Updates Galore!
Hello fellow 72 users! Hope your doing well. It may seem we’ve been lacking in the blogging area lately, but I promise that will profoundly change after this incredible update.
We’ve been working extremely hard on fine-tuning and integrating tons of exciting new features for members over the past few weeks, features that will greatly increase the overall usability of 72photos and encourage communication between users. These features in question have finally materialized and have been released today.
I’ll spare the more technical details and jump right to the list of features/changes included in this months update:
Flickr / Picasa Importing
We’re extremely happy to introduce our long awaiting Flickr and Picasa importing features. The new Flickr importing feature not only allows you to import all your public & private flickr photos, but also has the ability to import your photo sets (automatically creating 72photo galleries for them!). But wait! It gets better. We’ve also included a “Merge” option you can select during import to grab photos from your flickr account that you may have added after your initial import. Picasa importing has also been added. We’re still working on ways to accommodate very large flickr and picasa imports, so if you happen to get timed out, you can re-run the import with the merge option to continue where you left off. Pretty nifty, eh?
Configure 72photos Wizard
We’ve developed a new wizard to help you setup your basic account information in 4 easy steps. For new users, this “Wizard” will popup on your first login and for current members you can access the wizard via the “Configure 72photos” on the left side of your dashboard.
User Messaging
Send personal messages to your friends and other users on 72photos with the new messaging system. Messages support embedded photos so you can show your friends that cool photo you saw on 72. Messages work in “conversation” form to make having a message with multiple people a breeze and to keep your inbox organized.
Find / Invite Friends
Find out if your email contacts are already on 72photos and automatically add them as your friend or invite them if their not with the friend finder feature. Located at the bottom left of every page in your dashboard (Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo currently supported).
Updated Profile Photo Selector
You now have the ability to crop your profile photo in any way. Your original photo is always saved giving you the ability to re-crop at anytime.
There’s much more to these updates then I’ve included in this post, so in order to help everyone maximize their 72photos account, we’ll be posting periodic updates over the next few weeks elaborating on certain areas of the system.
How about that for an update? Let us know what you think!
by Jane, over 2 years ago