Google+ is basically like facebook, it's a new service which just opened few days ago, and it's still need an invitation. http://plus.google.com/
If you active a google+ account, you can run picasa, but the rules for storage changes. more information here : http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/thanks_to_google_plus_picasa_gets_unlimited_storage_for_photos_and_videos.php On Jul 4, 10:14 pm, The Real Bev <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/04/11 11:46, Stephen wrote: > > > When one becomes a Google+ member and enables Picasa to work with it; > > one no longer is running Picasa and the data storage rules don't apply; > > I had not realized that google's 'help' functions are so primitive. > Worse than man pages -- at least you can find a specific man page > without having to wander around in the wilderness for a while. > Unanswered questions after 15 minutes of googling: > > What IS google+? Is it like facebook? All my usenet 'friends' over the > last 13 years seem to be on facebook now, so I am too. Nowhere near as > good as usenet or mail-lists or even yahoo groups working like > mail-lists or usenet newsgroups. > > Why would I want to join? Aside from the unlimited-storage thing, of > course. > > What are the problems? What do you mean I can't run picasa? On my own > machine? My picasa web-things cease to exist? If they still exist, they > can/will be trashed by my google+ membership? > > Inquiring minds want to know. > > > > > > > > > > > it's basically unlimited. Now the maximum size may be limited, not sure > > about that at this point. > > > On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 2:32 PM, The Real Bev <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > On 07/04/11 08:49, anod1 wrote: > > > Photos up to 2048 x 2048 pixels and videos up to 15 minutes won't > > count towards your free storage. > > > Huh? ALL my pix are 1600 or less (I export on my machine to 1600 > > and then upload those rather than the originals), and I opened a new > > account when I got close to 1 GB. Was that unnecessary? > > > the problem is that picasa for linux (i think it should be the same > > with picasa for windows and mac) can resize the file to 640 pixels, > > 1200 pixels, or 1600 pixels. (or original size) > > > I d really like to upload photo at 2048 pixels. > > > (sorry for the bad english, it's not my native language) > > > No problem -- never would have guessed had you not blabbed. Most of > > us are Americans and it's not our native language either! > > -- > Cheers, Bev > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > "I don't care who your father is! Drop that cross > one more time and you're out of the parade!" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en.
