There seems to be a pattern forming that the happy users (Jonathan, M Henri) have access to software I don't... so maybe we're not on equal ground. You guys are happy, I've moved on.
A final note - there is an interesting discussion of Wine (even the CodeWeavers COO weighs in) in the latest eWeek article here: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Wine-Is-a-Long-Shot-at-Solving-the-WindowsAppsonLinux-Problem-703713/ All our points are echoed. On Jan 26, 7:20 am, mhenriday <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 25, 8:03 pm, Jonathan Kamens <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > Philip wrote: > > > I would also add "...and minimal success". I don't know any happy > > > picasa/linux users, > > > Maybe you're not paying attention, then. > > > I've said over and over again that I'm a "happy picasa/linux user." I > > don't know how I can be any more explicit than that. I am extremely > > impressed that Google took the time to enhance and improve WINE to make > > Picasa run successfully on it. I am grateful for the work, and I > > believe that the result runs quite well.> though it is quite successful on > > Windows. I think > > > this creates a vicious cycle - few people use picasa/linux because it > > > is poor quality, but why create a native port for such a small user > > > community? > > > I think few people use it because Google hasn't done a good job of > > packaging it, not because the application itself is unstable or performs > > badly. > > > Not to mention the fact that a release of Picasa 3.0 which was first > > released almost a year ago to beta testers, was, for some unfathomable > > reason, never released to the public. The Linux version of picasa 3.0 > > in Google's "testing" repository is several months older (and buggier) > > than the last one they released to beta testers. Technically, I'm not > > supposed to tell you that -- beta testers who are given access to the > > newer versions aren't supposed to talk about them in public. I suppose > > we'll see if they still care enough about Linux Picasa to kick me out of > > the beta program because of what I just said ;-). > > > And then there's the fact that they didn't bother to release Picasa 3.5 > > or 3.6 for Linux. > > > Adoption and usage would be significantly higher if they did something > > about these. Unfortunately, it seems that they don't think there's > > enough ROI to invest the time it would take to do these, let alone the > > much larger chunk of time to rewrite Picasa as a native app, which is > > why I think the constant clamoring here for a native version is just > > silly. Here's a clue: Google exists to make money. They will develop a > > native Linux version of Picasa if they'll make money from doing so. > > Given how successful Google is, it seems that they're pretty good at > > figuring out what's going to make them money and what isn't. > > I agree with Jonathan here. I, too, am a (relatively) happy Picasa for > Linux (or perhaps, it would be more accurate to say, Picasa *on* > Linux) user. What I miss are the excellent Google developers, Lei > Zhang, who were not only active participants in this forum, but who > gave us Linux users access to Picasa versions that worked well, albeit > via Wine. I can understand that these skilful developers were called > to other, more pressing duties when the Chrome browser was in the > process of being developed (a great success !), but I hope that now > Google will realise that Linux users do, in fact, constitute a vital > element in user mix that avails themselves of Google product and allow > these developers to return to Picasa for Linux !... > > Henri > > > > > Of course, that's what I've done now. Another plug: shotwell > > >http://yorba.org/shotwell/ > > > Thats for the pointer. I'll check out shotwell if/when I decide that > > Picasa on WINE is as bad as people here seem to think it is ;-). > > > jik -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en.
