Comments on: Why I Like SmugMug http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/ Adobe, Technology, Photography, Aviation and other Ramblings Tue, 15 May 2012 19:46:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tummy Tuck Before And After http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-108158 Tummy Tuck Before And After Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:55:00 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-108158 <strong>Tummy Tuck Before and After...</strong> [...]listed below are some hyper-links to web pages which I link to seeing as we believe they're seriously worth visiting[...]... Tummy Tuck Before and After…

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]]> By: Deb http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1981 Deb Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:22:29 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1981 I am seeking a Model Agency PRIVATE Members portfolio website. Will this work? Can you have different passwords for each Member you give access to? IS THERE SOMEONE OUT THERE I CAN HIRE TO USE SMUGMUG and build the site I need? I love the look and pricing but need someone to help me put it together. 1. Home page with login for user/password 2. Category page for Members to select for example different cities 3. Search box to narrow down type of talent Thanks please help! I am seeking a Model Agency PRIVATE Members portfolio website. Will this work? Can you have different passwords for each Member you give access to? IS THERE SOMEONE OUT THERE I CAN HIRE TO USE SMUGMUG and build the site I need? I love the look and pricing but need someone to help me put it together.
1. Home page with login for user/password
2. Category page for Members to select for example different cities
3. Search box to narrow down type of talent

Thanks please help!

]]> By: Steve http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1980 Steve Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:07:01 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1980 I love SmugMug too! Amazing site. However there is a serious security flaw in that they save account passwords by default. The ramifications can be severe. I have to un-check the "Remember me." box EVERY TIME I SIGN ON to my Smugmug account. What a tedious waste of time. I have asked for this bug to be fixed for over 2 years ... but - no dice. I had another Smugger e-mail me when he read my request for this hole to be fixed, telling me he had been at someone's home, and used their computer to make some changes to the gallery he set up for them, and then realized when reading my request that he had not removed the check mark, and thus the person now has total control of his account, and can download all the photos (rather than buy them) ... or worse. He did not want to call to tell them to delete their cookies, as that would let them know that they had access to his account, if they had not already figured it out. Because of the nature of my job, I am updating my site from many computers in different cities every week. Who knows how many times I may have forgotten to select "secure". Of course, it should default to secure, not insecure. A computer should NEVER default to saving a password. If someone wants to select to save it - and have it THEN save the password - it would be unwise but understandable. If you can save a password in a cookie, you can save a flag to remember that they selected SECURE ... and then STOP defaulting to remembering the password. Another suggestion I offered them, was to put a flag on the ACCOUNT asking us to specify (once) whether or not to default the password to save it (insecure) or not to save it (secure). This too was rejected. I was hoping that in 2 years they could implement one of my suggestions for easily plugging the hole, but I am still waiting. The hard part to believe is that they can operate such an amazingly well designed site with great customer support but still leave this gaping security hole. And just as troublesome is that they don't care that they make you check off a box for no reason hundreds of times a month. I love SmugMug too! Amazing site. However there is a serious security flaw in that they save account passwords by default. The ramifications can be severe. I have to un-check the “Remember me.” box EVERY TIME I SIGN ON to my Smugmug account. What a tedious waste of time. I have asked for this bug to be fixed for over 2 years … but – no dice.

I had another Smugger e-mail me when he read my request for this hole to be fixed, telling me he had been at someone’s home, and used their computer to make some changes to the gallery he set up for them, and then realized when reading my request that he had not removed the check mark, and thus the person now has total control of his account, and can download all the photos (rather than buy them) … or worse. He did not want to call to tell them to delete their cookies, as that would let them know that they had access to his account, if they had not already figured it out.

Because of the nature of my job, I am updating my site from many computers in different cities every week. Who knows how many times I may have forgotten to select “secure”. Of course, it should default to secure, not insecure.

A computer should NEVER default to saving a password. If someone wants to select to save it – and have it THEN save the password – it would be unwise but understandable. If you can save a password in a cookie, you can save a flag to remember that they selected SECURE … and then STOP defaulting to remembering the password.

Another suggestion I offered them, was to put a flag on the ACCOUNT asking us to specify (once) whether or not to default the password to save it (insecure) or not to save it (secure). This too was rejected.

I was hoping that in 2 years they could implement one of my suggestions for easily plugging the hole, but I am still waiting. The hard part to believe is that they can operate such an amazingly well designed site with great customer support but still leave this gaping security hole. And just as troublesome is that they don’t care that they make you check off a box for no reason hundreds of times a month.

]]> By: Patrick Sweeney http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1979 Patrick Sweeney Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:09:51 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1979 Greg - Great write-up. I've been on the fence about SmugMug for awhile now, mostly curious about security and privacy issues. After a boat-load of Googling tonight, reading the back-and-forth between Don MacAskill and Blogoscope, and landing here as well, I'm finally off the fence - SmugMug it is. One comment about lack of Flash being a negative for you. For me, that'd be a positive, if for no other reason than Adobe's (what I consider to be) under-handed way of using Flash to skirt cookie deletion efforts with Locally Stored Objects (LSOs). It annoys me that I have to use a FireFox plug-in to get rid of that crap, so as with the iPad, no Flash (had SmugMug continued to omit it) would have been a plus for me. - Patrick Greg -

Great write-up. I’ve been on the fence about SmugMug for awhile now, mostly curious about security and privacy issues. After a boat-load of Googling tonight, reading the back-and-forth between Don MacAskill and Blogoscope, and landing here as well, I’m finally off the fence – SmugMug it is.

One comment about lack of Flash being a negative for you. For me, that’d be a positive, if for no other reason than Adobe’s (what I consider to be) under-handed way of using Flash to skirt cookie deletion efforts with Locally Stored Objects (LSOs). It annoys me that I have to use a FireFox plug-in to get rid of that crap, so as with the iPad, no Flash (had SmugMug continued to omit it) would have been a plus for me.

- Patrick

]]> By: Anthony Calzadilla http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1978 Anthony Calzadilla Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:20:12 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1978 Thanks for the write-up! Wow, no ads and unlimited space, I'm definitely singing up for SmugMug Thanks for the write-up! Wow, no ads and unlimited space, I’m definitely singing up for SmugMug

]]> By: smugmug coupon http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1977 smugmug coupon Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:24:29 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1977 Smugmug is awesome, great customer service and pro photographers can completely customize their Smugmug gallery to the point that it appears to be a stand-alone site with ecommerce, saving a lot of money and time. I've been using SM for a few years now, and see no reason to ever change. Thumbs up! Smugmug is awesome, great customer service and pro photographers can completely customize their Smugmug gallery to the point that it appears to be a stand-alone site with ecommerce, saving a lot of money and time. I’ve been using SM for a few years now, and see no reason to ever change.

Thumbs up!

]]> By: Thomas http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1976 Thomas Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:05:54 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1976 Thanks for this post. Two people have commented about music on smugmug so I thought that I'd add in - how to add music to your smugmug: http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/How+To+Add+Music Thanks for this post.

Two people have commented about music on smugmug so I thought that I’d add in – how to add music to your smugmug: http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/How+To+Add+Music

]]> By: Kim http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1975 Kim Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:48:49 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1975 Is there a way to add music to your smugmug account? Is there a way to add music to your smugmug account?

]]> By: Micah Wittman http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1974 Micah Wittman Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:49:44 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1974 Greg, really nice write-up on SmugMug. I suppose I'm one of those emerging 3rd party developers utilizing the SmugMug API. I'm beta testing right now, and would appreciate any feedback you might be willing to give. You can see it in action with you're own public galleries: http://smugscope.com/beta/?u=gregorywilson Thanks! twitter.com/micahwittman Greg, really nice write-up on SmugMug. I suppose I’m one of those emerging 3rd party developers utilizing the SmugMug API. I’m beta testing right now, and would appreciate any feedback you might be willing to give. You can see it in action with you’re own public galleries: http://smugscope.com/beta/?u=gregorywilson Thanks! twitter.com/micahwittman

]]> By: Rediscovering my Nikon D70 « Tiger Aerial Photography - Florida http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1973 Rediscovering my Nikon D70 « Tiger Aerial Photography - Florida Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:38:06 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1973 [...] For the past few weeks, I’ve been uploading some of my older digital images to SmugMug, one of several great online destinations for digital images. (To learn why I chose SmugMug, read [...] [...] For the past few weeks, I’ve been uploading some of my older digital images to SmugMug, one of several great online destinations for digital images. (To learn why I chose SmugMug, read [...]

]]> By: gregorywilson http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1972 gregorywilson Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:19:57 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1972 I do like Zenfolio. I especially like that they use MPix for prints. I prefer Smugmug's look and feel. I like their auto-sizing image display, etc. Also, I could not find a way to make a gallery unlisted. With Smugmug, I can create a gallery and share the URL with friends and family but not have it show up on my main page. I may have missed how to do this. Greg I do like Zenfolio. I especially like that they use MPix for prints.

I prefer Smugmug’s look and feel. I like their auto-sizing image display, etc.

Also, I could not find a way to make a gallery unlisted. With Smugmug, I can create a gallery and share the URL with friends and family but not have it show up on my main page. I may have missed how to do this.

Greg

]]> By: fantim http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1971 fantim Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:37:05 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1971 Non of these reasons made smugmug sound better than Zenfolio. Z has all the same stuff, and more... so I dont understand why you chose one and not the other Non of these reasons made smugmug sound better than Zenfolio. Z has all the same stuff, and more… so I dont understand why you chose one and not the other

]]> By: Tim Dickert http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1970 Tim Dickert Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:54:11 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1970 Hi. great writeup. I love smugmug, very happy. But I want music on my site and want more themes. Do you know where they can be purchased? -Tim OPen Show Photography Hi. great writeup. I love smugmug, very happy. But I want music on my site and want more themes. Do you know where they can be purchased?
-Tim OPen Show Photography

]]> By: Photoforreal http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1969 Photoforreal Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:06:36 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1969 I used to have an account at Smugmug and I was really satisfied with it for the same reasons you have listed, although I am trying to find some alternative to it and I came across the photo sharing service Joomeo (http://www.joomeo.com) that finally seems to met my expectations. I used to have an account at Smugmug and I was really satisfied with it for the same reasons you have listed, although I am trying to find some alternative to it and I came across the photo sharing service Joomeo (http://www.joomeo.com) that finally seems to met my expectations.

]]> By: just wondering http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1968 just wondering Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:13:16 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1968 Very satisfied with Smugmug. I tried shutterbug and hated it for so many reasons. Photobiz was very appealing I loved the flash show but the cost at $25 or more monthly was not enough to sway me. I also use printroom but the overall presentation didn't meet my needs. I'm a happy smugmugger and highly recommend it. Not to mention my clients are satisfied with the photo quality. Very satisfied with Smugmug. I tried shutterbug and hated it for so many reasons. Photobiz was very appealing I loved the flash show but the cost at $25 or more monthly was not enough to sway me. I also use printroom but the overall presentation didn’t meet my needs. I’m a happy smugmugger and highly recommend it. Not to mention my clients are satisfied with the photo quality.

]]> By: gregorywilson http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1967 gregorywilson Mon, 05 May 2008 00:43:40 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1967 Don - No, I haven't heard of PhotoBiz. I'll check it out. Greg Don – No, I haven’t heard of PhotoBiz. I’ll check it out.

Greg

]]> By: Don http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1966 Don Fri, 02 May 2008 03:53:08 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1966 Hi. I am wondering if you looked at PhotoBiz when you did your research? Hi. I am wondering if you looked at PhotoBiz when you did your research?

]]> By: Chris http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1965 Chris Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:25:22 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1965 Database error: connect(10.170.0.11, phototube, $Password) failed. MySQL Error: () Session halted. Yup that Phototube looks real promising :) Database error: connect(10.170.0.11, phototube, $Password) failed.
MySQL Error: ()
Session halted.

Yup that Phototube looks real promising :)

]]> By: simplebucket http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1964 simplebucket Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:44:04 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1964 Hi We are a new startup trying to provide a better photo sharing and hosting website. I just want to ping on our launch and you can try it out at http://www.simplebucket.com Simplebucket's motto is to bring simplicity into the picture of sharing your photos online, so we offer a service in a different light as compare to SmugMug. Please try us out and we love to hear what you like and what you don’t like. Thanks! Team Simplebucket Khang Toh Founder, Simplebucket.com Hi

We are a new startup trying to provide a better photo sharing and hosting website. I just want to ping on our launch and you can try it out at http://www.simplebucket.com

Simplebucket’s motto is to bring simplicity into the picture of sharing your photos online, so we offer a service in a different light as compare to SmugMug.

Please try us out and we love to hear what you like and what you don’t like. Thanks!

Team Simplebucket
Khang Toh
Founder, Simplebucket.com

]]> By: man http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1963 man Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:30:05 +0000 http://gregsramblings.com/2007/12/27/why-i-like-smugmug/#comment-1963 Looks like there's http://www.phototube.us that is coming... Interesting to see what's going to happen. Looks like there’s http://www.phototube.us that is coming… Interesting to see what’s going to happen.

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