20 January 2009 - Update for MAC OS X: Google has updated the picasa button API (thx to B. Quorning). A new parameter called bundleid is needed for MAC. I have updated the picasa2flickr button
27 September 2008 - Picasa 3 update: Google has updated Picasa 3, latest version (3.0.0 build 57.24,0) is now working well without any workaround, so simply install the "regular" picasa2flickr button
19 July 2008 - Video support (flickr uploadr beta needed) Good news:I have updated the pbz file using an undocumented parameter to enable video file export (instead of a simple snapshot). Bad news: It seems that picasa does not correctly handle the pbz "version"! So I have changed the button GID and user should manually deselect the previous version (Tools/Configure Buttons), I will try to find a workaround for a smoother upgrade.
30 March 2008 - Picasa Button API: picasa2flickr v2 ? We can make a simple picasa2flickr button using the trayexec verb and the official flickr uploadr see here
2 January 2008 - New year's resolutions ?
I'm working on the next release of picasa2flickr that should work with the last version of picasa, read the forum
9 September 2007 - Warning
The latest Picasa release (v2.7 build 37.27) changes some security settings to disable the use of Picasa2flickr plugin !! I'm investigating to find out a workaround
Fix "invalid signature" bug when the description contains some special char
Improve error display
26 August 2007
User of the latest picasa version can install picasa2flickr with a simple link here!
29 July 2007
Tabblo has released a new picasa extension that use a feature available since version 2.7
The picasa://importbutton/?url=XXX url allows user to import a new pbz file located at XXX. I should design a picasa2flickr icon (any help is welcome !!) and pack a pbz file in the next days/weeks
Based on the proof of concept provided by Tabblo and using the nice flickj api,
picasa2flickr provides a kind of plugin to picasa that allows users to upload their photos to flickr.
The mechanism:
Using a custom "BlogThis" Button, picasa posts XML data (photos URL and titles) to a custom URL;
On this URL, a CGI script parses the XML and provides photos URL and titles to a dedicated Java applet;
The Applet retrieves the photos and upload them to a flickr account.
Your photos are directly uploaded from your computer to flickr. The cgi side, therefore my server, will
never see your photos !
Disclaimer
I'm not a Java expert, this is my first applet for the last five years, my "every day" language is C/C++, Python or x86 asm;
At this time I've only tested the "button hack" on picasa2 under windows and linux;
The applet is hosted on a server of a friend of mine, this service could be down and stopped at any time, but I expect that smart users can install this applet and the cgi somewhere else too.
