Looking for a Picture Management Program

Chris G cl at isbd.net
Sat Jul 5 20:58:53 UTC 2008


On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 11:30:10AM -0400, Steve Brettell wrote:
>    For an unusual solution to this, check the GiffMex.org site.  There is a
>    TiddlyWiki written by the owner for sorting and storing pictures with
>    captions, etc.
> 
So web browser dependent, not a good solution I suspect.  I took a
look at GiffMex.org and their photos appear to be on flickr, nothing
to do with TiddlyWiki.  GiffR is 'abandoned'.

>    If you aren't familiar with TiddlyWiki, it's a very very flexible little
>    program that uses easy linking (like the old HyperCard program) to sort,
>    store and retrieve information.  The GiffMex.org site has a couple of very
>    clear tutorials.  WikiPedia is based on this same type of technology.
> 
I use various wikis for other things but image organisers they are not.

>    NB:  you may have noticed the odd way I configured some of the words,
>    above, ie GiffMex, TiddlyWiki, HyperCard, and WikiPedia.  There are extra
>    upper case letters.  If you use this configuration in TiddlyWiki, the word
>    is turned into a hyperlink, and you can fill in the link information
>    later.

Err, um, that's a rather basic/fundamental wiki'ism (for most wikis).

-- 
Chris Green




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