{"id":553,"date":"2008-06-13T17:08:32","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T07:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somethinkodd.com\/oddthinking\/?p=553"},"modified":"2008-12-03T00:50:01","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T13:50:01","slug":"online-photo-db-stage-4a-evaluation-of-custom-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somethinkodd.com\/oddthinking\/2008\/06\/13\/online-photo-db-stage-4a-evaluation-of-custom-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Photo DB: Stage 4a – Evaluation of Custom Software"},"content":{"rendered":"
This post is part of the Online Photo Database project documentation<\/a>. Learn more about the project’s current status<\/a>.<\/div>\n

Which requirements<\/a> does Julian’s Custom Software<\/em> meet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Id<\/th>\nPri<\/th>\nRequirement<\/th>\nPass?<\/th>\nNotes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GEN1<\/th>\nC<\/td>\nAccessible by a typical web-browser<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GEN2<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nActive development of new features<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OWN1<\/th>\nC<\/td>\nOwnership of photos is retained by me.<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OWN2<\/th>\nC<\/td>\nFuture-proofed against money running out: mine or yours<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OWN3<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nOwnership of meta-data is retained by me.<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT1<\/th>\nC<\/td>\nPhotographs grouped into albums by event<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT2<\/th>\nC<\/td>\nPhotographs tagged with people<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT3<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nPhotographs tagged with locations, objects, activities<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT4<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nPerformers tagged with real and stage names.<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT5<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nAttribution of photographer details<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT6<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nAttribution of copyright owner’s details<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT7<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nRating of photographs<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT8<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nSorting\/Filtering by rating<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT9<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nAlbums grouped by type<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nPrototyped, but never finished<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT10<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nAlbums grouped by date<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT11<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nAreas or points of photograph tagged<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT12<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nSimple contact management of subjects<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nNot very good!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT13<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nHidden fields on contacts to distinguish like-named people<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT14<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nTagging of anonymous people to enable searching<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT15<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nCorrections to names update everywhere<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT16<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nAttribution of copyright details<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAT17<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nControl over (default) ordering<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nVery limited. Displayed in order they were published.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S+L1<\/th>\nC<\/td>\nLink to other photos with same tag within an album<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S+L2<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nAssociate URLs with subjects, that are displayed.<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S+L3<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nLink to other photos with same tag across my albums<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S+L4<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nSearch of tags by keyword<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S+L5<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nCross-promotion of other albums and sites.<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nHTML snippet associated with each album.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S+L6<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nLink to other photos with same tag across other photo sites<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S+L7<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nSearch of album names by keyword<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S+L8<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nUser-generatable URLs to search tags by keyword<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COMM1<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nMulti-user Tagging<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COMM2<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nNotifications of appearance in photos<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COMM3<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nComments permitted<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COMM4<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nNotification of comments<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COMM5<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nRSS or Atom Feeds for comments<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COMM6<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nRSS or Atom Feeds for subjects<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COMM7<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nRSS or Atom Feeds for new photos<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PQ1<\/th>\nC<\/td>\nWeb-quality images shall be displayed by default.<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PQ2<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nPrint-quality images shall be available.<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PQ3<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nAutomatically generated thumbnail and web-quality versions.<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PQ4<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nArchive-quality images shall be stored.<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nPHP libraries\/server memory limited to around 1.2 MB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PQ5<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nCustom thumbnails (e.g. choosing to crop over shrinking.)<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nBut limited; requires DB-hacking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PQ6<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nSupport for short video<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PQ7<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nSupport for long video<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PERF1<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nQuota > 0.5 TB, if any<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PERF2<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nLow-cost<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PERF3<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nFast response time<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PERF4<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nScale to thousands of tags<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nJust barely. More work required.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PERF5<\/th>\nI<\/td>\n< 1 minute face-time per photograph<\/td>\n<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nJust barely. More work required.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PERF6<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nFree<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UI1<\/th>\nC<\/td>\nForward\/Backward navigation between photos in album.<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nSoftware doesn’t know which photo comes next<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UI2<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nSlideshows<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UI3<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nDisplay of many thumbnails at once<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PRIV1<\/th>\nC<\/td>\nTheir email address should never be published on the web.<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PRIV2<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nRegistration and logging in not required for general use.<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PRIV3<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nRobust privacy features for photographs<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nFunctionality never finished; Errs towards not displaying; some photos only I can see.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WF1<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nHint to original location on my harddrive<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WF2<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nAuto-complete or partial search on tags during input<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nPartial tag search, plus standard browser auto-complete on text fields.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WF3<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nRead EXIF data from image<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WF4<\/th>\nD<\/td>\nSupport unpublished draft state <\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MIGR1<\/th>\nC<\/td>\nAPI to add photos<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nNot formal API, but I know schema well!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MIGR2<\/th>\nC<\/td>\nAPI to add tags<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nNot formal API, but I know schema well!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MIGR3<\/th>\nI<\/td>\nTags can be non-specific to areas of photo<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
METR1<\/th>\nD<\/td>\n“How many visitors?” metric<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nLimited<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
METR2<\/th>\nD<\/td>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153How long does a visitor stay?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d metric<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Summary<\/h3>\n

I am surprised at how well my site got through the requirements. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. It suggests to me that some of my priorities might need tweaking!<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, it fails in that it isn’t as feature rich and isn’t continually improving as some of the team-based offerings. It does well in the “ownership” stakes, but completely fails the community requirements. The inability to store large images is disappointing. The inability to advance simply to the “next” photo is a serious drawback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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