I didn't expect the cr-48 to replace my desktop. After all it's a prototype with a Operating System that's still evolving. But I do believe the finished product is going to turn my old computer into a paperweight.
Take away my homegrown web site that just turned 13 years old and still designed and written in an old HTML text editor and I'd be an average user. While I'm still not satisfied with some of the image editors because I don't want to upload the original photos without resizing and reducing file sizes. The 'limited' amount of free storage space on them reinforces that inclination. On the plus side, quick photo edits are easy and produce better results than I managed to get using my old image editor. On the negative side I've found I need to go to a couple of apps to do some of the things I did in my old program. (again I believe it will get better as the cloud adapts to users or my willingness to pay for something better)
Right now there is little or no means to manage photo files. Any Chrome based computer has to have some easy way to at least transfer files from the camera to another portable storage devise. I don't want to have to upload every photo I take (big waste of cloud space) and I want the security of having a back up I'll completely in control of. I'm not betting the farm on the cloud knowing how many times I've done something stupid and ended up losing things. Right now I can't transfer files to my portable hard drive so I have to go back to the desk top.
Except for my HTML text addiction and the preference to still edit my images off line I've turned to the web to do everything else I used to do. It was only a matter of changing habits or should I say the programs that acted like a middleman between me and the cloud. For example it's not as convenient as using Outlook to gather all my mail at once. Until I discover the app online that does the same thing I'll have to just go to each mail account one at a time.
OFF NOTEs:
No F Keys
I feel a lot smarter not seeing the F keys. I never knew what they were for except for one, it was used by my image editor to take a screenshot and bring it directly into the editor. I won't miss them.
NO CAPS LOCK KEY!!!!!!!!
I spend a lot of time on different forums. I believe a chromebook is the perfect computer for those that annoy everyone else buy turning on their caps lock key.
Manage photo files? I have them sorted on my computer, but in Picasa I have chaos I cannot begin to fathom. And if you delete the wrong picture you are left with a gaping hole somewhere in a blog post. Let us know if you find an EASY and free solution.
ReplyDeleteI have 10s of 1000s of photos. File management is a must. Someday I might attempt it. From randomly naming folders to using the date my photos might as well be in 100s of shoe boxes. With only a few albums the limited number of photos uploaded to Picasa is fine.
ReplyDeleteI believe Picasa will meet my special needs but the bulk of my images will still be stored on my web site server. First off I want them to be found buy Google search on my own little piece of the cloud, and secondly when I want to display an image I have a easy to remember link - not some generated link I have to go look up and will never remember how many times I copy and paste it.
I need a couple more lessons before I learn that messing with a Picasa album is going to ruin any slideshow previously created with it.
I must remember to create a slideshow album and then never touch it again. That's going to be a lot easier than remembering where the hell I embedded the slideshow.