Picasaweb, Google+ and link-to-photo
 

Am I being thick (usually am) or is it impossible to create a link to a
single photo in a Google Picasaweb album?

Used to be able to with with old Google photos but since getting a Google+
account, viewing a photo is now an Ajax "pop up"... Google ironically is not
my friend...


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Picasaweb, Google+ and link-to-photo
 

Its crap. They seem to be now inventing things like wheels but square not
round. They no doubtlook nice but are impractical for many users.
Brian

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"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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Am I being thick (usually am) or is it impossible to create a link to a
single photo in a Google Picasaweb album?

Used to be able to with with old Google photos but since getting a Google+
account, viewing a photo is now an Ajax "pop up"... Google ironically is
not
my friend...


--
Tim Watts

Picasaweb, Google+ and link-to-photo
 

Tim Watts wrote:

Am I being thick (usually am) or is it impossible to create a link to a
single photo in a Google Picasaweb album?

Used to be able to with with old Google photos but since getting a Google+
account, viewing a photo is now an Ajax "pop up"... Google ironically is
not my friend...



Following up - the only "solution" seems to be hit the photo's Share button,
add my own email address and then pick up the URL from the email. Seems a
faff...

Can everyone see this link? :

https://plus.google.com/104984236185...?gpinv=AMIXal-
_6VH_KDY71lL3fwdqksfQZhXrZPUMj4nrb6-3XdmNXl3df7-
MdXWMXIPz89KhliQjEC0kEwthnpbJYloKrTC8QkRXYYwQJ-6wDmqQ_TYuDjzHUMY&hl=en_GB


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Tim Watts

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Tim Watts wrote:

is it impossible to create a link to a
single photo in a Google Picasaweb album?

Can't see any way OTHER than delving into the source of the page, e.g.

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5ySbISGdPYQ/TvQ7QFl7QVI/AAAAAAAAPzk/FiuxGIkDBBY/s400/20090422204726.jpg

Used to be able to with with old Google photos but since getting a Google+
account, viewing a photo is now an Ajax "pop up"...

You can SHARE it with others, but that assumes they're G+ users in one
of your circles.

Picasaweb, Google+ and link-to-photo
 

Tim Watts wrote:
Tim Watts wrote:

Am I being thick (usually am) or is it impossible to create a link to a
single photo in a Google Picasaweb album?

Used to be able to with with old Google photos but since getting a Google+
account, viewing a photo is now an Ajax "pop up"... Google ironically is
not my friend...



Following up - the only "solution" seems to be hit the photo's Share button,
add my own email address and then pick up the URL from the email. Seems a
faff...

Can everyone see this link? :

https://plus.google.com/104984236185...?gpinv=AMIXal-
_6VH_KDY71lL3fwdqksfQZhXrZPUMj4nrb6-3XdmNXl3df7-
MdXWMXIPz89KhliQjEC0kEwthnpbJYloKrTC8QkRXYYwQJ-6wDmqQ_TYuDjzHUMY&hl=en_GB


Only by cutting and pasting into the address box. It's broken by a line
wrap.

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Picasaweb, Google+ and link-to-photo
 

On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:01:35 +0000
Tim Watts wrote:

Tim Watts wrote:

Am I being thick (usually am) or is it impossible to create a link
to a single photo in a Google Picasaweb album?

Used to be able to with with old Google photos but since getting a
Google+ account, viewing a photo is now an Ajax "pop up"... Google
ironically is not my friend...



Following up - the only "solution" seems to be hit the photo's Share
button, add my own email address and then pick up the URL from the
email. Seems a faff...

Can everyone see this link? :

https://plus.google.com/104984236185...?gpinv=AMIXal-
_6VH_KDY71lL3fwdqksfQZhXrZPUMj4nrb6-3XdmNXl3df7-
MdXWMXIPz89KhliQjEC0kEwthnpbJYloKrTC8QkRXYYwQJ-6wDmqQ_TYuDjzHUMY&hl=en_GB



I was caught out by the same thing: I had tested the one-picture system
once, and later, I tried to do it for more, and it wouldn't work, I
could only link to the whole album.

Your link above could be shortened by creating a tinyurl, that would
make it manageable.
http://tinyurl.com/btwb4b6

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Andy Burns wrote:

Tim Watts wrote:

is it impossible to create a link to a
single photo in a Google Picasaweb album?

Can't see any way OTHER than delving into the source of the page, e.g.


http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5ySbISGdPYQ/TvQ7QFl7QVI/AAAAAAAAPzk/FiuxGIkDBBY/s400/20090422204726.jpg

Used to be able to with with old Google photos but since getting a
Google+ account, viewing a photo is now an Ajax "pop up"...

You can SHARE it with others, but that assumes they're G+ users in one
of your circles.

Thanks to everyone for confirming I'm not mad...


The main attraction for Google was Picasa as a way to organise stuff offline
and then sync (ie when I am jacked into a gig link at work).

But they seem to have truely f**ked up PicasaWeb. As you noticed, it is
optimised for G+ sharing and bugger all else.

And the URLs suck.

Been playing with Flickr and am trying dfo for linux as a picasa alternative
- unfortunately, seems to crash on trying to upload anything :(


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Tim Watts

Picasaweb, Google+ and link-to-photo
 

On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:54:20 +0000, Tim Watts
wrote:

Used to be able to with with old Google photos but since getting a Google+
account, viewing a photo is now an Ajax "pop up"... Google ironically is not
my friend...

View page source and try to hook out the pic/pop-up referrer - works
sometimes.
Does the old method still work if you log in with a different browser
that doesn't know about your G+ account?

Picasaweb, Google+ and link-to-photo
 

In article , Tim Watts
writes

The main attraction for Google was Picasa as a way to organise stuff offline
and then sync (ie when I am jacked into a gig link at work).

But they seem to have truely f**ked up PicasaWeb. As you noticed, it is
optimised for G+ sharing and bugger all else.

And the URLs suck.

Been playing with Flickr and am trying dfo for linux as a picasa alternative
- unfortunately, seems to crash on trying to upload anything :(

Purely as a user, if I see a link to oics on Picasa I usually don't
bother, I don't see why I should need to turn on javascript,
referrer.logging, automatic redirection, probably flash too and use a
secure connection just to view a few pics.

That is just me of course.
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it's a ba-na-na . . . .

Picasaweb, Google+ and link-to-photo
 

On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:22:27 +0000, fred wrote:

Purely as a user, if I see a link to oics on Picasa I usually don't
bother, I don't see why I should need to turn on javascript,
referrer.logging, automatic redirection, probably flash too and use a
secure connection just to view a few pics.

+1 flickr isn't as nice as it was, the amount of scripting that goes
on rose quite steeply a while back which slows it down.

Just to have a public place to bung an image with a direct link to
that image tinypic.com is probably the best.

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Picasaweb, Google+ and link-to-photo
 

Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:22:27 +0000, fred wrote:

Purely as a user, if I see a link to oics on Picasa I usually don't
bother, I don't see why I should need to turn on javascript,
referrer.logging, automatic redirection, probably flash too and use a
secure connection just to view a few pics.

+1 flickr isn't as nice as it was, the amount of scripting that goes
on rose quite steeply a while back which slows it down.

Pity on all fronts...

Picasa is quite nice in that you an point it at your local primary store of
photos, arroungs into albums and sync the albums you want upto google which
is useful for forming public collections. You can do loads of picasa stuff
offline, like captions and sync whne convenient.

But in tying it into G+, Google have ****ed the web side right over.
Something with the model of Google Calendar would be far more useful -
proper permissions handling and simple linking.

Flickr is better on those fronts, but do not have a decent linux offline
app.

Just to have a public place to bung an image with a direct link to
that image tinypic.com is probably the best.


Yes. But it's not good fo rmy useage model where I want to keep a few albums
of select stuff online.


Cheers,

Tim

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Picasaweb, Google+ and link-to-photo
 

On Dec 23, 10:54*am, Tim Watts wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Tim Watts wrote:

is it impossible to create a link to a
single photo in a Google Picasaweb album?

Can't see any way OTHER than delving into the source of the page, e.g.

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5ySbISGdPYQ/TvQ7QFl7QVI/AAAAAAAAPzk...



Used to be able to with with old Google photos but since getting a
Google+ account, viewing a photo is now an Ajax "pop up"...

You can SHARE it with others, but that assumes they're G+ users in one
of your circles.

Thanks to everyone for confirming I'm not mad...

The main attraction for Google was Picasa as a way to organise stuff offline
and then sync (ie when I am jacked into a gig link at work).

But they seem to have truely f**ked up PicasaWeb. As you noticed, it is
optimised for G+ sharing and bugger all else.

And the URLs suck.

Been playing with Flickr and am trying dfo for linux as a picasa alternative
- unfortunately, seems to crash on trying to upload anything :(

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