Re: Has Corel Abandoned Photo Album 6?

And is it worth the price of the upgrade?  Does it have the same 
feature/functions as PA 6?


"Keith Hailey" <hkhailey@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> "Rich Brizell" <Copper30@carolina.rr.com> wrote in message

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>> Seems to me there hasn't been any major upgrade to Corel Photo Album 6
in 
>> a long time. Since the arrival of Snapfire it appears it was put on the

>> "back Burners".
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> No, but it's now integrated into X2 and called the "Organizer". 
I just 
> got X2 last night and that was one of the first things I noticed.
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No the PSPPX2 organizer is an OK menu system, in the style of the
Adobe Bridge program, but not as usefull as PA-6 by a long shot.
Sometimes things are just as good as they can get at their current stage
requiring no further tinkering with.  PA-6 fits in that group.


> And is it worth the price of the upgrade?  Does it have the same
feature/functions as PA 6?
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> "Keith Hailey" <hkhailey@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Rich Brizell" <Copper30@carolina.rr.com> wrote in
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>>> Seems to me there hasn't been any major upgrade to Corel Photo
Album 6 in a long time. Since the arrival of Snapfire it appears 
>>> it was put on the "back Burners".
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>> No, but it's now integrated into X2 and called the
"Organizer".  I just got X2 last night and that was one of the first
things I 
>> noticed.
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I disagree with Dude. Corel acquired Photo Album 6 from JASC and then promptly
abandoned development, leaving a number of unresolved problems, ranging in
severity from annoying to quite serious.  Here are just a few examples:

1. The "View/Sort Thumbnails" setting is not remembered, e.g., if you
want to see thumbnails sorted by name, you must specify this every time you open
the application.

2. Photo Album 6 settings sometimes get corrupted.  Corel's only solution for
this is to open the "Application Data" folder for the current user and
then delete the "Corel Photo Album" folder. This resets the database,
which has several undesirable side effects, e.g., all keywords and descriptions
are lost, and the program forgets all favorite folder selections.

3. There is no good mechanism for transferring the database from one computer to
another.  In particular, there is no way to merge two databases together, i.e.,
one database must overwrite the other.

4. There is no way to control the text size in menus.  In particular, there is
no way to increase the text size in the "Favorite Folders" or
"All Folders" lists, a significant problem for users with poor
vision.

Given the length of time that has elapsed, it has become clear that these and
hundreds of other problems with Photo Album will never be fixed.  I am now
looking for a suitable alternative to replace this application.

Phillip

Dude wrote:
> No the PSPPX2 organizer is an OK menu system, in the style of the
> Adobe Bridge program, but not as usefull as PA-6 by a long shot.
> Sometimes things are just as good as they can get at their current stage
> requiring no further tinkering with.  PA-6 fits in that group.
> 
> 
>> And is it worth the price of the upgrade?  Does it have the same
feature/functions as PA 6?
>>
>>
>> "Keith Hailey" <hkhailey@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Rich Brizell" <Copper30@carolina.rr.com> wrote in
message news:46b53377$1_1@cnews...
>>>> Seems to me there hasn't been any major upgrade to Corel Photo
Album 6 in a long time. Since the arrival of Snapfire it appears 
>>>> it was put on the "back Burners".
>>>>
>>>>
>>> No, but it's now integrated into X2 and called the
"Organizer".  I just got X2 last night and that was one of the first
things I 
>>> noticed.
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I can recommend ACDSee if you want a program that does it all.
I experience none of the problems you have with PA-6, but then
it is not my major workhorse, just a way to find which CD to pull
out in order to retrieve an old cataloged image file.


"Dr. Phillip M. Feldman" <pfeldman@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> I disagree with Dude. Corel acquired Photo Album 6 from JASC and then
promptly abandoned development, leaving a number of 
> unresolved problems, ranging in severity from annoying to quite serious. 
Here are just a few examples:
>
> 1. The "View/Sort Thumbnails" setting is not remembered, e.g., if
you want to see thumbnails sorted by name, you must specify this 
> every time you open the application.
>
> 2. Photo Album 6 settings sometimes get corrupted.  Corel's only solution
for this is to open the "Application Data" folder for 
> the current user and then delete the "Corel Photo Album" folder.
This resets the database, which has several undesirable side 
> effects, e.g., all keywords and descriptions are lost, and the program
forgets all favorite folder selections.
>
> 3. There is no good mechanism for transferring the database from one
computer to another.  In particular, there is no way to merge 
> two databases together, i.e., one database must overwrite the other.
>
> 4. There is no way to control the text size in menus.  In particular, there
is no way to increase the text size in the "Favorite 
> Folders" or "All Folders" lists, a significant problem for
users with poor vision.
>
> Given the length of time that has elapsed, it has become clear that these
and hundreds of other problems with Photo Album will 
> never be fixed.  I am now looking for a suitable alternative to replace
this application.
>
> Phillip
>
> Dude wrote:
>> No the PSPPX2 organizer is an OK menu system, in the style of the
>> Adobe Bridge program, but not as usefull as PA-6 by a long shot.
>> Sometimes things are just as good as they can get at their current
stage
>> requiring no further tinkering with.  PA-6 fits in that group.
>>
>>
>>> And is it worth the price of the upgrade?  Does it have the same
feature/functions as PA 6?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Keith Hailey" <hkhailey@hotmail.com> wrote in
message news:46e93735$1_2@cnews...
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>>>> "Rich Brizell" <Copper30@carolina.rr.com> wrote
in message news:46b53377$1_1@cnews...
>>>>> Seems to me there hasn't been any major upgrade to Corel
Photo Album 6 in a long time. Since the arrival of Snapfire it 
>>>>> appears it was put on the "back Burners".
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> No, but it's now integrated into X2 and called the
"Organizer".  I just got X2 last night and that was one of the first
things 
>>>> I noticed.
>>>>
>>>>
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