James Fee
11-28-2004, 06:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1706592,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1706592,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div>"<i>There is no shortage of ways to share your digital photos with friends and family. You can upload pictures to a Web site like Ofoto or SmugMug; you can exchange them using IM clients like Microsoft's MSN Photo Swap and Picasa's Hello; or you can set up a peer-to-peer network using services like How2Share's PiXPO, OurPictures, and Grouper. But of all the options available, ShareGear 2004 is the second most impressive. It's right behind Grouper as our favorite P2P app.</i>"<br /><br /> <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/sharegear.jpg" /> <br /><br />I kind of like this idea. If you can get it configured with your firewall, you no longer have to worry about paying for hosting your digital images so others can see them, nor worry about what might happen when your free service goes down. Friends and family just need a web browser to see your images so no need to download software or make sure you are signed into your instant messenger. Plus unlike most services, this isn't a subscription. You download and pay a one time fee and then never worry about cost again.