up in grandma's inbox in the best possible way.
Embarrassingly, the camera-to-internet part of the chain is only seamless on Windows right now. It's a little more manual on Linux and OSX. Still, I'm questioning now whether it's another improvement that the site needs, or if it's marketing.
There are even photo frames that support media RSS, so the chain to grandma doesn't have to involve email. I actually give two Media RSS feeds--one text+photos, one photos only.
Further, if grandma is comfortable clicking buttons on web pages, she can take over from mom and dad the job of picking good pictures from among many that were taken. Mom or dad just needs to turn on the option.
- dkokelley 19y agoYou know, I would even remove the linux option from view. I doubt that your customers (busy parents) will be dealing with linux installations. Here's another though I had. Is there a simple rss reader that the grandmothers could install? (I apologize to all who are offended by the term 'grandmothers.' I mean it with the most respect and only to represent the non-technical picture receivers.) You could build something that automatically sends the pictures to the end-user's desktop. Maybe something similar to MSFTs and Google's sidebar program that cycles through the images on the server. Not only does it make the process of receiving photos from loved ones simple (once the program is installed the user only has to wait for their family to upload new images), but it's also a feature that is almost newsworthy and certainly an advantage over the recognized competitors. You could even rotate in advertisements between photos for free accounts.