Mario. Thanks for the reference! -- Hans
On Monday, October 21, 2013 1:55:59 PM UTC-4, PMario wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I wanted to point you to the picture hosting service http://Trovebox.com- I > intended to use it with my first TW5 plugin, but now they are ending > there "promotion period". Since I think this serivce may be usefull with > TWc and TW5, I thought I'll share it. > > Up to the 25th of October (4 days left) they offer a "limited free" and an > "unlimited pro" account. > > * free [14] ... upload 100 pictures per month. No access limit. > * pro [14] ... unlimited upload / import ... (USD: 29.90 _per year_) > > For new users after 25.10.2013, there will be no "unlimieded pro" and "no > free" option anymore. I don't have any additional info, since they didn't > talk about the future plans in there mail. ... > > Important: If you decide to create an account, carefully read, where you > want to store your pics. IMO you should use the trovebox store. Otherwise > trovebox is just a frontend, and you may have to pay twice (For the storage > and the frontend). > > my sandbox: https://pmariojo.trovebox.com/photos/list > > Some more info, why I think it is usefull and considering a free account > doesn't hurt :) > > ------------------ > > Some time ago I did create 2 spaces [10,11] to include picasa picture > gallery into a TiddlySpace TiddlyWiki [a](long thread). I did implement a > very "basic" functionality, because imo googles or flikrs "Terms of Service > (TOS)" [1,2,3,4] don't allow the usecase Mat and I actaully wanted. > > The main goal, of such an implementation should be > > * There should be the possibility to upload your full size pictures to a > hosting / sharing service. > > * The service should be useable on its own. > > * The hosting service should give a programmer an interface (API) to load > the full size pic or a resized version on demand. > > * The TiddlyWiki should be able to download and save these pics as a > tiddler for eg: offline viewing. > > * The service should not deny the above by there Terms Of Service (both > user and developer TOS are important) > > > In my last post [13] I stated, that there are services, that do treat ther > users in a better way. ... much better! > > I did know about the OpenPhoto (now Trovebox) project but it was in its > infancy in Feb. 2012 :) Atm it is version 3 and imo quite useable as a > picture hosting and sharing service [5]. It is open source. You can find it > at github [9]. > > It can store your photos at there servers or it can connect to eg: > Dropbox, Box, Amazon S3, CX and DreamObjects (source: [5]). I personally > store my stuff at there servers. So the free space, they provide adds up :) > > Trovebox uses very liberal TOS [8]. In fact all your stuff is yours. If > you want to host your own service, just do it. > > IMO for TW users/devs even more important, there is a nice http API [6] > that allows [8] you to fetch and resize [7] your pictures on the fly. No > restrictions, to store your onw pics somewhere else \o/ > > So you only need to upload a full size picture to your account and you > (your TW) can download a resized version of the pic to store it eg: for > offline viewing. > > PRO: > * IMO exactly what we need, to use pics with TiddlySpace, TWc and TW5 > > CONS: > * Plugin(s), that uses the service has to be created ;) > > have fun! > mario > > PS: Wall of flame > > FlikrTOS for programmers [1] especially the "You shall not" (i and iv) and > the Commercial Use sections. > FlikrTOS for users [2], which is the (!"ยง$% long) Yahoo tos, where a user > has to grant them all the rights, to user there service > google developer TOS [3]. Especially the "Prohibitions on Content" > section. > google user TOS [4] ... where you need to grant rights to user your stuff, > even if you removed it. > many others are no better ... > > PPS: links :) > > [a] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/uFypHIuwkuM/994_H4PN5tkJ > > [1] http://www.flickr.com/services/api/tos/ > [2] http://info.yahoo.com/legal/ie/yahoo/utos/en-ie/ > [3] https://developers.google.com/terms/ > [4] http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/ > [5] https://trovebox.com > [6] https://trovebox.com/documentation > [7] http://theopenphotoproject.org/documentation/faq/PhotoGeneration > [8] https://trovebox.com/terms > [9] https://github.com/photo/frontend > > [10] http://picasagallery.tiddlyspace.com/ > [11] http://picasagallery-plugins.tiddlyspace.com/ > > [12] about tos restrictions > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/uFypHIuwkuM/e2uNEcZe7k0J > [13] my last post: > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/uFypHIuwkuM/e2uNEcZe7k0J > > [14] https://trovebox.com/plans > > PPS: I'm not related to any of the above mentioned services. 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