tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754384651423082329.post8307466239275973821..comments2007-09-20T10:54:32.345-04:00Andy Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053679279006033206noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754384651423082329.post-11654821696538606822007-09-20T10:54:32.345-04:002007-09-20T10:54:32.345-04:00Thanks for your input, Kris. I understand that when deciding how to spend development resources, there will always be trade-offs, especially when you are a one man dev team. <BR/><BR/>I have every hope that you can find the right balance between keeping your existing users happy and attracting new users. You've done great things so far, and I for one will be sticking with you.<BR/><BR/>That being said, it is not wise to discount the feedback of Raoul and the others that chimed in on this. Passionate users are like gold, and if there is some "low-hanging fruit" you can offer them (such as the fix you made), then it is time well spent.Andy Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053679279006033206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754384651423082329.post-35859611541687847992007-09-18T16:26:35.494-04:002007-09-18T16:26:35.494-04:00Raoul was just ranting over a non-issue -- that being the way lightroom saves IPTC metadata in a fashion that is different from the rest of the pack.<BR/><BR/>I investigated how Adobe encapsulates their metadata inside of IPTC, made some changes to our uploading sub-system and now it works -- simple as. Raoul has my GTalk IM; He also knows that we have a help forum where we can talk about these issues as a community.<BR/><BR/>If you look at the photo post on Zooomr, that's where the real discussion takes place.<BR/><BR/>At the moment, we are working on launching Zooomr in Japan. Unfortunately, this also means that we must focus on making the Zooomr Japan experience friendly for Japanese people -- As the sole developer of Zooomr, I have to choose my time wisely.<BR/><BR/>In many ways, photo sharing is a costly venture -- in the greater interest of all of our users worldwide, I would rather have one user cry wolf over IPTC metadata than have 100,000 users crying over the loss of zooomr as a whole.<BR/><BR/>That said, of course I fixed his problem immediately -- Titles and descriptions now work well from lightroom to Zooomr.<BR/><BR/>Raoul is a good person -- but his points do not encapsulate the entire picture.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting about this.<BR/><BR/>kristopher tate<BR/>founder & cto -- zooomrKristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08671795848780933330noreply@blogger.com