You have said that it is a glorified “pretty” gallery software. I’m not sure if you read my review or not because I agree with your statement there, except it is more then a “gallery.” I have said, “Fluxiom, to me, is basically a glorified online file manager with simple organization techniques.” If I were looking for a way to manage images, I would be using a gallery script, but Fluxiom is certainly not for images only but has nice image support as an extra.

You also commented, “Why don’t you compare fluxiom to some actual web based asset management systems.” Seems you have missed what I have said about that as well in my review, “I’ve tried asset managers before and never ended up using them because there would be too many features, all these advanced options, and just things that I do not need. I feel Fluxiom see’s that less is more and gave what their service says it offers, digital asset management. I don’t need much more then that.”

I respect your opinion, but I still feel Fluxiom is a great product and that I do not have to redo my review. Personally, and this goes from my 9 years experience in web design and development, I need nothing more then what Fluxiom offers. I’ve never had a time when I had to change metadata, exif’s, or anything of that nature in any projects I have worked on for freelance or corporate clients. I can see a reason for some people needing those features because maybe they work for a magazine publishing company, or they are a professional photographer, or whatever it may be, although the average creative suite includes this functionality. I have well over a couple thousand files for projects in just the last two years alone and I know that Fluxiom will help out immensely with storing and organizing them.

Where is metadata editing? what about editing EXIF? IPTC? What about subgroups? Modifying dates? It’s nothing more than a fancy version of a web gallery.

Do a search for “Web based digital asset management” Then DO A REVIEW of those systems, then REDO your review of fluxiom and you will find you can make the exact same system, with nothing more than a few changes to the look and feel of the open source “gallery 2″ application on sourceforge. No real company could use this for real clients. Maybe some guy with 3 websites he designed but not a real company. Never. Not to mention it’s user management and security is appalling.

No account needed.
Do you think services like fluxiom will be the future of the internet?