orogeny wrote:I really like the layout of pbase, but I don't like the lack of response to requests for features. Little things like being able to upload directly from Lightroom. That feature makes using Flickr so easy versus having to manually convert a raw image as a jpg and manually uploading to pbase. Not only is Flickr easier, it is much faster.
I also don't like the size limit. Flickr is now giving 1 TB storage for free while we are paying $23/year for 1 GB. That is something I really don't understand.
I renewed my subscription this year, but this may be the last time. I don't look forward to closing my account. I have had a subscription since 2003.
Tim
I too am an old timer here and was just discussing with another pbase old timer friend over lunch our dread that pbase will close or sell, which would be a disaster for both of us aging retired non-teckie women. We both hate the other options, which are all corporate and huge.
When I was getting acquainted with Lightroom, I made a minor mistake trying to use Flickr temporarily for a small gallery to experiment with. Flickr went crazy and tried to take over all the photos on my HD and external HD. It was a horrid mess which Flickr made very hard for me to undo.
Yes, it would be more convenient to be able to upload from LR directly. However, LR doesn't have a provision for a 'holding place', a temporary storage folder, from which you can easily upload. $2 a month is not enough to cause me to go through all the aggravation involved in putting up with all the tricks these big companies have to keep you tied to them and their advertising income. I don't mind creating a compressible folder on my Mac which I can easily find and open in Photoshop for last minute tweaks if I want to before uploading to a new pbase gallery.
I like the capacity for sub-galleries here and that you can design your own sites with CSS. Maybe for those who just want a place to send people a link to see their recent snaps, Flickr's fine. My photos are a creative hobby and I care how they present. The 'latest' graphic styles--this new thing for a gazillion thumbnails helter-skelter on a page for those so hurried they don't want to pause and view one photo for a few precious seconds, comes to mind--leave me cold.
Unlike the Verizon or AT&T ad on TV with the little kids exuberating that 'fast is better' or 'more is better', to me, slow is just fine.