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14 Nov 2006
Phanfare photo allows users to mashup images into photo albums and upload them to the corresponding web service. Probably one should not call this a MicroContent Client proper, but I had a look anyway. What makes it interesting is the integration with the service that allows to publish the images.
- MicroContent? - this application makes it hard to assess what the MicroContent type that is managed. Surely the images are MicroContent. It has various functions to edit images. This makes one of the MicroContent types that are managed. One should see the Albums as MicroContent. An Album goes much further than a simple list, as it has metadata;
- Service Integration - this client has several functions related to the integration with the service, such as login/logout, account information, buy (subscribe)
- Mashing support - The primary MicroContent Type supported is the album. One can add images and audio as components to this album: the mashing. The application has several functions available to support this. I think I should add mashing support as an entry on the checklist;
- Website - the application also offers various settings for the website. This makes the application more than just a MicroContent Client;
This Client gets 21 out of 90 points with checklist version 1.4.
- MicroContent (4/10) - to what degree does the client support MicroContent Items?
- Structure - YES, the primary type is the Album. The image is a secondary type. There are also address cards, but they do not use the Apple system. There is also video support;
- Multiplicity - NO;
- Flexibility - NO;
- MicroWeb - YES, mashed with images, audio;
- Pick-list fields - NO;
- Merged - NO;
- Title - YES, the title of the Album;
- Description - YES, a description for the Album;
- Tags - NO;
- Rating - NO;
- Interface (4/10) - does the client have the characteristic layout for managing Albums?
- View-pane - YES, this means primarily that you can see the images that correspond to the Album. I miss however the Web-view, one should go to the web for that;
- View-pane Styles - YES, one can selected various styles for the website;
- View-pane Window - NO, although one might call the web view so;
- Items-pane - YES, a list with albums;
- Items-pane Views - NO;
- Items-pane Sorting - NO. It is possible to sort the images on date, caption or file name;
- Items-pane Fields - NO;
- Lists-pane - YES, these are the years in which an Album was created. It is also possible to create sections within an album, thus creating groups of images;
- Browser-pane - NO;
- Pane layout change - NO;
- Item functions (4/10) - does the client contain the standard functions for managing Albums?
- View - YES;
- Create - YES;
- Edit - YES;
- Mark - NO;
- Search - NO;
- Access Control - YES, but this applies to the access on the web. A Web-Album can be behind a password;
- Duplicate Control - NO;
- Delete - YES;
- Persistence - NO;
- Downloading - NO;
- List functions (3/17) - does the client allow for creating lists of Albums?
- Local Lists - YES, but predefined by the app;
- Connected Lists - NO;
- Shared Lists - NO;
- Remote Lists - NO;
- Handpicked Lists - NO;
- Smart Lists - YES, although I do not know how an album is assigned to a certain year;
- Recommendation Lists - NO;
- List Metadata - NO;
- Statistics - YES, the number of images;
- Directory - NO;
- Add - NO;
- Edit - NO;
- Remove - NO;
- Show - NO;
- Backup/revert - NO;
- Refresh - NO;
- Delete - NO, although a List is removed when there are no more albums for that year;
- Group functions (0/9) - does the client allow grouping of lists of Albums?
- Unlimited Depth - NO;
- Local Groups - NO;
- Connected Groups - NO;
- Shared Groups - NO;
- Remote Groups - NO;
- Handpicked Groups - NO;
- Smart Groups - NO;
- Recommendation Groups - NO;
- Directory - NO;
- Add - NO;
- Edit - NO;
- Delete - NO;
- Import (0/6) - does the client allow for importing Albums?
- Classic - NO;
- Standards - NO;
- Proprietary - NO;
- Applications - NO;
- Bookmarklet - NO;
- Drag&drop - NO;
- Export (3/14) - does the client allow for exporting Albums?
- Classic - NO;
- Standard - YES, to the iPod;
- Proprietary - NO;
- HTML - NO;
- Print - NO;
- Feeds - NO;
- Local - NO;
- Connected - YES, one can export an Album to a connected iPod. It is also possible to export images;
- Shared - NO;
- Remote: .Mac - NO;
- Remote: FTP - NO;
- Remote: RPC - YES, creating or changing an Album implies uploading. This is primarily the uploading of images, which indicated by a small icon on the image;
- Drag&drop - NO;
- Application - NO;
- MacOSX (3/15) - is the client a good MacOSX application?
- Look&Feel - YES, although it can be improved;
- Menu - YES;
- Toolbar - NO;
- Alt-click - NO;
- Ctrl-click - NO;
- Drag&drop - YES, one can add images from one album and insert them into other albums;
- Services - NO;
- Dock - NO;
- Spotlight - NO;
- Dashboard - NO;
- AppleScript - NO;
- Framework - NO;
- Menu bar - NO;
- Plug-ins - NO;
- Language - NO;