One of my pet peeves has always been that unless you want to run google's picasa application under Linux, the only way to upload photos to your picasaweb account is via a klunky web interface that only allows you to select 5 images at a time. When I come back from a trip I have hundreds of photos, so this gets tiresome very quickly.
There is a kipi plugin that is supposed to be able to do this, but it has not yet hit the Linux distribution I am using, and I'm not about to start compiling plugins from source. Besides, half the fun is in making the application!
This is definitely not a finished application! I got it to the point where I could upload my images in a batch, but it needs more work before it's useful to anyone else. Here's a few sample screen shots:
Selecting images to upload.
Uploading the first image.
The application still has a long way to go. Just some of the things yet to complete are:
Perhaps, once I get all this done I will attempt to get it officially released into some distros. I think it's a useful application, and the kipi plugin version doesn't seem to be moving along much. Yes, I realize that I'd be better off spending my time improving the kipi plugin, but to be honest I can't be bothered right now - this was a learning experiment for me as much as it was about making an application that solved one of my problems.
The entire application is written in C++ and Qt4. The more I use Qt the more I like it. This application was simplicity itself to make, and I look forward to continued development.
There is a kipi plugin that is supposed to be able to do this, but it has not yet hit the Linux distribution I am using, and I'm not about to start compiling plugins from source. Besides, half the fun is in making the application!
This is definitely not a finished application! I got it to the point where I could upload my images in a batch, but it needs more work before it's useful to anyone else. Here's a few sample screen shots:
Selecting images to upload.
Uploading the first image.The application still has a long way to go. Just some of the things yet to complete are:
- Remove hard coded items from the code (account details, service host, album name), and make these configurable via a nice configuration dialog. Make sure password is stored in a secure form - via the KDE wallet perhaps.
- Make the GUI half-decent. Originally I just wanted something to work - I need to go back and do it again with a proper menu and image thumbnail support.
- Bug fixes too numerous to mention here... this is some rouch, cheap and nasty code!
Perhaps, once I get all this done I will attempt to get it officially released into some distros. I think it's a useful application, and the kipi plugin version doesn't seem to be moving along much. Yes, I realize that I'd be better off spending my time improving the kipi plugin, but to be honest I can't be bothered right now - this was a learning experiment for me as much as it was about making an application that solved one of my problems.
The entire application is written in C++ and Qt4. The more I use Qt the more I like it. This application was simplicity itself to make, and I look forward to continued development.
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