Photo-Sharing Site Offers Ease, Collaboration

Souped-up Shutterfly is in beta and set to launch in August
By Sam Biddle,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 30, 2008 4:42 PM CDT
Photo-Sharing Site Offers Ease, Collaboration
The Wall Street Journal finds the new Shutterfly Share service to be an effective and fun way to share photos and communicate with friends and family.   (Getty Images)

With lost passwords and clunky sign-up procedures, online photo-sharing can be a bit of a hassle. But a new service from Shutterfly offers a simpler way, Katherine Boehret writes in the Wall Street Journal after taking it for a spin. Shutterfly Share still has some problems— you can’t post original videos, for one—that won’t be fixed by the Aug. 12 launch, but it offers a sleek and simple experience.

The service enables individuals and groups to craft professional-looking sites with an emphasis on photo sharing and collaborative communication. And there are several ways to add photos, including e-mailing them. That could eliminate a barrier for people intimidated by the uploading process. (More internet stories.)

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