ArticlesWhich requirements does Photobucket meet?
| Id | Pri | Requirement | Pass? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | C | Accessible by a typical web-browser | Y | |
| GEN2 | I | Active development of new features | Y | |
| OWN1 | C | Ownership of photos is retained by me. | N | Keep a copy |
| OWN2 | C | Future-proofed against money running out: mine or yours | N | |
| OWN3 | I | Ownership of meta-data is retained by me. | N | Keep a copy |
| CAT1 | C | Photographs grouped into albums by event | Y | |
| CAT2 | C | Photographs tagged with people | Y | |
| CAT3 | I | Photographs tagged with locations, objects, activities | Y | |
| CAT4 | I | Performers tagged with real and stage names. | Y | |
| CAT5 | I | Attribution of photographer details | N? | |
| CAT6 | I | Attribution of copyright owner’s details | N? | |
| CAT7 | I | Rating of photographs | N | |
| CAT8 | I | Sorting/Filtering by rating | N | |
| CAT9 | D | Albums grouped by type | N | |
| CAT10 | D | Albums grouped by date | N | |
| CAT11 | D | Areas or points of photograph tagged | Y | |
| CAT12 | D | Simple contact management of subjects | Y | |
| CAT13 | D | Hidden fields on contacts to distinguish like-named people | N | |
| CAT14 | D | Tagging of anonymous people to enable searching | N | |
| CAT15 | D | Corrections to names update everywhere | N | |
| CAT16 | D | Attribution of copyright details | N | |
| CAT17 | D | Control over (default) ordering | Y | |
| S+L1 | C | Link to other photos with same tag within an album | Y | |
| S+L2 | I | Associate URLs with subjects, that are displayed. | Y | |
| S+L3 | I | Link to other photos with same tag across my albums | Y | |
| S+L4 | I | Search of tags by keyword | Y | |
| S+L5 | I | Cross-promotion of other albums and sites. | N | |
| S+L6 | D | Link to other photos with same tag across other photo sites | N | |
| S+L7 | D | Search of album names by keyword | Y | |
| S+L8 | D | User-generatable URLs to search tags by keyword | N | |
| COMM1 | D | Multi-user Tagging | N | |
| COMM2 | D | Notifications of appearance in photos | Y | |
| COMM3 | D | Comments permitted | Y | |
| COMM4 | D | Notification of comments | Y | |
| COMM5 | D | RSS or Atom Feeds for comments | ? | |
| COMM6 | D | RSS or Atom Feeds for subjects | ? | |
| COMM7 | D | RSS or Atom Feeds for new photos | Y | |
| PQ1 | C | Web-quality images shall be displayed by default. | Y | |
| PQ2 | I | Print-quality images shall be available. | Y | |
| PQ3 | I | Automatically generated thumbnail and web-quality versions. | Y | |
| PQ4 | D | Archive-quality images shall be stored. | N | 5 MB limit |
| PQ5 | D | Custom thumbnails (e.g. choosing to crop over shrinking.) | N? | |
| PQ6 | D | Support for short video | Y | |
| PQ7 | D | Support for long video | N | |
| PERF1 | I | Quota > 0.5 TB, if any | N | 10 GB |
| PERF2 | I | Low-cost | N | $US40 p.a. |
| PERF3 | I | Fast response time | N | |
| PERF4 | I | Scale to thousands of tags | ||
| PERF5 | I | < 1 minute face-time per photograph | N | |
| PERF6 | D | Free | N | |
| UI1 | C | Forward/Backward navigation between photos in album. | Y | |
| UI2 | D | Slideshows | Y | Limited to 100 photos |
| UI3 | D | Display of many thumbnails at once | Y | |
| PRIV1 | C | Their email address should never be published on the web. | Y | |
| PRIV2 | I | Registration and logging in not required for general use. | Y | |
| PRIV3 | I | Robust privacy features for photographs | ? | |
| WF1 | I | Hint to original location on my harddrive | N | |
| WF2 | I | Auto-complete or partial search on tags during input | ? | |
| WF3 | D | Read EXIF data from image | N | |
| WF4 | D | Support unpublished draft state | ? | |
| MIGR1 | C | API to add photos | Y | |
| MIGR2 | C | API to add tags | Y | |
| MIGR3 | I | Tags can be non-specific to areas of photo | Y | |
| METR1 | D | “How many visitors?” metric | N | |
| METR2 | D | “How long does a visitor stay?†metric | N |
Summary
Apparently, this is a popular photo site. They give free accounts (with advertising, 1 GB limit) or Pro accounts for $40 p.a (10 GB limit).
Maybe I am being unfair because it is late…
Maybe I am being unfair because I am evaluating the advertising-funded trial version, rather than the final result…
… but my eyes were watering looking at the site. It was cluttered and filled with flashing adverts and other attention-grabbing items. I think Photobucket probably works well as a host for your individual images, but not as a host for your albums.
Bonus points, however, for being the only site so far that let you tag a picture with a user id from another site, or with a straight URL.
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