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Title: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: LSD72 on April 28, 2009, 21:13
You might have a look at this Plug-in for it. Looks promising.

http://www.picniche.com/

This is my first post here so I figured I would add something hopefully useful instead of just hi.

Yes, I downloaded it but just got to play and configure it out.  ;)
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser...
Post by: null on April 28, 2009, 22:47
[url]http://www.picniche.com/[/url]


I had it. Found it a useless gadget that slows my PC down, especially on Asian band-narrowness. The only plugins I use are xmarks and adblock, and of course the Youtube downloader. Couldn't miss the adblock, in which you can also block the slideshows on microstock sites landing pages and all flash content which slows down all terribly.
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: packerguy on April 29, 2009, 07:39
Lee Torrens at Microstock Diaries has a write up on this.

http://www.microstockdiaries.com/

Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: LSD72 on April 29, 2009, 10:27
So far its working fine for me. I did have a little trouble getting it to log me into fotolia but I finally got it. The rest logged in fine. Right now it's just as useful as my bookmarks. Got to take some shots and try out the keywording and uploading part to see if it really useful and stays on my computer.
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: Dreamframer on April 30, 2009, 04:50
Is it safe? I mean, safe for our passwords.. I guess it is because they are stored in FF and they are not sent to some other place
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: travismanley on April 30, 2009, 09:52
This is my second day using it, I really like it. I just wish I could track more sites with it.
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: goldenangel on April 30, 2009, 10:18
I'm also wondering how safe it is. Perhaps we could monitor the network traffic while it's running to see which sites it is trying to contact. OK, this is engineer speaking out of me :D
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: antoniodalbore on April 30, 2009, 10:32
As far as I know PicNiche does ask the FF Password Manager to open a session and take care of the authentication itself.

The passwords are stored safely in FF Password Manager NOT in the toolbar somewhere.

I'm also wondering how safe it is. Perhaps we could monitor the network traffic while it's running to see which sites it is trying to contact. OK, this is engineer speaking out of me :D
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: Dreamframer on April 30, 2009, 10:47
As far as I know PicNiche does ask the FF Password Manager to open a session and take care of the authentication itself.

The passwords are stored safely in FF Password Manager NOT in the toolbar somewhere.

I'm also wondering how safe it is. Perhaps we could monitor the network traffic while it's running to see which sites it is trying to contact. OK, this is engineer speaking out of me :D

Yes, but it could also send saved passwords to someone. So, it should be tested offline which sites it's trying to contact. I trust to goldenangel because he works in one of the biggest companies that test networking hardware, and he is writing and testing drivers for devices.
I like Picniche, but I would like to be sure is it safe.
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: LSD72 on April 30, 2009, 19:38
I'm also wondering how safe it is. Perhaps we could monitor the network traffic while it's running to see which sites it is trying to contact. OK, this is engineer speaking out of me :D

Yea, I wish you could customize or add sites to it.

As far as passwords, I didn't even think of that. Guess I just trusted Mozilla with them putting it up.
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: Dreamframer on May 01, 2009, 05:07
I'm also wondering how safe it is. Perhaps we could monitor the network traffic while it's running to see which sites it is trying to contact. OK, this is engineer speaking out of me :D

Yea, I wish you could customize or add sites to it.

As far as passwords, I didn't even think of that. Guess I just trusted Mozilla with them putting it up.

When you install it, Mozilla says this:
"Only install sdd-ons from authors you trust.
Malicious software can damage your computer or violate your privacy

Microstock Image-Contributor Toolbar (picNiche) (Author not verified)"

Which means, Mozilla didn't check the author, and you are responsible if something happens to your privacy.
It's a cool tool, but I will wait for goldenangel to check it....  ;)
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: bobbigmac on May 03, 2009, 07:23
Hey Guys

Glad you like the tool. :)

The agency passwords are stored securely in the firefox system and are never used or sent anywhere other than to login to the corresponding agency website (or ftp).

The source-code is readable by anyone knowledgeable in javascript (as the firefox platform has an open-codebase) so anyone can review the code (secureaccess.js is relevant file).

Although my toolbars have not completed the full peer-review yet (though hopefully soon) they would be quickly removed if any of the Mozilla developers were informed, and subsequently confirmed that the secure password system was being abused in any way.

Bob
http://twitter.com/bobbigmac

Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: borg on May 03, 2009, 13:05
I have problem!

Toolbar doesn't refresh IS earnings for a several days...

Similar experience?
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: goldenangel on May 04, 2009, 00:21
Hey Guys

Glad you like the tool. :)

The agency passwords are stored securely in the firefox system and are never used or sent anywhere other than to login to the corresponding agency website (or ftp).

The source-code is readable by anyone knowledgeable in javascript (as the firefox platform has an open-codebase) so anyone can review the code (secureaccess.js is relevant file).

Although my toolbars have not completed the full peer-review yet (though hopefully soon) they would be quickly removed if any of the Mozilla developers were informed, and subsequently confirmed that the secure password system was being abused in any way.

Bob
[url]http://twitter.com/bobbigmac[/url]



Bob, thanks for sharing this information with us! That's the beauty of open source, being able to trust sensitive pieces of code. Could you provide us with the link to these files? I'm not sure where to look for the file you mentioned. Is this part of Mozilla source code tree or part of your add-on?
THanks!
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: bobbigmac on May 04, 2009, 04:41
I have problem!

Toolbar doesn't refresh IS earnings for a several days...

Similar experience?


Hey Borg.

Updatd version fixes iStock update problem since they changed their page.
http://tinyurl.com/microstocktools
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: bobbigmac on May 04, 2009, 04:43
...
Bob, thanks for sharing this information with us! That's the beauty of open source, being able to trust sensitive pieces of code. Could you provide us with the link to these files? I'm not sure where to look for the file you mentioned. Is this part of Mozilla source code tree or part of your add-on?
THanks!

It's in the addon (All mozilla addons are distributed as a zip file containing the .js Javascript and XUL files which make up the functionality.
Simply download the addon from Mozilla site, unzip as though it were a zip file and peruse to your hearts content :) There are lots of tutorials to understand how it's all constructed inside but it's pretty straightforward just to dig around. :)
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: Xalanx on May 04, 2009, 06:28
Brilliant work, thanks!  ;)

As a suggestion: would be nice to have a button to erase the notifications at any moment.
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: borg on May 04, 2009, 09:09
Thanks Bob!
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: goldenangel on May 05, 2009, 00:19
Thanks Bob, I did look into the code. Very nice! For others I should say that it looks safe to me to use it as it does not seem to send our login information anywhere but to the supported microstock sites.

Bob, you have already said that some links in the toolbar lead to your referral pages and I think that's absolutely fair. I installed it as well and I was pleased with how it works. Thank you for providing us with this tool!
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: bobbigmac on May 12, 2009, 14:03
Thanks GA, much appreciated :)

Recent update adds ability to remove notifications & disable sounds as requested by a few people :)
http://tinyurl.com/microstocktools
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: Xalanx on May 14, 2009, 04:08
some feature request if you don't mind, bobbigmac  :)

- option to activate / deactivate one click erase of notification list
- keep the notifications list content per day, reset it the next day not every time you start the browser. Maybe even make somewhere a label with the total on all sites for that day, in $ and maybe in download number.

Cheers.
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: leaf on May 14, 2009, 04:41
another suggestion.

Perhaps you could have the little image icons for the sites instead of the FT SS IS etc.  I think the images plus amounts would increase readability.  It gets hard to read quickly when you see IS 124 SS 230 BS 55 etc... or here compare the two

(http://www.microstockgroup.com/images/icons/Istock.ico) 124.15 (http://www.microstockgroup.com/images/icons/Shutterstock.ico) 230.23 (http://www.microstockgroup.com/images/icons/BigstockPhoto.ico) 55.10 (http://www.microstockgroup.com/images/icons/Dreamstime.ico) 150.23
IS: 124.15 SS: 230.23 BS: 55.10 DT: 150.23
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: bobbigmac on May 15, 2009, 10:29
Thanks for the suggestions guys :) Not sure I'll be able to do these for a while, but I'll keep them on the list :)

- option to activate / deactivate one click erase of notification list
- keep the notifications list content per day, reset it the next day not every time you start the browser. Maybe even make somewhere a label with the total on all sites for that day, in $ and maybe in download number.
As far as I'm concerned, all advanced Earnings stats are Lookstat's domain, Rahul does this stuff a lot better than my toolbar format can, although thankfully there's the possibility of linking out to those in future :)
For the clear-all of notifications list, I'll add this in a future update :)

Perhaps you could have the little image icons for the sites instead of the FT SS IS etc.  I think the images plus amounts would increase readability.  It gets hard to read quickly when you see IS 124 SS 230 BS 55 etc... or here compare the two
This one comes down a minor legal issue, as each agency has rights on it's own logo, I cannot currently include them in my own software or hotlink to them without agreement from each agency. And as I'm trying to go with an all-included approach, there are still some bits to be worked out :) Is definitely on my list tho soon as all the agencies are ready to talk :)

Cheers, keep 'em coming please :D
Bob
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: arquiplay77 on May 18, 2009, 09:36
hello:
I have just instaled this plugin and i like it a lot, looks very helpfull to me.

Iīm finding two problems right now:
first it canīt log in to SS, but i guess this is due to their recently gotcha thing isnīt it? Is it any way to over pass this?
Second, i get no response from IS, although i ahave installed the latest version (1.0.16) it sais IS:null, so i guess it CAN actually login as i didnīt get an error like with SS, but it doesnīt get any information from IS.

Any guess what could be happening?
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: arquiplay77 on May 18, 2009, 12:15
Hello again:
Just want to say that i got a fast message from Bobbigmc answering to my previous post, and i could easily solve my problems and log in to all the sites, now itīs really helpful to have an actualization of sales at a glance.
Thak you.
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: bobbigmac on May 18, 2009, 12:18
Thanks :) Glad to help :)
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: karensuki on May 18, 2009, 13:39
I'm using PicNiche too... Every time the numbers go up I'm doing a little "Happy happy joy joy" dance...

The only thing that I would like is to be able to program the stock sites that aren't the Big 6...

you know, featurepic, yaymicro... etc. :o
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: bobbigmac on May 18, 2009, 13:43
I'm using PicNiche too... Every time the numbers go up I'm doing a little "Happy happy joy joy" dance...

The only thing that I would like is to be able to program the stock sites that aren't the Big 6...

you know, featurepic, yaymicro... etc. :o

Hey Karen

Will be adding more sites in future, though only when I can figure out a way to add them all so everyone can choose :)
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: arquiplay77 on August 20, 2009, 05:27
hello bobbigmac, hope you are out there.
Today i automatically updated to firefox 3.5 only to find out that the picniche toolbar wasnīt compatible, if i had known earlier i wouldnīt updete.
I hope you are able to develop a compatible toolbar soon enough, because i was so happy with it.

Cheers
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: arquiplay77 on August 20, 2009, 09:35
nevermind, i just went to the download page, redownloaded and installed it agin and everything was fine, working again.
cheers
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: Dreamframer on September 25, 2009, 03:39
Guys, can you please add some threshold option for sound notifications in Picniche?
I mean, I don't want to hear "ping-ping" every time I earn $0,03. It's OK to see green numbers above, but for example, I don't want to hear the sound for referral earnings less than 15 cents.
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: bobbigmac on September 25, 2009, 11:21
Heya WC.

I added the ability to filter notifications by amount a few months ago, if you upgrade from:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11474 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11474)
You'll find an option in the picNiche preferences to set a minimum amount for notification :) There's also a bunch of other bugfixes and smaller features added over the last few versions.

The toolbar is in the public nomination queue again (sadly it's a big addon and it's a massive queue) awaiting approval for automatic updates (it might get approved a little faster if everyone adds a review to that mozilla page), though in the meantime you should update your version manually from time to time :)

Cheers, I hope that helps :)
Bob
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: Dreamframer on September 25, 2009, 11:31
Great! Thank you! ...btw... WC is not a very nice nick :D
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: bobbigmac on September 25, 2009, 11:37
lol, didn't think of that Whitechild :) Sorry :)
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: Dreamframer on September 25, 2009, 11:51
lol, didn't think of that Whitechild :) Sorry :)

No problem :D I know I'm sometimes full of sh*t :D
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: goldenangel on September 25, 2009, 15:09
The toolbar is in the public nomination queue again (sadly it's a big addon and it's a massive queue) awaiting approval for automatic updates (it might get approved a little faster if everyone adds a review to that mozilla page), though in the meantime you should update your version manually from time to time :)

Thanks for the update. Until your add-on gets approved, it might be a good idea to let us know of any updates or improvements in this forum. Thank you for all the hard work!
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: bobbigmac on September 25, 2009, 15:32
Heya GA

I currently announce updates through twitter: @bobbigmac (http://twitter.com/bobbigmac)
and picNiche phrases found rating over 400 are auto-tweeted by @picNiche (http://twitter.com/picniche)

Any critical version updates I'll post on here too :)

Cheers :)
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: goldenangel on September 25, 2009, 16:14
Thanks. I know I should be better at following all the updates at Twitter. I think i easily get overwhelmed with posts there. :)
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: Smithore on October 15, 2009, 04:42
Try it yesterday and it does'nt work at any site, passwords are well saved in firefox, picniche show the username for each site, but when I launch firefox, try to refresh I have the message "No username match found for **name of the site** configure a valid username". After 2 hours, erased firefox password then entering and saving for each sites etc..  I give up.
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: bobbigmac on October 15, 2009, 07:30
Hey Smith, sorry to hear that, I'll drop you a PM with a couple of questions see if I can find a cause :) Cheers
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: bobbigmac on October 15, 2009, 11:50
Found the problem and fixed it (was an issue with how firefox handles drop-down preferences).
Thanks for the info Smith :)

Updated to 1.0.26 now available on AMO.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11474

iStock polling 'might' still be problematic if you've never polled it before since they've added an ajax-based login script to their page, it should work, but i'm not 100% certain.
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: Smithore on October 15, 2009, 13:11
cool! It's working now with every sites!
Thanks very much Bob!
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: bobbigmac on October 22, 2009, 09:54
Awesome :) Cheers :)

I'm just wondering if anyone here is having problems uploading to shutterstock through the toolbar ftp stuff?

I've seen mention on the russian boards that they are having trouble (but I don't speak russian so can't sign up there to find out more)

I can't replicate any bugs here, and can't find anyone else who's having trouble with picNiche SS uploads, can anyone report if this is working or not for them please?

Thanks :)
Bob
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: msguy on December 03, 2009, 00:13
thanks
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: lucato on May 08, 2013, 04:17
Hi folks,

I'm just trying PicNiche on FireFox, but it doesn't work when I type the keyword and click on Refine/Keyword.

I'm using FireForx 20.0.1 - Any idea if it still works for this version or it is just an issue here?

Thanks.
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: bobbigmac on May 08, 2013, 06:30
Unfortunately I had to port the server from asp.net to php, and wasn't able to carry over the functionality for the keywording panel. Very few people ever used that keywording tool so I'll remove it from the toolbar at some point in the future.

If you need an easy to use keywording tool, I highly recommend Microstockgroup's own tool: http://microstockgroup.com/tools/keyword.php (http://microstockgroup.com/tools/keyword.php)
or of course: http://picWorkflow.com (http://picWorkflow.com) :)
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: flotsom on May 08, 2013, 07:28
Not working for 123rf says earnings are much higher than they are and nothing happens when you click the icon - was a bit disappointed when I went to check  :'(
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: lucato on May 08, 2013, 07:40
Unfortunately I had to port the server from asp.net to php, and wasn't able to carry over the functionality for the keywording panel. Very few people ever used that keywording tool so I'll remove it from the toolbar at some point in the future.

If you need an easy to use keywording tool, I highly recommend Microstockgroup's own tool: [url]http://microstockgroup.com/tools/keyword.php[/url] ([url]http://microstockgroup.com/tools/keyword.php[/url])
or of course: [url]http://picWorkflow.com[/url] ([url]http://picWorkflow.com[/url]) :)


Thanks for your attention and reply. I'll check this out.
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: Mantis on May 08, 2013, 07:52
Not working for 123rf says earnings are much higher than they are and nothing happens when you click the icon - was a bit disappointed when I went to check  :'(

Exactly.  I have brought this up before.  My earnings on PN show incrementally higher each month than what I really have.  It was $25 more on PN 6 months ago, today it shows $50 more.  And because of the captcha now required on 123, PN will only pull up your earnings if you are logged in. 

The keywording tool is also broken and I do use it (or I used to, anyway).  I've tried to use the email to contact the head honcho but he/she never responds so screw it.  It's not that big a deal.
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: aeonf on May 08, 2013, 08:01
Many other pollers don't work as well.
Alamy, Stockfresh, Canstock and more.
Title: Re: If you use Firefox Browser... try PicNiche
Post by: bobbigmac on May 08, 2013, 08:37
All of the custom pollers are user-contributed. I try and maintain them but very short of time at the mo.
Alamy, stockfresh and canstock work for me, but it sometimes needs you to login to each site and manually refresh the pollers (the refresh button on the left) and can also depend on your language version of their site that you use.
If you know a little about regular expressions (some great tutorials on youtube) though you can build your own for your version of each site. Hit the 'Edit' button for a custom poller to see how they're built and use similar settings for your own pollers for any site you like (I have my own for gmail, for facebook notifications, for monitoring picWorkflow, and tons of other sites) :)