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> Currently Google’s Picasa and Yahoo’s Flickr lack the same openness What lack of openness exactly? I can go to Picasa at any time and download a fully origin

by laureny 14y ago

> Currently Google’s Picasa and Yahoo’s Flickr lack the same openness What lack of openness exactly? I can go to Picasa at any time and download a fully original picture (the very same picture I uploaded to Google's servers). I also have an API I can use to access Picasa and Flickr. > With all of the above reasons in mind and all the features that are being added its going to be hard to find any reason not to use OpenPhoto. Yeah, Linux has been using the same tired argument for a couple of decades now. The bottom line is that "it's open and free" is not enough to convince millions of users to use your product. > Note: I’m currently a member of the OpenPhoto Team Ah... ok, I wish I had read this first and I wouldn't even have bothered posting this.

jmathai 14y ago
> What lack of openness exactly? I believe the openness the author is talking about isn't merely the ability to get a photo back out. It's the ability to have your photos be portable. That you have the ability to store the photos wherever you'd like. And the ability for anyone else to clone and modify the application. And your ability to seamlessly start using that without having to download and upload your photos all over again. Much of it is philosophical but if Flickr had embraced this model it wouldn't have stagnated for the last 5 years. > Yeah, Linux ... I know. We're trying to move away from open and free. In 4 weeks the name won't even have "Open" in it. > Ah... ok, I wish I had read this first and I wouldn't even have bothered posting this. Don't let this discredit the entire article. Even if you disagree with it there's some very forward thinking approaches to how to store and handle user data. The web would be a better place if applications in the future at least adopted parts of it. Disclaimer: I started this thing.

by laureny 14y ago

jmathai 14y ago

> What lack of openness exactly? I believe the openness the author is talking about isn't merely the ability to get a photo back out. It's the ability to have your photos be portable. That you have the ability to store the photos wherever you'd like. And the ability for anyone else to clone and modify the application. And your ability to seamlessly start using that without having to download and upload your photos all over again. Much of it is philosophical but if Flickr had embraced this model it wouldn't have stagnated for the last 5 years. > Yeah, Linux ... I know. We're trying to move away from open and free. In 4 weeks the name won't even have "Open" in it. > Ah... ok, I wish I had read this first and I wouldn't even have bothered posting this. Don't let this discredit the entire article. Even if you disagree with it there's some very forward thinking approaches to how to store and handle user data. The web would be a better place if applications in the future at least adopted parts of it. Disclaimer: I started this thing.