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Flickr uploadr latest version3/5/2023 The applet is hosted on a server of a friend of mine, this service could be down and stopped at any time, but I expect that smart users can install this applet and the cgi somewhere else too.At this time I've only tested the "button hack" on picasa2 under windows and linux.I'm not a Java expert, this is my first applet for the last five years, my "every day" language is C/C++, Python or x86 asm.Your photos are directly uploaded from your computer to flickr. The Applet retrieves the photos and upload them to a flickr account.On this URL, a CGI script parses the XML and provides photos URL and titles to a dedicated Java applet.Using a custom "BlogThis" Button, picasa posts XML data (photos URL and titles) to a custom URL.Picasa2flickr provides a kind of plugin to picasa that allows users to upload their photos to flickr. I should design a picasa2flickr icon (any help is welcome !!) and pack a pbz file in the next days/weeksīased on the proof of concept provided by Tabblo and using the nice flickj api, The picasa://importbutton/?url=XXX url allows user to import a new pbz file located at XXX. Tabblo has released a new picasa extension that use a feature available since version 2.7.User of the latest picasa version can install picasa2flickr with a simple link here!.Fix "invalid signature" bug when the description contains some special char.Note: You can still use picasa2flickr by downgrading to the last "good" version (build 37.23) available on many sites, for example:.I'm investigating to find out a workaround The latest Picasa release (v2.7 build 37.27) changes some security settings to disable the use of Picasa2flickr plugin !!.I'm working on the next release of picasa2flickr that should work with the last version of picasa, read the forum.2 January 2008 - New year's resolutions ?.We can make a simple picasa2flickr button using the trayexec verb and the official flickr uploadr see here 30 March 2008 - Picasa Button API: picasa2flickr v2 ?.Good news:I have updated the pbz file using an undocumented parameter to enable video file export (instead of a simple snapshot).īad news: It seems that picasa does not correctly handle the pbz "version"! So I have changed the button GID and user should manually deselect the previous version (Tools/Configure Buttons), I will try to find a workaround for a smoother upgrade. 19 July 2008 - Video support ( flickr uploadr beta needed).4 September 2008 - Picasa 3 workaround see here.27 September 2008 - Picasa 3 update: Google has updated Picasa 3, latest version (3.0.0 build 57.24,0) is now working well without any workaround, so simply install the "regular" picasa2flickr button.A new parameter called bundleid is needed for MAC. 20 January 2009 - Update for MAC OS X: Google has updated the picasa button API (thx to B.Picasa2flickr: A simple "plugin" that allows picasa users to upload their photos to flickr. The program is labeled as beta and while it works fine as it is, Yahoo should consider adding more information to the upload progress and program as a whole to improve its usability.Picasa2flickr - flickr upload plugin for picasa picasa2flickr It is ideal for the initial upload after you join but also handy if you add photos to select folders on your desktop computer running Windows or Mac OS regularly as it automates the uploading for you. Uploadr is a nice to have tool if you need to push large quantities of photos or images to a Flickr account. In fact, the program itself offers no options to change the visibility of photos which means that you need to open Flickr in your web browser of choice to manage that and all other photo related features that Flickr offers (or one of the apps on your mobile). Progress is indicated only for the image that is uploaded to Flickr at that point in time but there is no overall progress bar or time estimation to give you an idea when the whole upload completes.Īll images that you upload to Flickr using the Uploadr tool are private by default so that you don't need to worry about sharing the wrong photos publicly or with a group of friends. Sign in your account or register a new account if you don’t have one yet, you are ready to go. If you haven’t thought about using Flickr as your backup storage for your photos and videos, now it’s time. Uploads seemed rather slow during tests though so expect them to take a while right now. The Windows version of Flickr Uploadr recently got a revamped version that looks much slicker, cleaner than old versions. This may take a while depending on the number of images, their size and the upload speed. The uploading begins once you hit the upload button.
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