Comments on: Improvement List and Updates http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/updates-for-8-7-07/ Next Generation Photo & Video Sharing Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:30:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Gerard Konings http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-1316 Gerard Konings Wed, 21 May 2008 23:41:42 +0000 http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/07/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-1316 Still, have many probles to open the page. MSIE version 6.0 with java enabled keeps giving errors and a blank window is the result. Browsed through the FAQ or Knowledge base did not bring the result needed. It seems a java problem, but even installing the latest version does not help. Do you have any suggestions ? ************************ [From Susan - Customer Support] Be sure to install verson 7.0 from this link: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx. Or, perhaps it's your firewall / security software...be sure to list DropBox as an exception or lower your settings. And finally, you can also try viewing with Mozilla Firefox, which you can download from here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ Still, have many probles to open the page. MSIE version 6.0 with java enabled keeps giving errors and a blank window is the result. Browsed through the FAQ or Knowledge base did not bring the result needed. It seems a java problem, but even installing the latest version does not help.

Do you have any suggestions ?

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[From Susan - Customer Support]
Be sure to install verson 7.0 from this link: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx. Or, perhaps it’s your firewall / security software…be sure to list DropBox as an exception or lower your settings. And finally, you can also try viewing with Mozilla Firefox, which you can download from here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/

]]> By: Mary http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-713 Mary Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:32:14 +0000 http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/07/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-713 I"m a newer member and love the site...and will love to be able to change the order of the albums...so great to be able to rethink the order and put it right without having to delete the albums and start over (which I have done once already). [From Darren Hardy] Yes working on this... Now if only you had corrected the time inside my camera this summer so that half my photos don't say they're from 2005.... Thanks for a great service and site. I”m a newer member and love the site…and will love to be able to change the order of the albums…so great to be able to rethink the order and put it right without having to delete the albums and start over (which I have done once already).

[From Darren Hardy] Yes working on this…

Now if only you had corrected the time inside my camera this summer so that half my photos don’t say they’re from 2005….

Thanks for a great service and site.

]]> By: Wendy http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-422 Wendy Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:37:33 +0000 http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/07/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-422 I would love to havea feature that allowed me to change the date on an entire block of pictures, instead of one at a time. Too many times I upload 30 or 40 pictures from last week/month and have to change the date from today to last week/month on EVERY SINGLE ONE! It's training me to try and keep up to date, but I'm too busy having fun with life and taking the pictures to sit down and share them... I'm trying... thanks!! From Darren Hardy: Hi Wendy, yes, a feature we are working on... stay tuned! I would love to havea feature that allowed me to change the date on an entire block of pictures, instead of one at a time. Too many times I upload 30 or 40 pictures from last week/month and have to change the date from today to last week/month on EVERY SINGLE ONE! It’s training me to try and keep up to date, but I’m too busy having fun with life and taking the pictures to sit down and share them… I’m trying… thanks!!

From Darren Hardy:
Hi Wendy, yes, a feature we are working on… stay tuned!

]]> By: MARIO AGUILA INOSTROZA http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-383 MARIO AGUILA INOSTROZA Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:27:42 +0000 http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/07/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-383 Onloy 2 ting. 1.- DropBox in good function 2.- An automatic folder for last files uploaded. NOTHING ELSE! Onloy 2 ting.
1.- DropBox in good function
2.- An automatic folder for last files uploaded.
NOTHING ELSE!

]]> By: Jean G. http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-374 Jean G. Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:27:51 +0000 http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/07/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-374 I agree with I.N. (8/14). I liked the date with caption and only a few pictures that then could be opened up. It was easier to see which days I had already looked at, and to find pictures I was looking for in past weeks/months/years. Scanning through all the thumbnails, or choosing random dates and browsing, when you're not sure of the date you're looking for is time consuming. Our family has been using the site for several years and many are prolific users so this is a real issue. From Darren Hardy: Hi Jean, I appreciate all your observations. We will continue to evolve and improve navigation. We made some updates over the weekend that improves it a lot. Personally I have thousands and thousands of photos and I can find anything I want pretty fast in a few clicks - MUCH faster actually than the previous set-up. Hopefully, time and experience with the system will give you that same opinion over time. When pictures are rotated they are too big for my screen. I cannot see the date, caption or comments and there is no scroll bar on the enlarge picture view. I can only view these things and add my own comment if someone else has already added a comment so I can do it in the right hand display of thumbnails and comments. From Darren Hardy: Photos have been bounded to a maximum 450 pixel height now. Right now the only way I can find to change picture order is to change date/time, which is tedious. An insert feature that would allow a drag and drop type change would be nice. Also it would be helpful to set date in bulk on upload for pictures that were not all taken on the same day, or, for old pictures, not scanned at the same time. When they upload to different days, it is difficult and tedious to find them, to change the dates and then adjust the times once they are all on the same date to reassemble them in the order you wanted them to be viewed. From Darren Hardy: Yes we are working on a bulk date change function! I miss being able to drag and drop a picture to my desktop. The only way I have been able to get pictures from other family member sites is one at a time by emailing them to myself. I also agree with Nina that when sharing with others sending a link is not always appropriate. And, again, it only sends one at a time. From Darren Hardy: You can upload to any DropShots site by logging into your DropBox with thier username and password and vice versa. Your team has been very responsive to issues raised. We appreciate the hard work you have all put in over the past few weeks. Dropshots has been instrumental in establishing almost daily contact with far-flung family members. Please bear with our anxieties and frustrations as the site changes. It is a measure of our appreciation of the service and how important it is to us! From Darren Hardy: Thank you very much! I agree with I.N. (8/14). I liked the date with caption and only a few pictures that then could be opened up. It was easier to see which days I had already looked at, and to find pictures I was looking for in past weeks/months/years. Scanning through all the thumbnails, or choosing random dates and browsing, when you’re not sure of the date you’re looking for is time consuming. Our family has been using the site for several years and many are prolific users so this is a real issue.

From Darren Hardy:

Hi Jean, I appreciate all your observations. We will continue to evolve and improve navigation. We made some updates over the weekend that improves it a lot. Personally I have thousands and thousands of photos and I can find anything I want pretty fast in a few clicks – MUCH faster actually than the previous set-up. Hopefully, time and experience with the system will give you that same opinion over time.

When pictures are rotated they are too big for my screen. I cannot see the date, caption or comments and there is no scroll bar on the enlarge picture view. I can only view these things and add my own comment if someone else has already added a comment so I can do it in the right hand display of thumbnails and comments.

From Darren Hardy:

Photos have been bounded to a maximum 450 pixel height now.

Right now the only way I can find to change picture order is to change date/time, which is tedious. An insert feature that would allow a drag and drop type change would be nice. Also it would be helpful to set date in bulk on upload for pictures that were not all taken on the same day, or, for old pictures, not scanned at the same time. When they upload to different days, it is difficult and tedious to find them, to change the dates and then adjust the times once they are all on the same date to reassemble them in the order you wanted them to be viewed.

From Darren Hardy:
Yes we are working on a bulk date change function!

I miss being able to drag and drop a picture to my desktop. The only way I have been able to get pictures from other family member sites is one at a time by emailing them to myself. I also agree with Nina that when sharing with others sending a link is not always appropriate. And, again, it only sends one at a time.

From Darren Hardy:
You can upload to any DropShots site by logging into your DropBox with thier username and password and vice versa.

Your team has been very responsive to issues raised. We appreciate the hard work you have all put in over the past few weeks. Dropshots has been instrumental in establishing almost daily contact with far-flung family members. Please bear with our anxieties and frustrations as the site changes. It is a measure of our appreciation of the service and how important it is to us!

From Darren Hardy:
Thank you very much!

]]> By: Andrea http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-373 Andrea Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:19:41 +0000 http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/07/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-373 Have you every considered a "counter" at the bottom of the page to track the number of hits? I use the site to update friends and family of our growing family. Its AMAZING to hear how many people check out our site and how often. It would be nice to see this. From Darren Hardy: It is on our list for consideration! Have you every considered a “counter” at the bottom of the page to track the number of hits? I use the site to update friends and family of our growing family. Its AMAZING to hear how many people check out our site and how often. It would be nice to see this.

From Darren Hardy:
It is on our list for consideration!

]]> By: lou http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-333 lou Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:21:14 +0000 http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/07/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-333 Suggestions for improvement of album feature: First, it would be great if the album were clickable and then it would open that set off pics to the right. Second, it would be great if the pics list was collapsible. Third, it would be great if you could email people the album link; it would then open them the album when they visited the site. It would be great if some of us were made into beta-testers; I would be willing. Suggestions for improvement of title feature: It would be great if you could set the title of the pics in the dropbox ap and then it would tag all the pics/vids with that on upload to the site. Suggestions for improvement of album feature:

First, it would be great if the album were clickable and then it would open that set off pics to the right.
Second, it would be great if the pics list was collapsible.
Third, it would be great if you could email people the album link; it would then open them the album when they visited the site.

It would be great if some of us were made into beta-testers; I would be willing.

Suggestions for improvement of title feature:

It would be great if you could set the title of the pics in the dropbox ap and then it would tag all the pics/vids with that on upload to the site.

]]> By: lou http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-320 lou Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:11:47 +0000 http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/07/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-320 Recently I had someone take pics and had the wrong date set on the camera. I had to manually correct each pic to the new date. It would be great if there was a way to due this in bulk. Also, it would be nice to have the most recent photos at the top of the stack on the infinite scroll; this could be a user preference setting. Also, it could show it one way under the infinite scroll and another when it is showing them in an album. Lastly, many people rename their photos from the sequential numbers that a camera assigns to their own; it would be great if there was an option where the caption was pulled automatically from the picture name, i.e. file name. Thanks for the great job and listening! Recently I had someone take pics and had the wrong date set on the camera. I had to manually correct each pic to the new date. It would be great if there was a way to due this in bulk. Also, it would be nice to have the most recent photos at the top of the stack on the infinite scroll; this could be a user preference setting. Also, it could show it one way under the infinite scroll and another when it is showing them in an album. Lastly, many people rename their photos from the sequential numbers that a camera assigns to their own; it would be great if there was an option where the caption was pulled automatically from the picture name, i.e. file name.

Thanks for the great job and listening!

]]> By: Nina http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-318 Nina Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:56:57 +0000 http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/07/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-318 I have been a star member for almost 2 years now and I must say that I am happy with most of the new features. But one in particular that I am NOT happy with the feature that is linking back my videos to my home page. If I wanted everyone to be able to see all my photos and videos that I've uploaded I would post the link myself... I now will not post my photos or videos in forums that I am in, nor in my blogs and have been using other sites to do so. I'm not willing to set my page private since niether my grandparents or my husbands seem to understand how to do it (simple i know, but they just don't get it). My daughter and I are in Germany, my husband in Iraq and our family and friends are in the States. Dropshots has been one of the best things that has been keeping us close. I really dislike that I am having to use these other (free) sites to do what I can not on a site that I am paying for my membership. I have been a star member for almost 2 years now and I must say that I am happy with most of the new features. But one in particular that I am NOT happy with the feature that is linking back my videos to my home page. If I wanted everyone to be able to see all my photos and videos that I’ve uploaded I would post the link myself… I now will not post my photos or videos in forums that I am in, nor in my blogs and have been using other sites to do so.

I’m not willing to set my page private since niether my grandparents or my husbands seem to understand how to do it (simple i know, but they just don’t get it). My daughter and I are in Germany, my husband in Iraq and our family and friends are in the States. Dropshots has been one of the best things that has been keeping us close. I really dislike that I am having to use these other (free) sites to do what I can not on a site that I am paying for my membership.

]]> By: I.N. http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-308 I.N. Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:46:10 +0000 http://www.dropshots.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/07/updates-for-8-7-07/#comment-308 I have finally realized what bothers me about the "new" Dropshots. The pictures in each day are not sorted the right way, they should be chronological. We had to see our day from the end towards the beginning. Also the continual showing of dates and pictures on the front page looks unorganized. I just saw friend's Picasa Web Album and loved it! Their "home page" or "front page" is organized into albums, each of which has a date and title. Then you click on it and see everything that happened that day (in chronological order). I know you were trying to be creative, but I really think you ruined the good thing you had going. I need more organization. The chaotic feel of the front page is driving me crazy!!! I have finally realized what bothers me about the “new” Dropshots. The pictures in each day are not sorted the right way, they should be chronological. We had to see our day from the end towards the beginning.

Also the continual showing of dates and pictures on the front page looks unorganized. I just saw friend’s Picasa Web Album and loved it! Their “home page” or “front page” is organized into albums, each of which has a date and title. Then you click on it and see everything that happened that day (in chronological order). I know you were trying to be creative, but I really think you ruined the good thing you had going. I need more organization. The chaotic feel of the front page is driving me crazy!!!

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