Image Shack hopeless?

bert8for3 · 04-13-08, 06:31 PM

Not wishing to rant of course, but does anyone else get the impression that ImageShack is kind of hopeless. It seems to be very slow all of the time.

I can't get a proper posting link for images.

And it's deleted my signature image.

Like I said, I wasn't going to rant.

But is PhotoBucket better? :hmm:

edit/add: So I go to PhotoBucket to sign up. Put in my ultra high-fangled security user name ... name not available. What the ...? Use a variation name, enter the email address, then it tells me it already has an account for that email address. ... oops, already had a PB account

. Now I gotta find the password :rotfl: :rotfl:

Yahoshua · 04-13-08, 06:41 PM

photobucket is faster, holds more info, doesn't spam your e-mail address, and is free with registration.

joegrundman · 04-13-08, 06:42 PM

i think it provides a very good free-of-charge service - and i far prefer it to photobucket

I use it a lot, and occasionally there are slowdowns that can cause problems - the usual way around for me in these cases is to use a smaller image or reduce the resolution of the image. I find that usually solves the issue

p.s. you don't want to get spammed by emails - don't give them your email address. The emailaddress entry field is optional.

joe

Sailor Steve · 04-13-08, 09:01 PM

Sometimes when I click on someone's ImigeShack thumbnail, I get a CTD. I tried ImageShack, and had nothing but trouble.

I've been using PhotoBucket for three years now, and have never had a single problem. That's all I can judge by.

Stealth Hunter · 04-13-08, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Yahoshua

photobucket is faster, holds more info, doesn't spam your e-mail address, and is free with registration.

Though they are fascists with bandwidth. Still, I prefer them to ImageShack, and only use ImageShack when I've posted too many pics from my Photobucket account and broken my bandwith for the week... or month... or year, even.

Monica Lewinsky · 04-13-08, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

Though they are fascists with bandwidth.

Yea, I gave up 2-3 years ago on them DOPE heads.

Now that I have my own Windows Home Server, I can share this without a third party website hassling me.

I will survive, see ?:
http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/..._Last_Walk.wmv

bookworm_020 · 04-13-08, 11:45 PM

I haven't had any problems with Image shack, but then I'm not uploaded huge amonts of photos

Yahoshua · 04-14-08, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yahoshua

photobucket is faster, holds more info, doesn't spam your e-mail address, and is free with registration.

Though they are fascists with bandwidth. Still, I prefer them to ImageShack, and only use ImageShack when I've posted too many pics from my Photobucket account and broken my bandwith for the week... or month... or year, even.

I guess my photos aren't big enough yet to have this problem occur? :hmm:

Brag · 04-14-08, 07:36 AM

I've been using photobucket for 2 years. No problems

Dowly · 04-14-08, 08:29 AM

Imageshack worked fine ~6-9months ago. Now, it's very slow to me, so I started using PB few months back. Never going to go back to anything else.

bert8for3 · 04-14-08, 09:27 AM

Well, after retrieving my PhotoBucket password and uploading/posting some images, I find that PB has much better functionality, plus nice clean image code for posting

Jimbuna · 04-14-08, 01:56 PM

I use both....the advantage of using IS (for posting purposes) is that you don't have to leave the image in an account with the resultant drain on your storage allowance.

Therefore, I use IS for those one off posts and PB for stuff I want to keep.

SUBMAN1 · 04-14-08, 02:37 PM

Screwing around with Image SHack and I seem to get better results in speed if I use imageshack.us for the URL over www.imageshack.us.

Pinging it, I show two different IP's for those addy's - imageshack.us goes to 38.99.77.244 and www.imageshack.us goes to 39.99.77.228.

The moral of the story is, if one server is bogged, use the other. Image Shack still works great for me using this method. No one needs Photo Bucket.

-S

PS. Maybe I should have kept this secret to myself.

PPS. I screwd up Its Imageshack.us. Let me edit my post. Edit complete.

STEED · 04-14-08, 02:55 PM

ImageShack is down to many times and have a nasty habit of deleting images so I'm not that keen on them, on the other hand I've had no problems with Photobucket and they seem to improved as well.

SUBMAN1 · 04-14-08, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STEED

ImageShack is down to many times and have a nasty habit of deleting images so I'm not that keen on them, on the other hand I've had no problems with Photobucket and they seem to improved as well.

I don't think they are down, just swamped. Try my idea above Steed.

-S

04-13-08, 06:31 PM	#1
bert8for3 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,124 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Image Shack hopeless? Not wishing to rant of course, but does anyone else get the impression that ImageShack is kind of hopeless. It seems to be very slow all of the time. I can't get a proper posting link for images. And it's deleted my signature image. Like I said, I wasn't going to rant. But is PhotoBucket better? :hmm: edit/add: So I go to PhotoBucket to sign up. Put in my ultra high-fangled security user name ... name not available. What the ...? Use a variation name, enter the email address, then it tells me it already has an account for that email address. ... oops, already had a PB account . Now I gotta find the password :rotfl: :rotfl: __________________

04-13-08, 06:41 PM	#2
Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	photobucket is faster, holds more info, doesn't spam your e-mail address, and is free with registration. __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

04-13-08, 06:42 PM	#3
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	i think it provides a very good free-of-charge service - and i far prefer it to photobucket I use it a lot, and occasionally there are slowdowns that can cause problems - the usual way around for me in these cases is to use a smaller image or reduce the resolution of the image. I find that usually solves the issue p.s. you don't want to get spammed by emails - don't give them your email address. The emailaddress entry field is optional. joe __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

04-13-08, 09:01 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Sometimes when I click on someone's ImigeShack thumbnail, I get a CTD. I tried ImageShack, and had nothing but trouble. I've been using PhotoBucket for three years now, and have never had a single problem. That's all I can judge by. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-13-08, 11:45 PM	#7
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I haven't had any problems with Image shack, but then I'm not uploaded huge amonts of photos __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

04-14-08, 07:36 AM	#9
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I've been using photobucket for 2 years. No problems __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

04-14-08, 08:29 AM	#10
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Imageshack worked fine ~6-9months ago. Now, it's very slow to me, so I started using PB few months back. Never going to go back to anything else.

04-14-08, 09:27 AM	#11
bert8for3 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,124 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Well, after retrieving my PhotoBucket password and uploading/posting some images, I find that PB has much better functionality, plus nice clean image code for posting __________________

04-14-08, 01:56 PM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I use both....the advantage of using IS (for posting purposes) is that you don't have to leave the image in an account with the resultant drain on your storage allowance. Therefore, I use IS for those one off posts and PB for stuff I want to keep. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-14-08, 02:37 PM	#13
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Screwing around with Image SHack and I seem to get better results in speed if I use imageshack.us for the URL over www.imageshack.us. Pinging it, I show two different IP's for those addy's - imageshack.us goes to 38.99.77.244 and www.imageshack.us goes to 39.99.77.228. The moral of the story is, if one server is bogged, use the other. Image Shack still works great for me using this method. No one needs Photo Bucket. -S PS. Maybe I should have kept this secret to myself. PPS. I screwd up Its Imageshack.us. Let me edit my post. Edit complete. __________________

04-14-08, 02:55 PM	#14
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	ImageShack is down to many times and have a nasty habit of deleting images so I'm not that keen on them, on the other hand I've had no problems with Photobucket and they seem to improved as well. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!