Picasa Web Albums

Google has released a new Picasa feature on a first-come, first-serve basis: Picasa Web Albums. With Picasa Web Albums, you can have one-click access to upload photos to the web by using Picasa’s new "Web Album" button. The albums offer enough free storage space to post and share about 1000 photos (250 MB), with the option to upgrade to more space. (The rate will be $25/year for 6 more gigs of storage.) Unlike flickr, that 250 MB is a storage space limit, not a bandwidth limit on uploads (flickr’s free account limits you to 20 MB bandwidth limit per month), so flickr wins for me there. On the other hand, a free account at flickr only displays the 200 most recent photos uploaded…although older ones aren’t deleted, they don’t display in your list of photos unless you upgrade to a pay account. Picasa Web Albums’ user interface claims to offer quick scrolling using arrow keys, and will mimic a desktop experience of "flipping" through photos. (That’s a desktop experience? More like a real life experience…) Also, with Picasa Web Albums, you can easily share your photos via email; you can email a link to your photos, albums, or gallery just by clicking the "share" button. Sign up for an invite to Picasa Web Albums today! It sounds like it’s worth checking out.

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