From WiKim

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Mission statement 3 Requirements 3.1 Rich client 3.2 Mobile 3.3 Tagging and searching 3.4 Cross service 3.5 Modular and loosely coupled 3.6 Editing features 3.7 Slideshow 3.8 Ordering of prints 4 Analysis 4.1 Existing solutions 4.1.1 Flickr 4.1.1.1 Pros 4.1.1.2 Cons 4.1.2 iPhoto 4.1.2.1 Pros 4.1.2.2 Cons 4.1.3 Picasa 4.1.3.1 Pros 4.1.3.2 Cons 4.2 Proposed solution

Introduction

The current batch of photo managers are flawed, and fails to utilise the power of the computer.

Mission statement

Inspired by a presence stream on Jaiku: What's the best way to move all my photos from a Flickr pro acct to Zooomr?

• Build a simple photo manager, similar to iPhoto, but with a service oriented architecture, that utilises the Internet Archive, OurMedia or something that will emerge in the future, for media storage.

• Think a cross platform mix of iPhoto and Flickr

Requirements

Rich client

Should be a rich-client application, and run on all major operating systems, Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. This means that .NET and Mono are prime candidate implementation technologies.

Mobile

Should be easy to use from mobile devices.

Tagging and searching

Tagging and searching like Flickr

Cross service

Ability to search across many services, both online and local

Modular and loosely coupled

Highly modular in nature - should utilise webservices for a loosely coupled architecture

Editing features

Some basic editing features, like rotation, redeye correction, colour, contrast and brightnes adjustments

Slideshow

Slideshow is a must.

Ordering of prints

Integrated ordering of prints.

Analysis

Existing solutions

Flickr

Pros

• Webbased
• Great community
• Mobile, works great on mobile browsers
• Rich clients for Windows and Mac OS X

Cons

• Premium service cost money after you upload more than 200 pictures

iPhoto

Pros

• Timeline based organisation
• Relatively simple
• Useful editing tools

Cons

• Only for Mac OS X

Picasa

Pros

• Very fast and has many nice features, like poster print

Cons

• Only for Windows

Proposed solution

Think a cross platform mix of iPhoto and Flickr