The main faq page on this. Useful.
Can see overview of some features.
Email, bulk, url upload.
Slide transcripts.
No transitions supported. (downloadable file has it though)
Blogger has introduced a collection of easy-to-customize templates (more info).
can include third party tracker scripts— or any type of script
Import from Blogger, Yahoo! 360, Type·Pad, MovabIe·Type, Posterous, Vox.com, Live·JournaI or another WordPress blog.
Image storage
1 Gigabyte. There is no interface to browse through the images unless you sign up for Picasa Web Albums.
3 Gigabytes.
can also upload .ppt, .doc, .odt and .pdf files
Galleries
icasa Web Albums.
Simply add the tag [gallery] to any post or page (more info).
Create posts or 'pages'. Static pages are listed in separate menus.
Blogger allows up to 10 static pages to be created
Static pages
Categories
'Labels'.
'Categories'.
Expandable post summaries (more info).
Optional excerpts
Submit your posts by email. Images can be attached
Submit your posts by email.
Free domain name mapping
can restrict access to invited Google account holders.
can restrict access to 35 invited Wordpress account holders
lternatively, individual posts can be password protected or Private.
Visual confirmation and moderation options, but no editing of comments.
Moderation, comment editing and Akismet spam protection.
Wordpress.com added follow-ups by email and comment threading options. Wordpress has more comment options than Blogger, but there have been problems with Akismet spam protection.
BlogSpot Widgets
add up to 10 stand-alone pages.
Software applications that do cool things.
Show off what you read with a blogroll of your favourite blogs.
Blog List
Slideshow
Video Bar
clips from YouTube and Google Video for your readers to watch without leaving the page.
Link List
Survey your visitors by adding a poll to your blog.
Wordpress.com Widgets
Category cloud
Recent Comments | Recent Posts
Tag Cloud
Top Clicks | Top Posts | Top Rated
Although the Wordpress.com collection of 90+ themes sounds like a lot, options for customization are limited unless you pay for an upgrade that allows stylesheet editing
If Wordpress.com allowed stylesheet editing without having to pay, and visitor stats comparable to the tracker scripts you can obtain for free, my choice would have been Wordpress.com for sure
One other comparison is the difference of how each handle leaving comments.
Wordpress allows a handy comment box with the post
annoying feature of Blogger is that it opens another window that does not match the theme of your blog.
If you create a new blogspot blog the initial selection of templates is incomplete.
To see the complete list you need to go to the template section of the dashboard and click on "Pick New Template".
Blogger uses the term "stretch" for variable width templates.
with FotoTagger we can pinpoint any element on the photo and place a comment on it.
Photos (JPEGs) can be given a caption that’s like a label for the whole photo or a tag which can be pointed towards any element in the photo (also called a callout).
An image can be given only one caption but it can have multiple tags
Fonts and colors can be customized for tags and captions
They can be shown as rectangles or as balloons.
Tags and captions do not significantly add to the size of the image as they are stored within the image file in text format.
also can be revealed and hidden with a single click within FotoTagger (thus, displaying the image with and without tags).
Viewing enabled only if within a particular program?
technically inclined can use the image information tabs in the bottom panel to view specific data like EXIF, IPTC, image properties, histogram and of course the tags for the image
Comment tab is for entering a more descriptive note on the particular image or the whole album.
Single images or a bunch with all its annotations can be exported (and imported back) to and from Flickr
While exporting, you can also perform a resize operation
also lets us publish annotated pictures to our blogs (Blogger and LiveJournal). If the image size is too large for blogs, an alert pops up requesting permission to resize the image.
Exporting to HTML as whole folders or as individual files is also a two step process.
get are HTML pages that include the annotated image with tags which can be hidden with a click of a button. These are viewable in any browser and do not require FotoTagger for displaying the tags.
Creating animated slideshows and presentations
fourth way is to send annotated images by email. Send it with tags merged into the image automatically through FotoTagger which launches your default email application.
But cosmetics aside, FotoTagger does the basic job of captioning and tagging quite well.
plug-in which allows us to capture an image straight from either IE or Firefox into FotoTagger is not updated for the latest version of the Firefox browser.
I don't know if it counts as 'real' tagging, and it doesn't say if other programs or services read that data. Interesting I suppose, if you like annotating things.
Photology is an image management software which allows the user to sift through large number of photos or images without the need to set up tags or organize collections.
The program’s slogan says – No tags, No folders. It just knows
mimics our own behavior in the way we tend to remember a snapshot. Not by filenames but by the other vague details
seven filters
Time of day:
Date:
show in order (view with others taken around the same time),
Location: Was it an outdoor shot or an indoor one?
Content: Was it about people, plants, the ocean or the sky?
Text:
Color: Narrow down the choices by searching for a particular color using the color wheel.
Photology lets us select the folders to monitor for photos
Features: Was it black/white, under-exposed, over-exposed, in focus, out of focus or in monotones?
Hovering our mouse over the thumbnail gives us four more options to use for an image
rotate
add to group (select and add to a group for sorting)
delete.
can enter a caption
added options include:
Group – These are collections of similarly themed pictures we can create for ourselves. Put a single photo in as many groups as you want without making multiple copies.
Share – Easily share photos via an email link, Flickr, Picasa or SmugMug. We can also collect selected photos into a desktop folder for sharing through the ‘file’ share option.
logical filters like ‘Features’, ‘Color’, ‘Date’ and ‘Text’ returned fairly accurate results with a few errors.
abstract counterparts like ‘Location’ and ‘Content’ returned a wider variety of inaccurate results
Though, I wish they would add some multiple image handling capabilities especially related to naming and tagging so I can compensate for some of my previous laziness.
Photology does support the use of keywords
can find photos based on captions, group names and folder names by using the text search:
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video formats including avi, mkv, mpeg, mp4, mov, wmv, 3gp, flv, and many others.
all major image formats including jpeg, png, gif, ico, bmp, and tiff
Each image you upload must be less than 5 megabytes in size
Video files must be less than 15 minutes or they will be trimmed after uploading.
How do I resize my images using ImageShack?
our image will resample and resize based on the dimensions you selected.
Flash and Video cannot be resized
unlimited bandwidth for images, videos, and slideshows when viewed from our landing page
Does ImageShack alter, compress, or watermark my files in any way?
ImageShack will not add watermarks to your image or flash files, nor will it compress the images or flash files that you upload (unless it is bigger than 1.5 megabytes or if you resized it yourself).
For images and flash, absolutely not
How long will my uploaded files be available?
If you are registered, your files will be available forever
not registered, any file that you upload will continue to be available if it is accessed by anyone at least once per year.
black bar on thumbnails allows your images' viewers to check the size and resolution of the image that they are about to see.
If an image is hotlinked, it will have a limit during our peak traffic.
If a hotlinked image exceeds this amount, it will become inaccessible, and you would need to send us an email to have it enabled again
2000mb per hour for each image hosted. Gif images are limited at 500mb per hour. Peak time is from 6:00am to 3:00pm PST. Off peak there are no limits.
unlimited amount of space for uploading your files
Why do my files get renamed after I upload them?
only standard English lowercase letters and numbers are allowable file characters. If your file contains non-standard characters, they will be omitted upon upload.
lename has over 30 characters, it is shortened to 30 characters in order to ensure compatibility.
Are my uploaded files private?
Your files are private until you start sharing your file locations with other people. After sharing your files, only you and the people with whom you shared your file locations have access to your files.
URL that ImageShack generates for each file is entirely unique and unguessable
ImageShack QuickShot integrates with Windows XP, 2000, or 2003 and allows you to take a screenshot and upload it to ImageShack with the press of a key!
How do I specify the directory to save screenshots?
Click on Browse to select a directory to save your screenshots
How do I upload screenshots into my account?
Click on the blue "Registration-Code" link. If you are not logged in, make sure to do so. Copy and paste your Registration code from the resultant webpage into the Registration-Code field inside ImageShack QuickShot, then press "Set ID." After a short while, your account should validat
Gaming Mode is only available after you validate your account, and allows you to silently save/upload screenshots directly into your account while playing a computer game that takes up the entire screen.
Use JPG when there is a lot of activity on your screen, such as a detailed desktop wallpaper and many icons. Use PNG when there are a lot of detailed lines on your screen, such as an instant messenger or webpage.
possible to update multiple blogs through a common interface.
Before you can start writing blog posts with Raven you need to set it up for use with your blog.
Tools
download all of the image and post data from the blog.
The account manager lets you browse all tags, images, links and posts that make up your blog.
able to enter the title of the post and also enter in any tags that you want to use.
t is converted automatically to XHTML format
As with the text, all media and tags will be converted into a format compatible with the blog platform you use.
Preview tab actually lets you take a look at how the post will look when it is posted to the blog.
To enable this functionality, however, you must designate a template.
blog wizard.
Blog Template Manager.
enter the URL of the blog you want to make a template for
Media Storage
Raven supports the ability to drag-and-drop files into your posts, including not only images but also non-image files, such as PDF files.
hese files can then be accessed through links in your blog post.
Most blogs have some form of media storage by default, but you may want to use an alternative in some cases.
set up your media storage
Add Storage button
select the type of storage
Raven supports custom FTP storage, Flickr, Image Shack, LiveJournal Scrapbook, Picasa Web Album and Ripway FTP.
open source,
The Media Storage Wizard is a feature that Raven has but Windows Live Writer does not and, as said, is particularly useful when you want to share files both on your blog and through a sharing or social media website.