Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linux & More

Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by rkudeshi on Friday April 20, 2012 @06:36PM (#3870104)

Considering it was only a WINE version that was little-used, I think it makes sense.

(Same with the Mac version...if you're using Picasaweb to host your photos, you're probably already, or would be better off, using Picasa to organize them instead of kludging a plugin into iPhoto.)

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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by luser001 on Friday April 20, 2012 @09:19PM (#3870501)

Making a Wine version instead of the real thing was also lame.

I would have guessed that at least a few Googlers would be using Linux on their primary computers.

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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by ekianjo on Friday April 20, 2012 @11:02PM (#3870725)

its a call to stop using google services altogether. I am personnally sick of their now frequent habit to discontinue stuff without even asking before. That shows how little they care. Get LARRY out.

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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by ticks on Friday April 20, 2012 @10:12PM (#3870629)

Picasa is more than just a web service, it's great for fixing images (with minimal effort) and searching local collections of photos via face recognition.

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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by donniezazen on Friday April 20, 2012 @11:07PM (#3870739)

I agree Picasa for Linux (Wine or No Wine) was great for some quick picture manipulation. I was well connected to Picasa Web. Picasa is being slipped into G+.

I suspect Google might be working on a better webapp. A lot of picasa style picture editing can now be done in G+ while you post picture. Google has to bring something out for Chrome OS.

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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by rhizome on Saturday April 21, 2012 @01:14PM (#3872277)

A lot of picasa style picture editing can now be done in G+ while you post picture.

What about pictures that won't get posted?

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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by donniezazen on Saturday April 21, 2012 @03:00PM (#3872658)

Well, what I mean is that it might be work in progress.

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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by jamesaguilar on Friday April 20, 2012 @06:25PM (#3870068)

Telling of what? How few people use it, or . . .?

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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by rhizome on Friday April 20, 2012 @11:17PM (#3870767)

It is lame because a company like Google should be able to provide a Linux version of its perfectly serviceable photo organization and basic editing app. I know they don't have to do what I want them to do, but "pfft...", y'know?

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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by alaskamiller on Friday April 20, 2012 @06:26PM (#3870074)

Commitment to excellence.

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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by jamesaguilar on Friday April 20, 2012 @06:30PM (#3870090)

I disagree that Linux as a supported platform is a significant indicator of excellence.

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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by ticks on Friday April 20, 2012 @10:19PM (#3870645)

Support for all three platforms is a requirement for me (and most other developers I know) these days, it's one of the reasons why I haven't bought various standard tools including Photoshop... yet use Filezilla, Gimp, Sublime Text 2, Firefox, Thunderbird, Open Office, Clementine, etc.

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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by Produce on Saturday April 21, 2012 @08:10AM (#3871598)

Holy crap, Clementine is on Windows and I didn't even know it. In case anyone else needs it - http://clementine-player.googlecode.com/files/ClementineSetu...

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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by jamesaguilar on Saturday April 21, 2012 @02:50AM (#3871156)

For dev tools, maybe. Personal photo apps? Let's be realistic here, developers are a tiny, tiny portion of the target market.

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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by laconian on Friday April 20, 2012 @06:39PM (#3870117)

IIRC it ran through Wine, it wasn't really supported or excellent to begin with.

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