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Yesterday, I had written about Pict.com, a free image host as being ridiculously easy, minimalist and uncluttered.
I was wrong.
After seeing Pictamatic, a free image host, that is.
Pictamatic is the Google of free image hosting – it does not even have a logo at the top (the logo is at the bottom of the page). It has only preview squares (clicking on which gives you a file upload box), and links to FAQ, and upload from a URL.
There is not even a sign up link – the sign up link on the home page takes you to the FAQ which explains why you do not even need a registration. Once you upload a bunch of images and click ‘Save these images’ , you get a permanent link saved and sent to your email ID. Accessing your images is as easy as bookmarking that link. Registration can’t get any simpler than that – I hope more sites learn from Pictamatic.
Pictamatic uses Flash 9 if available, and allows multiple image uploads. At the time of writing, I did not have Flash 9, so it showed me a little warning tucked into the top right corner ‘no Flash 9 installed – no batch uploading’ along with a link to the FAQ.
Also, the FAQ section of Pictamatic is excellent – clicking on a ‘why’ link from somewhere on the site takes you to the FAQ, and brings the section in question to the top of the page in a little animation, and highlights it. No more scrolling through hundreds of questions to find an answer if you disturbed the page anchor link by impatiently scrolling before page load is complete.
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