Windows Live Photo Gallery gets new OEM partners, Sync integration, and more

re: Windows Live Photo Gallery gets new OEM partners, Sync integration, and more

Hb8 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:21:19 GMT

There's a roundabout method of geotagging, not the most elegant of solutions. blogs.msdn.com/.../geotagging-photos-with-windows-live-without-using-a-gps-device.aspx

re: Windows Live Photo Gallery gets new OEM partners, Sync integration, and more

SteveBallmer — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:07:05 GMT

... iPhoto, eat your heart out!

re: Windows Live Photo Gallery gets new OEM partners, Sync integration, and more

damaster — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:33:53 GMT

@tophtucker: Brandon LeBlanc commented on his Windows Blog that "users will be able to still view basic images in Windows 7 without Windows Live Photo Gallery installed".

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tophtucker — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:54:45 GMT

I just posted this on the toolbar article, too, haha, but I still don't get why we have both Sync and Mesh.

That said, WLPG is looking great.

Bundling with printers is nice and all, but it'd be much better if it were being bundled with the PCs. WL apps being separated from Win7 apps, I don't mind. But the fact that people will have to go out of their way to download it... is Win7 shipping without a photo viewer?

re: Windows Live Photo Gallery gets new OEM partners, Sync integration, and more

damaster — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:23:21 GMT

@cJr: Agree with you that there's some minor inconsistencies, like not being able to customise the colour of the interface. The big text is now being shown in Photo Gallery in the right-panel (when you click "Info" this panel will show up), so at least that part is consistent. I guess the left-panel in WLPG doesn't have the big text is because it's meant to be consistent with the tree-views in Win7 explorer view. I could be wrong, but we'll see.

Also I think the reason Writer doesn't have sign-in information on the top-right is because it displays information on the blogging service you're currently editing on (this could be Windows Live or non-Windows Live like Wordpress), and hence it makes sense not having Windows Live ID sign-in information because you don't have to be signed in to Windows Live to be using Writer.

@gblinckmann: I agree with you they should support geo-tagging. One thing I noticed in WLPG though is that when publishing photos online, one of the "metadatas" that can be published does include Location information. Perhaps it's something that will be coming in the next version?

re: Windows Live Photo Gallery gets new OEM partners, Sync integration, and more

gblinckmann — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:59:44 GMT

I've not yet seen any mention of geotagging support being added. This is one area that I'd think would be a no-brainer. Putting up a simple map for each picture (from Live Maps, naturally) shouldn't be too hard. Those of us with Eye-Fi card or who want to geotag their photos would welcome this.

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cJr — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:50:32 GMT

All very good and a welcome update!

But still, obvious inconsistencies still exist. The interface hasn't been updated the same as Windows Live Mail's Wave 3 RC has (the big text in the left panel, the blue shade at the top coming down a bit...) Also, an option to change the colour of the interface, just like you can on Mail and Writer is not evident in Photo Gallery. This is ridiculous. I hope Microsoft can sort this out by the final release please :)

P.S. on a side note, an inconsistency with Writer is the fact that it doesn't have sign-in information in the top-right corner, with the user picture, etc.