Comments on: photosthatmatter & FlickrApp http://laughingmeme.org/2009/07/22/photosthatmatter-flickrapp/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 18 May 2012 17:48:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Neil K http://laughingmeme.org/2009/07/22/photosthatmatter-flickrapp/comment-page-1/#comment-781765 Neil K Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:02:10 +0000 http://laughingmeme.org/?p=4254#comment-781765 <p>Hey, I know this is very late but I have been treating the blogs with benign neglect.</p> <p>Very nice. I've wanted something like this for a while. </p> <p>You should make some kind of trademark for "important apps that were written in less time than it takes the average meeting to get down to business".</p> Hey, I know this is very late but I have been treating the blogs with benign neglect.

Very nice. I’ve wanted something like this for a while.

You should make some kind of trademark for “important apps that were written in less time than it takes the average meeting to get down to business”.

]]> By: Kellan http://laughingmeme.org/2009/07/22/photosthatmatter-flickrapp/comment-page-1/#comment-777897 Kellan Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:01:33 +0000 http://laughingmeme.org/?p=4254#comment-777897 <p>Hey npdoty,</p> <p>That's just me being lazy. The app name is configured on Flickr, while the permissions can be set in FlickrApp, I just didn't bother to.</p> Hey npdoty,

That’s just me being lazy. The app name is configured on Flickr, while the permissions can be set in FlickrApp, I just didn’t bother to.

]]> By: npdoty http://laughingmeme.org/2009/07/22/photosthatmatter-flickrapp/comment-page-1/#comment-777802 npdoty Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:57:09 +0000 http://laughingmeme.org/?p=4254#comment-777802 <p>Also, your app asked for permission to be able to edit and replace my photos and videos and to be able to comment on my friends' photos! That scared me away.</p> <p>(I know that security and usability may not have been your top priorities in writing an app while waiting for food to cook. But I thought it was at least worth mentioning -- and I'm curious if FlickrApp can send an application name or let you specify the correct permissions. From a first glance, it looks like it at least handles the latter.)</p> Also, your app asked for permission to be able to edit and replace my photos and videos and to be able to comment on my friends’ photos! That scared me away.

(I know that security and usability may not have been your top priorities in writing an app while waiting for food to cook. But I thought it was at least worth mentioning — and I’m curious if FlickrApp can send an application name or let you specify the correct permissions. From a first glance, it looks like it at least handles the latter.)

]]> By: npdoty http://laughingmeme.org/2009/07/22/photosthatmatter-flickrapp/comment-page-1/#comment-777801 npdoty Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:51:14 +0000 http://laughingmeme.org/?p=4254#comment-777801 <p>Hmm.. the Flickr Authorize page tells me that " wants to link to your Flickr account" and that if I followed a link "not associated with , click here". There is no application name ("photosthatmatter" or what-have-you), just a blank space where one should be.</p> <p>This isn't too encouraging for users: is there some way to fill in an application name into these blank gaps?</p> Hmm.. the Flickr Authorize page tells me that ” wants to link to your Flickr account” and that if I followed a link “not associated with , click here”. There is no application name (“photosthatmatter” or what-have-you), just a blank space where one should be.

This isn’t too encouraging for users: is there some way to fill in an application name into these blank gaps?

]]>