What’s the big deal about Flickr? Why has it become the highly-touted photo storing, sharing site of choice? Turnoff number one – requirement for a Yahoo account – who needs yet another email account? Turnoff number two – difficulty in acquiring a Yahoo account. The zip code for Bel Air was repeatedly rejected as not being a postal code for this country. (After many attempts, I ended up using a Michigan zip.) Then the RECOMMENDED login name was rejected as having already been taken. At this point, I decided to look at similar products, Google’s Picasa for one. A search on flickr vs picasa 2007 resulted in a number of postings praising Picasa’s photo management capabilities, but especially Flickr’s focus on community and the size of that community. A thorough and informed description of similar services can be found here:
http://www.jasonmorrison.net/content/2007/picasa-vs-iphoto-vs-flickr-vs-panoramio/
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Thanks for sharing your authentic frustration. Initially, I hated that Yahoo thing too. Eventually, because I use it so much, it has become an automatic login, and now I don't worry about it. Thanks for checking into Picasa.
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