Definition

The ability to display photos and captions, with a premium placed on enhanced functions such as multiple file uploads, collection into galleries/collections, alternate organization, etc.

Discussion

None of the Big Three social software applications will be able to compete with dedicated Web 2.0 image applications like flickr and Zooomr, but photo blogging tools have evolved to the point that they are reasonably useful for image heavy tasks. Wikis are almost completely free form, but the syntax for showing images is often limited, and tools for efficient, quantity uploading are almost non-existent.

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