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It's funny how the article glosses over smugmug and almost make them sound like some company that didn't know about this space. Smugmug was there from the begin

It's funny how the article glosses over smugmug and almost make them sound like some company that didn't know about this space. Smugmug was there from the beginning and always was the "better flickr", except they did not have (or only very limited, don't quite remember) free accounts. Now smugmug was never aiming to create a social network, but instead wanted to create a website for photographers to exhibit and share their photos. IIRC they grew slowly and never had big VC investments, but are definitely very good at what they do, it's just not a photo sharing service for the masses.

mthoms 5y ago
Smugmug was pretty cool except for the Comic Sans (-ish) logo. That thing was so hideous and amateur many people just didn't take them seriously.
- DonHopkins 5y ago
  Hey, I shipped a game that used Comic Sans all throughout, and it did ok in spite of the ugly font! https://www.reddit.com/r/thesims/comments/awrb09/just_a_friendly_reminder_that_sims_1_used_comic/ https://www.reddit.com/r/thesims/comments/awrb09/just_a_frie... Slack (which was founded by the same founder as Flickr, Stewart Butterfield) seems to be doing ok with their Penis Swastika Logo, so it just goes to show how hard it is to predict which designs will be popular. https://boingboing.net/2019/01/16/slacks-new-logo-is-a-playdoh.html https://boingboing.net/2019/01/16/slacks-new-logo-is-a-playd... It could be worse: Wingdings redrawn in the style of Comic Sans to create the "worst font ever": https://boingboing.net/2021/12/29/wingdings-redrawn-in-the-style-of-comic-sans-to-create-the-worst-font-ever.html https://boingboing.net/2021/12/29/wingdings-redrawn-in-the-s... "Comic Dings" Font Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATI2q7M_eMU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATI2q7M_eMU
  - mthoms 5y ago
    Right you are about Sims 1... and I did love that game! Kudos. Wingdings as Comic Sans is indeed the stuff of nightmares. I'll be lucky to sleep tonight :-)

mthoms 5y ago

Smugmug was pretty cool except for the Comic Sans (-ish) logo. That thing was so hideous and amateur many people just didn't take them seriously.

DonHopkins 5y ago
Hey, I shipped a game that used Comic Sans all throughout, and it did ok in spite of the ugly font! https://www.reddit.com/r/thesims/comments/awrb09/just_a_friendly_reminder_that_sims_1_used_comic/ https://www.reddit.com/r/thesims/comments/awrb09/just_a_frie... Slack (which was founded by the same founder as Flickr, Stewart Butterfield) seems to be doing ok with their Penis Swastika Logo, so it just goes to show how hard it is to predict which designs will be popular. https://boingboing.net/2019/01/16/slacks-new-logo-is-a-playdoh.html https://boingboing.net/2019/01/16/slacks-new-logo-is-a-playd... It could be worse: Wingdings redrawn in the style of Comic Sans to create the "worst font ever": https://boingboing.net/2021/12/29/wingdings-redrawn-in-the-style-of-comic-sans-to-create-the-worst-font-ever.html https://boingboing.net/2021/12/29/wingdings-redrawn-in-the-s... "Comic Dings" Font Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATI2q7M_eMU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATI2q7M_eMU
- mthoms 5y ago
  Right you are about Sims 1... and I did love that game! Kudos. Wingdings as Comic Sans is indeed the stuff of nightmares. I'll be lucky to sleep tonight :-)