Windows only: Flickr Uploadr versus jUploadrPosted by Andy Atkinson on February 18, 2007 | Post type: Gain After Thomas Hawk's (heavy user of Flickr and CEO of Zooomr) recommendation of jUploadr over the supported Flickr Uploadr, I was curious to try it and see if it would save me time. jUploadr is written in Java, which means you can run it on Windows, Mac or Linux, where you have a Java runtime environment installed. The Flickr Uploadr tool is Windows and Mac only at this time (I have never used it in OS X). This short review will focus on these two tools to discern which is better.
Flickr Uploadr versus jUploader I was curious to see other upload options besides Flickr Uploadr because it has been crashing half way through larger upload jobs (greater than 30 photos) lately (though this could be problems on Flickr's end, hard to tell) and I spend a ton of time uploading and organizing my photos. I made sure to grab the latest version of Uploadr (2.3 as of this writing). Photo titles (but not tags or descriptions) are sometimes lost in upload too, but generally no more than one or two out of the entire job. This could be due to the way the metadata is written into the JPEG however, and not the fault of Flickr Uploadr.
jUploader advantage: shows progress for each photo Flickr Uploadr
jUploader: allows you to upload in order shots were taken jUploadr
Flickr Uploadr and jUploadr let you create Sets before upload jUploadrs inability to support the metadata I add to my photos in another application is a total deal breaker for me. Metadata I've added using PictureSync on OS X or iTag on Windows (which is supposed to be compliant with the IPTC standard) is properly parsed and displayed in Flickr when I upload with Flickr Uploadr, meaning my metadata is added and available locally (which is also faster). When I dropped photos into jUploadr, there were no titles, descriptions, or tags. I'm assuming Flickr would display metadata well if you do all your annotations within jUploadr. I like that jUploadr can upload photos in the order they were taken (when available), Flickr Uploadr tool should add this feature. jUploadr will let you put photos into Sets or create new ones, but you'll find these options in the right-click menu instead of on the primary screen. On Linux, jUploadr is probably your only option (or if you have a Zooomr account), and Thomas Hawk says it is a better option on Mac (but I can't validate this personally). Give jUploadr a shot if you add all your metadata within jUploadr itself (which is probably easier for less technical people anyway). I spend much time editing large photosets, as I already use other applications to perform these batch updates. If you have tons of metadata added in other applications, uploading them with jUploadr may mean that Flickr won't find your metadata (beware!). If you are frequently moving between platforms, jUploadr is probably worth your time to learn and to use as your annotation tool. If you are already accustomed to other annotation tools and you just want basic batch uploading and Set creation (with Set level privacy control), I recommend sticking with Flickr Uploadr. The ability for jUploadr to retrieve tags you've already added to your photos stored on Flickr is great. I think preferences for photo annotation vary greatly from Flickr user to Flickr user. Some will not add any metadata, some will use Photoshop to embed XMP/IPTC data while editing, others will use separate tools for each job. If you stay within jUploadr, then you get a consistent experience on all three major platforms. This might be a good option to recommend to less technical Flickr users who may not have otherwise annotated their photos at all. It will be interesting to see what other types of metadata these applications support going forward, such as integration with Yahoo! Maps for geotagging or GPS data. Note however, that I do not think jUploadr is embedding metdata into the photos like PictureSync does on OS X, which means data you add to your photos will be for the specific purpose of using on Flickr (and won't be displayed in other local applications or on other photo sharing sites should you upload from local copies). Finally: it is great having both of these options for free, and nice to see Flickr users (jUploadr is coded by a Flickr user) innovating and pushing Flickr to stay on their toes in the features and support department of their batch upload tool. About the author(s) Andy started Pain in the Tech in 2005 as a way to share tips and tutorials with friends and family, and evangelize great products and services. By 2008, Pain in the Tech had 7 contributors, thousands of daily page views. Site ownership was transitioned to Matt Thommes in 2008. Comments
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