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Picasa 2.0 Released, Reviewed

Posted by timothy on from the doesn't-work-for-me dept.

firebirdy writes "Google's Picasa 2.0 was announced yesterday (with support for RAW, Gmail integration, and uploading to popular photo services, among other things) and PC Magazine is ready with a review. Four and a half stars, and the only drawback found by PC Magazine folks was the lack of support for handheld devices."

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  1. Re:AWESOME by AstroDrabb · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    But that still doesn't mean that Picasa doesn't need IE internally. So once again, any IE exploit, becomes a new Picasa exploit. No thanks, I'll pass. By making Picasa dependent on IE, that just limits any possible ports to Mac or Linux.

    You would think with all the great geeks at Google and their whole infrastructure based on Linux servers, that Google would have their free-as-in-beer tools be more cross-platform. Sadly, that is not the case. Look at all the tools Google is offering. They are all MS-only.

    Google is beginning to lose the luster it once had with me. It looks like Google is losing their focus and Google is thinking that the only way to compete with MS is to offer similar products as MS on MS-Only platforms. How sad for Google to waste all that talent, when that talent could be delivering excellent cross-platform tools. With Google locking their customers into MS-only desktop tools, it is actually _HELPING_ MS. It is opening the door for more MS domination, not only on the desktop, but in desktop tools.

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    If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land,
    it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -James Madison
  2. Re:AWESOME by AstroDrabb · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    You must have Internet Explorer installed for Picasa to install and run smoothly
    Which means that Picasa is using IE internally. Which means that any new IE exploit now becomes a new Picasa exploit. No, thanks. I just removed Picasa from my dual boot system.
    --
    If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land,
    it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -James Madison
  3. Re:AWESOME by bani · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    i removed all of windows ages ago.