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min.us (better than imgur?)

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alr1ghtstart said:
it's prob just for larger sizes. Upload this there, it cuts the size in half and loses the transparency. http://www.abload.de/img/dmc_1a3ly7.png
Oh I see your problem now. Copy/paste the direct link to get the original, unaltered image.

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Like so:

http://i.min.us/igVV2Gbj3yLM8.png

Instead of copying the address of the image shown: http://k.min.us/jgVV2Gbj3yLM8.png
 
Well they must have changed how the site works. Kind of stupid how the actual pic doesn't get displayed in the large window.
 
No, it's always worked like that. The thing that puzzles me is why the down-sized image you get in that view is not the same size as the down-sized image when you use the Forum Code option.
 
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Technical difficulties.

yencid said:
while i like min.us the imgur extension beats it
Yeah, the minus extension isn't as great on FF. I wish there were a simple URL to transload images.

like

minus.com/transload.html?i=http://example.com/image.jpg

tokkun said:
No, it's always worked like that. The thing that puzzles me is why the down-sized image you get in that view is not the same size as the down-sized image when you use the Forum Code option.
I guess it's because of their own layout.
 
Your service seems great, but your iOS app needs a bit more work.

I think you should simplify the image uploader and not give too many prompts when it uploads a photo. And the gallery title and photo image name should be clean - we should not have to delete that "insert name" or something before we write what we want, it's just a waste of time. Also, there needs to be a way to upload photos without requiring creating an account.
 
I tried using it but it was down like twice in one day, went down in the middle of me using it. Extremely unreliable and it only counts views when you actually click on the image leading to min.us, not how many viewed the image embedded in a page like with imgur, which I prefer.
 
Does the Minus guy still post here? If so, I have a suggestion for the OS X menu app.

I don't know who actually maintains the OS X app, but I love it, except for one problem. That pop-down window that appears when you mouseover the menu item. It's not needed and it actually gets in the way more than it should. I find it appearing all the time when I don't need it just because I was mousing up to click a tab in Chrome or something. It's also not needed because you can just make it so you can drop the file on the icon itself. This is what CloudApp does. You drop the file on the menu icon and it uploads it. There's no need for a pop-up window to appear. So please, remove it or pass this information on. It's really annoying when it appears. It's especially annoying in fullscreen mode in Chrome when I miss the tab, show the menubar and the balloon pops on screen and gets in the way forcing me to have to mouse down a bit to make it go away before I try aiming for the tab again. And when I drag a file from the Finder, it means I have to mouse over the icon, then back down to drop it. It just does more harm than it should.

Other than that, I love it. Keep the site going.
 
Wonder if there us filtering going on. I was uploading a spiderman spray titled 'fuckspray' and it wouldn't work. Rename without fuck, works fine? S:
 
Hey guys!

A big update on http://Minus.com = thought I'd give some news!

- Upload files up to 2 GB per file!

- Brand New Look and Feel for Dashboard - Profiles and more

- New Vanity URLs for profiles such as http://minus.com/john

- Each account receives 10 GB Free. Invite friends to get up to 50 GB more Free via http://minus.com/pages/invite

- Option to connect and auto-post to Facebook and Twitter in settings.

- New iPhone App, Android App and Chrome Extension updates via http://minus.com/pages/tools

Hope everyone likes the changes!
 
I prefer imgur for a couple of reasons:

1) I don't need an account (pics expire without one with min.us)
2) I can crop/edit the pics that I upload
3) I can upload a pic using a url
 
Noirulus said:
Thank god the days of photobucket and Imageshack are over, is all I can say. I've been loving imgur for the past few months and min.us seems pretty damn awesome. :)

Thanks. Note for Minus you can upload files up to 2 GB each!!

Stabbie said:
*Sigh*

This is how it goes with every new image hoster. Offering tons of options and free unlimited bandwidth until a couple months later, they have to downgrade because they can't afford the costs.

We are here to stay, please don't worry.

Crakatak187 said:
I like Min.us so far. Will there be an option to organize the pictures into custom folders/albums in the future?

Yes - it's already there. Each URL is a folder, you can organize via your Dashboard

alr1ghtstart said:
firefox extension is still broken. It doesn't work when you're trying to upload from a straight picture URL.

Please try all the updates on http://Minus.com/pages/tools - the firefox extension should be updated very soon, please subscribe to http://blog.minus.com for the updates. Sorry for the trouble!
 
Reckoner said:
Your service seems great, but your iOS app needs a bit more work.

I think you should simplify the image uploader and not give too many prompts when it uploads a photo. And the gallery title and photo image name should be clean - we should not have to delete that "insert name" or something before we write what we want, it's just a waste of time. Also, there needs to be a way to upload photos without requiring creating an account.

Please check our latest updates for iOS app on http://blog.minus.com and http://minus.com/pages/tools

alr1ghtstart said:
Now they're re-compressing my images, which kills my transparency in pngs. great.

We only compress for the folder view page, you can hotlink to the DIrect Link or the Image Link for full size. GIFS are never compressed in folder view page.

giga said:
Can you make an option to always have the "share" part expanded? It's always an extra click for me to get the direct link or bbcode.

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Imgur shows you it without requiring an extra click so I tend to use it over min.us.

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This is done now in the latest update, please check it out again :)
 
Kuro Madoushi said:
Wonder if there us filtering going on. I was uploading a spiderman spray titled 'fuckspray' and it wouldn't work. Rename without fuck, works fine? S:

Please try again, may have been a server upgrade we had going on!!

Jasoco said:
Does the Minus guy still post here? If so, I have a suggestion for the OS X menu app.

I don't know who actually maintains the OS X app, but I love it, except for one problem. That pop-down window that appears when you mouseover the menu item. It's not needed and it actually gets in the way more than it should. I find it appearing all the time when I don't need it just because I was mousing up to click a tab in Chrome or something. It's also not needed because you can just make it so you can drop the file on the icon itself. This is what CloudApp does. You drop the file on the menu icon and it uploads it. There's no need for a pop-up window to appear. So please, remove it or pass this information on. It's really annoying when it appears. It's especially annoying in fullscreen mode in Chrome when I miss the tab, show the menubar and the balloon pops on screen and gets in the way forcing me to have to mouse down a bit to make it go away before I try aiming for the tab again. And when I drag a file from the Finder, it means I have to mouse over the icon, then back down to drop it. It just does more harm than it should.

Other than that, I love it. Keep the site going.

Thanks so much. We'll keep this in mind, please check http://feedback.minus.com to submit more stuff too!

Sethos said:
I tried using it but it was down like twice in one day, went down in the middle of me using it. Extremely unreliable and it only counts views when you actually click on the image leading to min.us, not how many viewed the image embedded in a page like with imgur, which I prefer.

Very sorry, we have been growing and scaling up. Please try us again, we're improving and doing our best everyday!
 
alr1ghtstart said:
guest files expire in 30 days...lulz

still no upload by url.

Upload by URL is coming --- guest upload expiration is really because we offer uplodas up to 2 GB per file now. Also most image sharing sites expire files, they don't tell you....

We don't expire files if you register/sign-in to upload!!


tokkun said:
So unlimited space has switched to 10GB per user. That's a bummer, although not entirely unexpected.

You can easily grow the account by inviting friends via http://minus.com/pages/invite --- additionally more accounts are free.

IceCold said:
I prefer imgur for a couple of reasons:

1) I don't need an account (pics expire without one with min.us)
2) I can crop/edit the pics that I upload
3) I can upload a pic using a url

#1 - u don't need account with Minus either, but we are expiring Guest uploads as we support up to 2 GB per file now. If you register/login to upload, it stays forever. 500mb files etc..

#2 is done, not live yet

#3 is work in progress
 
any chance you guys will add the "Message Boards" option as well? I sometimes spam a huge amount of images and when I do it's a pain in the butt to have to add another step to creating the "IMG" tags with each image (sometimes getting up to 80-90 images a post). It's a little thing, but those do count ;) Also I completely bailed on my imgur paid account, cancelled it and told em that they have some competition from you guys, especially since I can do everything I could with my former paid account and more! but with you guys for free.
 
wenis said:
any chance you guys will add the "Message Boards" option as well? I sometimes spam a huge amount of images and when I do it's a pain in the butt to have to add another step to creating the "IMG" tags with each image (sometimes getting up to 80-90 images a post). It's a little thing, but those do count ;) Also I completely bailed on my imgur paid account, cancelled it and told em that they have some competition from you guys, especially since I can do everything I could with my former paid account and more! but with you guys for free.


Thanks! And welcome aboard!!

In terms of "Message Boards" option can you explain in more details?

Cheers
 
Hi minus,

I really find it hard to believe that someone has taken the username Meeru, is it possible for you to check? I really would like to use the username Meeru for minus!! Please:)
 
minus said:
Thanks! And welcome aboard!!

In terms of "Message Boards" option can you explain in more details?

Cheers

bulk folder tagging. Upload 10 pics, then output:










 
Meeru said:
Hi minus,

I really find it hard to believe that someone has taken the username Meeru, is it possible for you to check? I really would like to use the username Meeru for minus!! Please:)

Please try now !!
 
Hey Minus ( and everyone else )

I really love the site/service but I was wondering, is it possible to resize uploaded pictures somehow? I've been looking and I don't know if I'm just bad at looking or if there in fact is no such option at this time.
 
Corky said:
Hey Minus ( and everyone else )

I really love the site/service but I was wondering, is it possible to resize uploaded pictures somehow? I've been looking and I don't know if I'm just bad at looking or if there in fact is no such option at this time.

That would be a godsend. One of the features imgur has that I wish minus had.
 
Meeru said:
Thank you!! But..when I signed up I wanted my name capitalized, like Meeru, but it gave me meeru :(

http://minus.com/Meeru

I kinda fixed it by adding a name..I'm guessing all user names are lower cased?

Yes, username are lowercased, your nickname/display name is capitalized. Most users requested that.
 
MuseManMike said:
Solely on the basis of the feedback here and the .gif upload size. I am going to give it a try.

=) Glad to hear, welcome to Minus!


Corky said:
Hey Minus ( and everyone else )

I really love the site/service but I was wondering, is it possible to resize uploaded pictures somehow? I've been looking and I don't know if I'm just bad at looking or if there in fact is no such option at this time.

Yes, all photos/images over certain size is re-sized for the folder/gallery view. But we still include original image size for you to use/hotlink if needed.

Rorschach said:
I was excited about it too... 'till I found out it doesn't work.

What doesn't work? Please let us know and we'll do our best to fix.

Thanks everyone!
 
wow didnt know minus guy had a gaf account...

well keep up the great work, i love this service and its become one of my essentials.

chrome extension needs work though...hate how it handles uploading files.
 
minus said:
What doesn't work? Please let us know and we'll do our best to fix.

Thanks everyone!
I use the firefox one. Most of the time that I open up my browser, the icon isn't there and the extension isn't working. I go to check my extensions and it's enabled, but there's nothing in the add-on bar or the right click menu. If I open up add-ons, double click min.us extension, close the browser, and open it again, then I can get it to appear. Other than that, it's random. I just want it to be there all the time without having to do that. It's the only one I have that problem with. I've tried re-installing, but that didn't work. Don't know if anyone else has that problem.
 
Rorschach said:
I use the firefox one. Most of the time that I open up my browser, the icon isn't there and the extension isn't working. I go to check my extensions and it's enabled, but there's nothing in the add-on bar or the right click menu. If I open up add-ons, double click min.us extension, close the browser, and open it again, then I can get it to appear. Other than that, it's random. I just want it to be there all the time without having to do that. It's the only one I have that problem with. I've tried re-installing, but that didn't work. Don't know if anyone else has that problem.

The Firefox addon needs to be updated. We haven't had a chance as Firefox takes forever to update / approve :\ Chrome extension is up to date however.

Please stay tuned! Very sorry for the trouble.


Threi said:
wow didnt know minus guy had a gaf account...

well keep up the great work, i love this service and its become one of my essentials.

chrome extension needs work though...hate how it handles uploading files.


Thanks =) Subscribe to http://blog.minus.com and stay tuned, we have updates coming!

Cheers
 
old thread

anyway, it looks like you need a account or your files will disappear in 30 days. i think i'll stay with imgur.
 
I'll try the chrome app.

Windu said:
old thread

anyway, it looks like you need a account or your files will disappear in 30 days. i think i'll stay with imgur.
Imgur removes them anyway. I know because I'll look back at threads I've made and see nothing but "content removed" images or other people's pictures. Not like setting up an account is a big hassle, anyway. :P
 
Thank god someone bumped this, I swear I couldn't find this thread and didn't remember the domain name, and I don't remember what the thread title was :lol

Going to bookmark it!
 
I really like the new easier upload results page with all the links available. Clicking to copy to clipboard would be a nice improvement. Also I dislike how minus doesn't respect capital letters in the username. Gr!

I downloaded the desktop and iPhone apps and am using minus now and really like it. Is there any folder sync like Dropbox available/down the pipeline? I really liked that I could let my document folders live in a Dropbox sync folder and have it automatically uploaded to the cloud rather than having to drag it to manually update all the time.

Really cool service. Digging it and the extension now that it's easier to use.
 
Matts Legacy said:
Ill make the switch since the site likes all my gifs :)

=)

Windu said:
old thread

anyway, it looks like you need a account or your files will disappear in 30 days. i think i'll stay with imgur.

accounts are free, require no email ... :( No love?



Rorschach said:
I'll try the chrome app.

Imgur removes them anyway. I know because I'll look back at threads I've made and see nothing but "content removed" images or other people's pictures. Not like setting up an account is a big hassle, anyway. :P

we don't remove files from your account =) if you sign in to upload
 
Anteater said:
Thank god someone bumped this, I swear I couldn't find this thread and didn't remember the domain name, and I don't remember what the thread title was :lol

Going to bookmark it!

:D welcome back

jonnybryce said:
I really like the new easier upload results page with all the links available. Clicking to copy to clipboard would be a nice improvement. Also I dislike how minus doesn't respect capital letters in the username. Gr!

I downloaded the desktop and iPhone apps and am using minus now and really like it. Is there any folder sync like Dropbox available/down the pipeline? I really liked that I could let my document folders live in a Dropbox sync folder and have it automatically uploaded to the cloud rather than having to drag it to manually update all the time.

Really cool service. Digging it and the extension now that it's easier to use.

Thanks ! Click to copy link was disabled as doing it for multiple 'text fields' slows the site down, and it also requires flash.

Syncing files is something we may do in future for folders. But right now you can still keep all your files synced by doing it manually via folders via your Dashboard, it's not a normal sync in your desktop, but in the end we promote sharing/publishing more than simply uploading and storing your files.

Hope that makes sense, thnx and be sure to help us spread the word on Minus! :)
 
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