Why pay for PBase anymore?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:35 pm
After trying Flickr, Photobucket, and occasionally several other hosting sites, I finally gave up and starting dumping all of my files on PBase. Topping my list of complaints:
Slow user interfaces. I don't want drop-down menus, flashy animations, "Web 2.0" social-networking silliness, inline image alteration functions, drag-and-drop sorting with thumbnails that are so small that they are meaningless, or anything else that isn't essential. I just want the images to be uploaded, in the order that I had them on my hard drive, now.
Non-compliant HTML windowing. When I resize my browser window, I expect that the Web page will also be resized to fit. I don't have a 30-inch HDTV for a monitor. I don't want fixed-width pages that require horizontal scrolling.
Non-compliant text. When I ask for text to be enlarged, I expect that the text and any tables will be resized to fit that enlarged text. I don't want to be forced to view text at a size that is unreadable or that doesn't fit in the window.
Uploading complications. I want a simple FTP or HTTP upload method that accepts ZIP packages. These "Java-enabled" uploaders are totally unreliable. They keep stalling and crashing, and using too many system resources. I would often leave an upload running only to find out that the browser locked-up and that the upload was cancelled.
Upload size limits. If I want to upload a large image set, just accept it and display it. Don't tell me that uploads can only be a particular size, especially after I have waited hours for the upload to finish.
Inconsistent viewing options. I want to display images in multiple sizes for users with different requirements. I expect that if I ask for a Large size image, that all images will be displayed that size. What these other sites do is force the user to click through multiple steps of buttons and drop-down menus to view a different size of the images, for every image that is viewed.
Virtual window outputs. The displayed images should be sent from the image server and displayed in HTML. The images should not be in a virtual window frame that is laden with JavaScript, fading in and blocking the rest of the page, and then floating around the window and including drop-down and pop-up menus on it.
These are most of the reasons why I keep renewing at PBase. Please maintain this way of simplicity.
Slow user interfaces. I don't want drop-down menus, flashy animations, "Web 2.0" social-networking silliness, inline image alteration functions, drag-and-drop sorting with thumbnails that are so small that they are meaningless, or anything else that isn't essential. I just want the images to be uploaded, in the order that I had them on my hard drive, now.
Non-compliant HTML windowing. When I resize my browser window, I expect that the Web page will also be resized to fit. I don't have a 30-inch HDTV for a monitor. I don't want fixed-width pages that require horizontal scrolling.
Non-compliant text. When I ask for text to be enlarged, I expect that the text and any tables will be resized to fit that enlarged text. I don't want to be forced to view text at a size that is unreadable or that doesn't fit in the window.
Uploading complications. I want a simple FTP or HTTP upload method that accepts ZIP packages. These "Java-enabled" uploaders are totally unreliable. They keep stalling and crashing, and using too many system resources. I would often leave an upload running only to find out that the browser locked-up and that the upload was cancelled.
Upload size limits. If I want to upload a large image set, just accept it and display it. Don't tell me that uploads can only be a particular size, especially after I have waited hours for the upload to finish.
Inconsistent viewing options. I want to display images in multiple sizes for users with different requirements. I expect that if I ask for a Large size image, that all images will be displayed that size. What these other sites do is force the user to click through multiple steps of buttons and drop-down menus to view a different size of the images, for every image that is viewed.
Virtual window outputs. The displayed images should be sent from the image server and displayed in HTML. The images should not be in a virtual window frame that is laden with JavaScript, fading in and blocking the rest of the page, and then floating around the window and including drop-down and pop-up menus on it.
These are most of the reasons why I keep renewing at PBase. Please maintain this way of simplicity.