Photoshop Express is a web based Flash 9 application, and at the moment completely worthless as anything but a slideshow of other people's pictures.
As a product in beta, it's one thing to expect bugs, but so far I've had a terrible time trying to get it to work; as far as I can tell, it so far only works in IE with Flash 9. The site is incredibly slow, and whole experience seems more frustrating than using some of the older online apps such as picnik or Picasa. The tools on Photoshop Express are fairly standard fare; correction of exposure, red-eye correction, tinting, cropping, and a limited number of distort functions.
Express Beta lacking several features that more dedicated photo sites have as a standard such as tagging, and the ability to search through galleries. The inclusion of the gallery feature itself is somewhat puzzling -- on one hand it's a way to showcase your work, but establishing any kind of community or finding photos is somewhat impossible, although they do have functions for favorites, and keep track of your most recently viewed items.
As it stands right now, the product is a waste of time and an exercise in frustration; users would be better off using a more polished product.
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