Screen Shots

I'd love your input on these screen shots of our up coming alpha. The first is the homepage. Given your understanding of what we do, do you think this communicates it well? The second is a screen shot of all of the places we can search your photos. We have focused on indexing your photos regardless of where they are at. Do you feel this is important (searching albums shared with you by others, etc)? The third screen shot show how we are making it easy to see all of the photos of a given person we have recognized in your album. You click on the photo and you get more of the person. Any and all feedback is welcome.

Photo #1

Photo #2

Photo #3

Comments

[Ravneet]

#1 The homepage at the moment, conveys everything! Not too much information overload. Perfect.

#2 Local search section seems good. Would it be good to mention that Ojos would need some credentials to search my pics on the web? I am not sure how and when Ojos asks me that!

#3 I persume this shot shows all the tags (an photos under that tag, in the album under the tag) Would there be some way to search and narrow the tags themselves? That would be essential for anyone getting a bit serious with tagging :-)

Cant wait to try it out ! BTW Munjal, I just had a brief mention of Ojos here http://www.emergintex.com/blog/?p=100

[Munjal Shah]

Ravneet - on #3 the tags are on the full size photos which you see once you click on it. Hard to see in the flat screen shot. On #2 - once you click on an item it asks for your user id and password (credentials).

[Peter Caputa]

This stuff looks awesome! Can't wait to see it.

[Nevil]

Product Differentiation:

The first thought that would come to someone when you mention a photo recognition software is, weirdly enough Flickr! becz u say photo, u think flickr. Some people might think of Picasa or iPhoto too.

The Web page needs to have information that tells me that Ojos is not just a upgrade to Flickr, or that it is not Picasa on steroids.

Value Addition:

The website tells me what Ojos does. But why do I need it? ME, ME, ME... wotz in it for me?! You might want to explain what problem it solves for me.

Questions that arise are:
1. Is it an online app like Flickr or does it have a PC app like Picasa?
2. What sort of sharing capabilities does it have? How can I analyze my pics with Ojos and share that meta data with my dad?
3. Where is this meta data stored? Is it in a standard format? Is it machine/human readable/XML?
4. Do I have an exit plan if I start using Ojos? Can I transfer that meta data to some other app? or as a simple case, just rename my photos with those tags and stop being depended on Ojos?

[Tejas Patel]

I still would like to comment on these screen shots. It will be up soon. But I agree with Nevil. As I have said before people need to know how this is a different adds from others the moment they hit the website.

There are so many good tools out there, but the problem is they don't tell the uses of there services properly to their customers or prospective customers and thus loose the value in their service.

Yes, Nevil has a good point. I am not sure if the option is already there, but there should be a option where I can quit anytime I want and all my personal information along with the pictures I have shared are deleted. I am sure your service would be good enough that I would never want to quit :).

[Puneet]

Hey hi just came across your blog.. this Ojas seem damn cool tool .. Something which I would be looking forward to… because it would be very helpful and thing which all would needed to manage photos find the one which burried in the folders of hardisk ....
this great tool ill blog about it soon ;-)

Incase if there any alpha/beta testing mailing list do add me to that … looking forward to Ojas thanks

[Munjal Shah]

Tejas and Nevil,

I got it. So you want the ability to delete your account and photos but still keep the meta-data that Ojos found for you / you tagged manually.

The meta-data will be open and available and both machine (XML / etc) and RSS readable. However, this feature will not be in the alpha and will come only by the beta. For the alpha we had to focus on the core of getting the face recognition right and didn't get a chance to do many of these things... none the less it is high on the list. In fact I'll publish the list soon.

On the exit plan I truly believe this is a neccessity as well. Most marketers try to "lock in customers" I don't like this approach. When I see sites like ofoto not letting you get back your hi-resolution photos from them (without a fee) I feel cheated. More importantly customers that had an easy exit are more likely to try your service later once it has improved. For Alpha we don't have implemented yet, but we are aligned on the need for it.

[Sandy Chou]

I like a combination of #1 and #2:

#1:
(+)the picture of the baby is eye catching.
(-)The tagline needs to be short and actionable, "the best way to search for people in photos" is a bit too lengthy and not actionable.

#2:
(+) Users are able to see the power and capability of your feature at a glance.
(-) Not as pleasing visually.

Perhaps add a line to #1, something like..."Web and Desktop search of My photos in an instant". You can consider rotating the #2 company logos at the lower lefthand corner on #1, since the small pix does not seem to show additional features of your site.

The concept looks promising. Can't wait to try it out!

[Sandy Chou]

BTW, one thing that is extremely important is to make your "Sign Up" button prominent.

#1: hiding at the lower right hand corner.
#2: I can't find it
#3: "register" location is very good

"Sign Up" also seems to be more actionable than "register".

Also, not sure what "Add my photos" mean, is it the same as sign in or sign up depending on who you are? You might also want to consider "forget my password" link.

[zo]

just in passing . . the line around the child's face isn't right. it needs to be perhaps dashed or in some other way a bit more fanicful / arty/ designed. the suggestion of the camera's view--if that indeed is what you're after--rather than these too-literal straight lines.

in fact, i think the whole page could be a wee bit sexier and/or more playful. just a tad.

hey, you asked!

[Geek Speaker]

Hello, I just wanted to drop a line to tell you all your software looks excellent, and I can't wait to give it a shot. Will it be advertising supported? Or will it cost money to use?

Thanks!

[Bannoty]

Does the tech work, and to what extent - people may well know about/have Photoshop Elements 4, and see the tech as being Adobes "basic face shapes only" -- so an endorsement from a trusted third party, attesting to the accurancy levels is needed.

[Rahul Rekapalli]

I haven't had a chance to take a look at riya.com yet, but your new technology seems to be amazing.

regards
Rahul