A view on Yahoo! photos
We are almost in the middle of April so, like many others, i was wondering what was happening with the new Yahoo Photos that Techcrunch first talked about. It's probably just a small delay, there's nothing surprising here, but it made me look back at the presentation of the product made at demo06.
I have to say, Will Aldrich is good, the message is clear, simple and repeated several times in the few minutes they have... and overall i couldn't agree more with it:
- Enhancing the web with the power of a desktop UI
- Bringing tagging to the mass market
- Increasing the importance of a user's community
These are messages we have had in the back of our heads since we began working on pikeo. And if you tried it, hopefully you saw it.
One feature i particularly like is the smart album that gets updated automatically. The plus is the fact that you can automatically add pictures from your contacts in there, "provided that everybody shares the same tag" says Will. Well it's a big "IF" and relying solely on the users to make it work is a small shortcoming.
We have had such a feature for quite a while now, with the purpose of easily sharing the trips we do together. That's why helping you tag your pictures with recommendations coming also from your contacts is a big plus for us. It is here to help you use the same tags as your community, thus making the smart album work better.
Overall though, it is great that companies like Yahoo! introduce tagging to their mass market photo service. It means the market acceptance is getting there.
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