Last month I covered an awesome photo sharing service called DropMocks. Unlike most photo management sites this one wasn’t looking to be the most powerful service on the web, and instead just wanted to offer a simple way for users to quickly share photos with one another. There’s a new kid on the block that copies a lot of what DropMocks offers, but also throws in a few goodies.
Min.us is the site that I’m talking about. The resemblance to DropMocks is striking, but there are quite a few things Min.us can do that DropMocks can’t. Here’s a list that I’ve managed to come up with:
- Displays a direct link for each image underneath the preview. The link is to the full-resolution image, and you can use this to hotlink to a particular image.
- In the navigation window in the upper-right corner you’ll see a “Download all” link that bundles all of the full resolution images up into a single ZIP.
- You can manage your galleries by creating an account, or through their cookie-based session. The cookie method will let you manage the galleries you’ve created until you clear out the cookies in your browser.
- When viewing a list of your galleries you can see how many people have clicked on the link to view your images.
- Drag-and-drop rearranging of images you’ve uploaded.
- Add new images to an existing gallery by dragging them into the window when you’ve got the gallery open.
- Supports more browsers (Firefox 3.6+, Google Chrome, Safari for Mac, and Internet Explorer 9).
And then there are the limitations:
- Image size is limited to 7MB each
- There can be a maximum of 50 images in a gallery
- Image types allowed: JPEG, GIF, PNG, APNG, and BMP
I have to admit that Min.us has some nice features, such as the bulk downloading, that really tips the scale for me. There’s no doubt that I’ll be using this over DropMocks for my quick photo sharing needs. Oh, and they also appear to be rolling out updates rather frequently, which I always like to see.
Min.us Homepage (Here’s a sample gallery I set up)
Hi everyone,
My name is John Xie, co-founder of Min.us (Minus). I’m very happy to see Minus being featured on Cybernetnews!
Everything in this article hit the spot on for what we’re doing :) Few things I’d like to highlight however are that
- We are currently on v1.05 and we’ll be doing new updates at least once a week to roll out new features & bug fixes based on user feedback. So be sure to head on to [feedback.min.us] and [blog.min.us] (Subscribe/follow twitter/facebook etc..) We’re adding new features based on user feedback and priority.
- We have plans to support documents (PDF, TXT, DOC, PPT etc..) along with other file types soon such as PSD, ICO and more such as music/video and the future.
- We are introducing the final register/login feature next week to allow better tracking of My Galleries
- We are working to possibly setup Firefox/Chrome extensions to make sharing on Minus even easier. If anyone wishes to help us with that please email me john@min.us – the same goes for frontend and javascript developers.
- We’re trying to also increase compatibility to more browsers so if you have expertise in this do send us an email as well!
Anyhow, thanks again and be sure to contact us with any feature requests, bug reports and general comments/feedback. All are welcome! Most important please help us spread the word on [Min.us] !
Blog = [blog.min.us]
Feedback = [feedback.min.us]
Cheers
John @ Min.us
[Min.us]
Greetings, I was so happy to find Minus. My cousin has no computer skills at all but she wanted to learn to send friends and family photos. I think I can get her to understand and try Mius.
Thank You “Muchly” for making this available
cuggie
What about iPhone and iPod Touch App.? Thanks.
We will make Min.us compatible with iphone/android web browser, so it will be like a webapp.
Hi
John here from Minus. Just wanted to make a quick update for everyone as just yesterday was the launch of [Min.us] (Minus) v1.10, a big step forward for Minus and we’re very excited about this update.
Minus now supports registration/login along with supporting anonymous sharing. Users can now login and track their Gallery URLs on the go anywhere. We encourage everyone to register and try it out as it only takes a minute!
On top of that, please continue to send us your suggestions to [feedback.min.us]
Be sure to subscribe to us via our
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Thanks again for everyone’s support and feedback! Please continue to share and spread the word on Minus to your friends and family. Blog, Tweet and chat about Minus; Let’s change the way sharing is done!
John @ Min.us [Min.us]
Hi!
John here from Minus and just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year!
As a new years surprise, we’ve deployed and added File Upload Support today so give it a try by drag dropping any files onto [min.us] now!
On top of that per upload size limit is now 10MB! Read more on [blog.min.us] or try uploading some files now onto [Min.us]
Cheers and again be sure to email us info@min.us any suggestions you have!
John