FW Editor: Is this the first software you develop? How much time have you put into this?
Bouzid Nazim Zitouni: Well, No, I have other published software. This one took me a couple of days to finish.
FW Editor: The program is free for the moment. Are you planning to charge it if it will be a great success?
Bouzid Nazim Zitouni: See, the idea is to keep everything free, as long as users keep on showing their appreciation by sending donations, or even saying thanks!
FW Editor: You can upload only 10 pictures at a time. Why can't we upload all the pictures of our blogs at once?
Bouzid Nazim Zitouni: It would be easier for me to write the code to send everything at once, but then, you may get an angry email from your host for using way too much resources. That will also be though on ImageShack
FW Editor: ImageShack only copies the pictures, is not deleting them. What happens if ImageShack is offline? The pictures will be shown from the previous location?
Bouzid Nazim Zitouni: as a matter of fact, no. ImageShack is very unlikely to go offline. but your pictures may get deleted for other reasons. In that case you will have to remove the dead links from the plugin for it to start loading the original ones. You will be able to re-upload the deleted pictures later.
FW Editor: When we tried it, some errors appeared when we were trying to upload some photos. How often does that happen?
Bouzid Nazim Zitouni: It depends, on the host's settings, like timeout values, or script execution maximum time, and sometimes even on how busy ImageShack is. This plugin stays on the Admin's side, so I believe it is healthier to allow errors to be displayed, so that he knows exactly what's going on.
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