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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Google+ Photos Replaces Picasa Web in the Navigation Bar

This is really weird. The "photos" link from Google's navigation bar no longer sends you to Picasa Web Albums if you're logged in. Google decided to send users to the Photos section from Google+ which shows photos from your circles, photos from your Android phone, photos you've been tagged in and your list of Picasa Web albums.





You can still go to Picasa Web Albums, but you have to bookmark the old URL or manually type it in the address bar. Google+ Photos lacks many of the features from Picasa Web Albums: Picnik integration, batch editing, entering an album description, ordering prints, creating album maps, moving photos to a different album and more. The interface is more user friendly, but it's not yet a full-fledged photo sharing app.

{ Thanks, Herin. }
Posted by at 10/11/2011 02:57:00 AM
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59 comments:

  1. this is a bad move. google+ photos is pretty crude at the moment. it is designed to consume photos not manage photos. you are correct. :(

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  2. Hopefully this means there are more advance features coming to Google + soon.

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  3. google will merge features in the near future.

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  4. huh!

    Luckily I never use(d) that link. Nor Google+ for that matter.

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  5. The first point to consider is no more storage limit on photos/videos... Why having 2 different places to do the same??

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  6. I hate this change.
    This is the first time that I completely disagree with Google choice.
    I want to edit photos.
    I do not want to watch photos.
    :-(

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  7. Well I am running the leaked Google + app from ICS* on my xoom and i see under accounts the option to sync both google photos, and picasa web albums. image: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HxBwfvEOP7U/TpQ0WTndIII/AAAAAAAAbGQ/SE0dRGpqhek/s912/IMG_20111011_131703.jpg

    *http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/10/07/exclusive-download-google-2-0-from-ics-offers-new-more-polished-interface/

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  8. I'm not signed to G+, as it requires to "Linking Google+ with Picasa Web Albums" and there are no option to skip it. So, what about me, how much time do I have left?

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  9. The navigation bar is crap anyways. Why is it not customizable ???

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  10. wow. . .i hate this. still no customizable nav bar . . .

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  11. Picasa Web is still available here: https://picasaweb.google.com/home

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  12. This made me go berserk today...
    Why do the change before the functionality is not there yet? Cmon Google!

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  13. I had to load Picassa 3, then view album to find my albums in order to edit one. AAARRRGH!! Photos link worked fine, now Google fixed it and it is broken. Bad move.

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  14. It took forever to load an Album that had over 700 photos, because Google+ loads large photos. Not a happy camper.

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  15. Todor said...
    Picasa Web is still available here: https://picasaweb.google.com/home

    Thanks, at least I can put this on the bookmark bar and still have a one click from my Chrome Browser.

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  16. Why is everybody behaving like Picasa Web Albums has been shut down? It's just the navigation bar link that has changed, nothing else.

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  17. The Web Albums link in Picasa 3.8 still goes to Picasa Web Albums just like always.

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  18. Agreed with David, this may mean that Google will merge the funcionalities of Picasa to Google+ photos. Althought I also agree with GP Checkpoint, they should have firs implemented the features and THEN changed the link.

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  19. If your account does not have G+, choosing Photos from the drop-down still goes to picasaweb. V. Useful for under 18s!

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  20. Google still hasn't fixed he name tags issue when uploading from the Desktop Picasa to Picasa Web Albums.

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  21. I'm being sent to Picasa. But I haven't signed up for a Google+ account yet...my Google account is in my company's name and has been for years..so I'm stuck for now.

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  22. I haven't, and do not plan to, upgrade my G account to G+. If G moves Picasa to G+ photos, then I reckon I'll find an alternative to Picasa. In fact, I reckon I'll start looking today.

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  23. I don't like it either.
    Google should migrate/ integrate everything Picasa Web currently does to Google+ Photos

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  24. Lame. Can't just generate a private link for a single photo anymore...bad move google. Hopefully they keep the picasa link working the same for a while...

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  25. Bad idea. Sharing an album now has to go trough Google+ so I understand their effort to promote Google+, but still. It's just a hassle now.

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  26. I think it's the first step into Picasa becoming either Google Photos and/or Google+ Photos.

    I can't wait for a better Picasa/Google+ photo integration. I want to manage all my photos in one place.

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  27. Thought I was crazy when this happened. I was actually editing a photo. Went to Picasa via the link, went back to Google+, clicked the Photos link again, and was taken to Google+ photos. I must have spent a good 3-5 minutes trying to figure out what I'd done wrong before finally giving up.

    Either way, Google should have improved Google+'s photo editing abilities first, and then changed the link.

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  28. I pretty Much hate this. I total understand that google's biggest problem for years has been product integration. But this is just to far from being ready and the only people it is affecting is people who were already using picasa .Why isn't there an option to switch back...

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  29. google+ and picasa should be kept seperate, a lot of people don;t want to get on board with google+ due to privacy concerns.

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  30. I do not like this at all. fyi, You can no longer give my others permission to edit a Picasa web album. That functionality appear to have been killed as a result of G+. So now when 'collaborating' on a vacation album both participants have to be in the same room. A definite step backwards.

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  31. Picasa web albums seems to be down. The page is not loading correctly at all. Anyone else???

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  32. I can't view any of my Picasa Web Albums in any way, including signing out.

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  33. Movies in Picasa web albums are not playable in google+ album

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  34. I can't share my albums with non google+ members whether i send the album link from google+ or from Picasa Web. Does anyone know how to get around this? I paid for extra storage to use this as my main photo clearinghouse. Very frustrating.

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  35. First time, I disagree with google...bad move

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  36. What shite! Yes, you can go to Picasa online but it's integrated with Google+. If I get rid of Google+ account can I have the old Picasa back? Unlikely as Google does evil very well.

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  37. It's too bad that Google doesn't have enough staff or money to make everything work.

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  38. GOOGLE! We like to change but WTF!? Make something work as it should and then release it.

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  39. I deleted my Google+ profile because of this (none of my close friends have signed up anyway).
    Now it's back how it should be.

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  40. YES, this is reeeeeal SH..!
    I also want the Picasa back - it has a slideshow

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  41. Sorry folks, BUT THIS SUCKS! You google guys need to fix this NOW!

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  42. I was about to switch from my paid flickr account to Picasa and pay for extra storage. Holding back now as they've ruined Picasa.

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  43. I completely agree.....I hate the new integration to Google +. I don't think that Google was ready to make this switch - I just want the Picasa Web Albums back they way it was. Normally I am excited about the changes Google makes, but this is not one of them! I used Picasa Web Albums to share photos with family and friends, and now you can't download a full album on Google +.....among other problems.

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  44. I HATE the switch from Picasa albums to Google+! I've lost some important functions, including embedding an album into a website. If I am able to do this, it's not easy to figure out how. Really frustrated. Is there a way to switch back to Picasa??

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  45. Can we please have an option to make the "Photos" button take us to picasaweb, instead of Google+ Photos?

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  46. Wow they really screwed up this time. What a joke.

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  47. Does anybody know whether you can share the photos by email. I wasn't able to send link although 2 email addresses had been set. Can anybody help? The photo application seems quite smudged, it's not as easy and user friendly to get around!

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  48. I have Picasa 3, I have Picasaweb albums. I don't use a Google toolbar. I don't use Chrome. All my functionality is unchanged. I did not sign up to the changes 18 months ago but kept my original login and ID+password.

    Picasa has not gone to Google +, it's still there. I have a tab on my homepage which clicks onto Picasaweb albums (Firefox). I can't see integration any time soon for G+ and Picasa.

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    1. If you join Google+, you'll see that the Picasa Web link from the navigation bar is replaced by Google+ photos. The latest Picasa release integrates with Google+.

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  49. Picasa 3.9 (latest) offers the option to integrate. It's not the default.

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  50. Sorry, in my post 22.01, I should have said that I can't see Google+ / Google Photos as the default any time soon i.e. replacing Picasa / PicasaWeb albums.

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  51. I am getting more and more Frustrated by changes in Googles Systems. First they kill Google Notebook after I had put a considerable amount of effort in. Now Picassa Web Albums are more and more difficult to access... I tried the Google+ photos just now but basically I can't even seem to "download" a picuture from there to enclose in a simple email.

    I am not going to Keep wasting my time on all this.. Frustrating that my phone seems linked to Google+ but I am not linked to it very well otherwise.

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  52. I was concidering using google+ creative kit as a replacment for picnik, but when I send pics from picasa to google+ and edit them, there is no provision to send them back to picasa to be viewed there. Has anyone found a way to do this?

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  53. Dear Google...what were you smoking when you did this?!!?!?? Stop trying so hard to direct everyone to G+!

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  54. First google ruined youtube by forcing us to create a gmail account , then they ruined our youtube accounts by forcing their new updated stupid page layouts down our throats and now picasa web is redirecting to google plus everytime i click on a picture. The idiot at google who is ruining everything should be loked up away from society where he can no longer cause any harm.

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  55. Also dislike very much. Google+ is hard enough for me to understand (and I work with computers), let alone my baby son's grandparents. I don't have time to mess around with another social networking site. I just want to share some pictures with granny.

    I actually just logged in to purchase 80 GB of storage for a large photo collection backup on picasawab, but if I can no longer sync to picasaweb then I guess I won't be buying that storage. If they are moving away from PicasaWeb, then I can't trust that it will always be there...

    Are there any other EASY sync grandparent-friendly alternatives out there?

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  56. W.T.F.!!!!

    I've been using Picasa for years. I pay for storage. I used to love that you could easily find your friends (e.g. followers) on the right hand side. Then they hid everybody, making it a hassle. And now this G+ CRAPPP!

    I joined G+. I allowed linking to Picasa. Then I realized how much I had lost since:
    1 - G+ has a CRAPPY CRAPPY interface. OMG!
    2 - all my friends links now go straight to the crappy interface.
    3 - commenting messed up
    4 - editing messed up
    5 - MY links, even when copied straight, go to G+. No, I wanted to send Mom to PICASA if I copy a PICASA address/
    6 - No way to undo or change any of this, unless...

    You cancel G+.

    So I did, I canceled G+. Well done Google, your promotion convinced an early G+ adopter to CANCEL. Oh, and I've informed all of my friends, and guess what, some of them are canceling too.

    Cancelling improved things dramatically, for now, since I now (sometimes) get linked to my friend's Picasa straight, and mine get linked straight too. But highly annoying is that I cannot link to my "following" people's Picasa accounts - THOSE LINKS GO TO G+. GODDAMMIT!!!

    Given all this, I don't trust Picasa anymore. I'm considering migrating all my photos elsewhere, and inviting my friends to follow. Flickr? Photobucket.

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  57. Put the following at the end of your picasaweb url.

    ?noredirect=1

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  58. I'm one of those people who 'lost dozens of photos, vanished, not on Picasa, so blamed myself for doing something wrong? It turned out they had been snatched by Google +, and all turned up yesterday in a file I knew nothing about, I like Google, I worship my friend GOOGLE, but feel put out by the fact all these photos have been lost for months, with me thinking I was to blame in some way. My love for Google is 100%, but II do want to transfer all these photos back to Picasa, Anyone know how it can be accomplished?

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