Using Zooomr… so far.

I’ve been using Zooomr since December 15th to host my photos for blog entries. I discovered Zooomr when reading an article about Thomas Hawk’s switch to a Mac. The switch to Mac didn’t attracted me to his work, it was a comment in the story about the quality of his photos.

I started following Thomas’ blog, and while admiring his pictures, I also liked they way they were presented in the blog. That’s what led me to register. I received a free Pro account when I found this post on free upgrades for bloggers.

While I do receive compliments on how the photos look in my blog, I also hear comments as to how slowly they load. I’ve also had the same experience. The load times from Zooomr aren’t consistent. So far the features that Zooomr offers outweigh the number of complaints, so I’ll stick with it.

Today, there appeared to be a couple of issues. 500 errors, and really slow response time. I attribute this to Thomas Hawk’s Babes of CES which, rightfully so, has been getting a lot of attention.

My biggest issue with Zooomr has to be a lack of upload client. There is jUploadr, but it’s interface is severely lacking, doesn’t work consistently, and the biggest issue, doesn’t support files being sent to it from Lightroom like Flickr Uploadr. I looked into PictureSync, which claims to have requested an API Key from Zooomr prior to September 2006, but never received one. I installed Flock thinking that I could replace MarsEdit, Flickr Uploadr, and upload to Zooomr. Again support has been looked into, but isn’t in place yet.

For now, I’m uploading through the web form, which isn’t a normal part of my workflow. Hopefully there will be another method soon.

update: After posting this entry, I noticed this entry that confirmed there was a Denial of Babes Attack