Through experimentation of each of these we rate them in this order
1. flickr (owned by Yahoo now) does include an iPhoto plugin to upload pictures
2. picasa (owned by Google now) does include an iPhoto plugin to upload pictures
3. photoworks - does include an iPhoto export assistant
4. shutterfly - does include an iPhoto export assistant
5. snapfish - does not include the ability to export pictures from iPhoto
Flickr is the leader when it comes to online photo storage and sharing (of course they do have the backing of Yahoo). Of course it does have its issues as I find it very cumbersome and not as easy to navigate as it should be. Why can't we create albums within albums... I miss that ability.
Picasa is very convenient being a part of my google account and I do so much with google now that I would love to use them as my photo warehouse as well but they lack a lot of features that flickr has. Also not sure if I am a big fan of them sending the photos to another vendor (right now its shutterfly or photoworks) to have them printed. So its almost like google knows they can manage the pictures better but someone else can take care of the printing. We have had very bad luck with quality pictures coming from shutterfly and do not recommend them what so ever.
Photoworks is a nice system that I wish I would like more but they have a lot of restrictions on space and similar items where flickr and picasa are pretty much wide open.
2 comments:
Hello,
You forgot Pikeo in your comparision. Actually its a good mixture because you have 1GB free stockage and you can print your photos because they started a new partnership with photobox!
Have a look at: http://liip.to/pikeo
Will have to check it out. If it supports uploading photos from my mac and my windows then it will be more appealing.
Both Picasa and Flickr both support uploading from your machine (mainly my mac/iPhoto).
Always open to new and better so thanks for the info.
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