Well imageshack i agree it it slow at certain times of the day most probably due to the high number of users they have. Anyway thanks for recommending pictiger. It is a great site compared to imageshack at least it allows multiple uploads of files and the picture loads faster. What i don like is the 1mb file size limit though. Pictiger does not allow the hotlinking of the actual image (1024x768), it only allows you to hotlink a thumbnail, unlike photoshack which allows you to hotlink the orginal... read more.
Since I post a lot of tutorials I decided to have the screenshots and examples remotely hosted to preserve space. Of course, I checked out ImageShack first, you know, 'cause it's ImageShack. I thought it was alright and used it for about... 10 minutes. It was taking forever to upload the 8+ pictures I use for each tutorial... and I have about 30 of those. I did a little bit of browsing and found a free image host, PicTiger, that totally blows ImageShack away. The only drawback is the inability to transload images. Aside from that, I love it! Here is a list of PicTiger's features:
1. You can upload multiple pictures, up to 10 at a time (no need to register or purchase "upload credits") 2. You can add a description AND categorize your uploaded images 3. You can create and manage albums, which include a commenting system 4. There are advanced uptions for uploading images including Auto-Crop, Fit, Sharpen, Custom Image Size, Custom Thumbnail Size, and Web Optimization. 5. THE LOGIN BOX IS ACTUALLY ON THEIR SITE!! You don't need your registration URL everytime you want to login. 6. Their site is prettier AND their logo is a tiger. Come on, who would win in a fight between a frog and a tiger?
Now compare them to ImageShack and tell me, which service do you think is better?
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Grrrrrrrrrrr... my eyes almost popped out reading that. I'd to remove the bold tags. By the end of it - this is what I looked like:
Pictiger looks like a better solution to picture hosting. I haven't tried it yet as i'm an imageshack user. By the looks of all the points that you've pointed out i think i'll give it a try and switch over =) Thanks for the info.
I gotta admit, Pictiger looks neat. It's got the best of ImageShack and Photobucket combined: 1MB filesize limit, photo management through albums, transloading, and unlimited hosting. They even allow upload of swf files and offer basic image editing to registered users! Nice.
It's still fairly new, though, and not as established as the other two image hosting services. Right now they're offering unlimited bandwidth... how will they do when they gain popularity and their bandwidth usage spikes? Also, they also say that while the uploaded images stay hosted for life, if the image is not active (does not have any page views) for 3 months, it will be deleted. Still, even with all that, the service looks attractive. Though I'm a dedicated ImageShack user, I'll definitely be trying Pictiger out. =^^=
Now if only I could get the ImageBot Firefox extension to work with Pictiger...
Sounds interesting. I haven't used much of any of the image hosting sites but have been needing to on occasion lately, may as well try this one out then since it seems to have all the pros of the others. Thanks for sharing.
Okay, I finally tried Pictiger out. So far it seems a pretty good service and they seem to deliver exactly as advertised. They also have a couple of features that just might sway me over from ImageShack (my current fave). I especially like the ability to crop or resize your uploaded images. =^^=
If there is one beef I have with Pictiger, it's that you apparently can't transfer images between albums. It seems that the only way to get an image into an album is to go into the album you want to upload the image to and use the upload form there. Frankly, that's a rather cumbersome way to do. I hope that in the near future Pictiger will implement some form of file management system that allows you to transfer or copy your images from one album to another. If they do, Pictiger will definitely be my number one image host. =^^=
I gave it a try, seems really great. Seems to let you upload any image, and then you can add them to your html pages. Of course you cannot send zip files with several images like imageshack does. However, you can imagine upload an image, add the corresponding code you your webpage, upload the second image, add it's code, so it seems rather reasonable. I'm still curious to see how long they keep the "not visited" images.
ImageShack is ok, I wish they had an option of uploading more than 1 pic at a time, the hosted image urls are pretty long but then again which ones arent lol
Well imageshack i agree it it slow at certain times of the day most probably due to the high number of users they have.
Anyway thanks for recommending pictiger. It is a great site compared to imageshack at least it allows multiple uploads of files and the picture loads faster. What i don like is the 1mb file size limit though. Pictiger does not allow the hotlinking of the actual image (1024x768), it only allows you to hotlink a thumbnail, unlike photoshack which allows you to hotlink the orginal image.
ImageShack is ok, I wish they had an option of uploading more than 1 pic at a time, the hosted image urls are pretty long but then again which ones arent lol
You it it 100% i agree but i love useing Imageshack!
I use pictiger images hotlinking in most of the forums I use. I use Imageshack hotlinking in other forums. So, my sigs don't disappear simultenously on all my forums.
