A new online portfolio tool...
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Both tools look promising (in different ways). I gave 4ormat a test drive last night, and also created a PopSlice site last week (after seeing it featured on Swiss-Miss). Here's my take on them:
• Both apps enable you to create a clean nicely-designed website, perfect for designers or small firms.
• Both have a polished-looking UI. 4ormat looks a bit like Squarespace (but cleaner), and PopSlice appears more Apple-like (which makes sense, since one of its designers was a CD at Apple apparently).
• The different image gallery options are great (on both). My preference is for PopSlice's "combo gallery"—the combination of thumbs and large images is useful.
• PopSlice has a simple setup wizard to get you going, which was a bit more intuitive. 4ormat makes you upload images first, instead of thinking about the overall site structure. I'm guessing they might change this at some point.
• I was able to create a site extremely fast in both apps—approx. 20 minutes in 4ormat and 15 minutes for PopSlice. They're much easier than the other online tools I've used.
• 4ormat does a great job of highlighting their app and its features on the marketing site. You also can't beat their cheap price.
• PopSlice costs a few dollars more, but doesn't limit the number of images you can upload. Seems like the 1.5 GB/3 GB storage might be more bang for the buck—especially for photographers or artists.You probably can't lose with either of these guys if you're looking for an online site platform. I'm still playing around with 'em, but am leaning a bit more towards PopSlice. I like the intuitive "in-page" editing, and the app has been out longer I believe. The 4ormat guys will be interesting to watch as well though—nice stuff.