photos ??

Probably because it's truly an old site.

It would be nice but since it was explained that the site only continues to run on donations, I believe that the expectation on "high tech bells and whistles" on this site should be low. I realize that some people here work in the tech industry and may have higher expectations, but I am not sure that is reasonable given the realities of what has been explained on how the site continues to run.

That being said, I just upgraded to the new iPhone 6 plus (from the iPhone 5) and I am amazed at the quality of the photos it is taking. NOTICEABLY much higher quality resolution. I did upload a pic from my iPhone 6 plus as my new avatar, although the pic was actually taken with the iPhone 5.

Uploading an avatar photo is not like uploading a photo to a post. For that you need it to be a link to a third party photo share option. I presume it is because storage of hyperlinks is microscopic compared to actual photo files.

Jan

When you scan photos, as opposed to typed documents, as PDF files to attach to emails, they suck up storage like hogs. At work, I can't scan and attach in one email more than 6 photographs. In my business I have to do this all the time (photos of damaged automobiles, houses, property etc.). On the other hand I can scan 100 pages of medical records and send it with no problem. So I think it is a storage issue.

Emailing many photos should be done in a zip file or sent in the cloud. It's not necessary to send photos in numerous emails.

Sue

Not an option when the company you are doing business with requests all email attachments in PDF format and email with non PDF format attachments are rejected and sent back.

Wow, the dark ages of technology! Lawyers need to dive into the 21st century. There are many more efficient and time saving ways to communicate and share information. The world of law could use some of these enhancements.

Sue

It has nothing to do with us, it has to do with the companies with which we are doing business. I am not their IT guy and I don't tell our institutional clients how to conduct their business. They pay me for legal not technological advice, and I play by their rules of how information is to be transmitted to them. Their software rejects any email attachments that are not PDF format. You would have to ask them why that is the case.

Most of the medical offices generating records and bills I read are very behind technologically as well, using very old billing softwares that are outdated and causing me to do more work because the bills are not as user friendly to analyze as are some others.

They pay you to rack up billable hours. That's my guess as to why your industry is not interested in working smarter or more efficient.

Sue

Believe me, attorneys would much prefer the easier way. But, if you have ever dealt with insurance companies, you KNOW there is NO way to suggest better alternatives. If you want to do things differently, they just hire someone else. I suppose part of it is for protection of their networks from email hacks. You get your instructions and have to follow them to the letter. Something my husband does not miss...

But, to the point. Yes, photo uploading here is a storage issue.

Jan

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Believe me, attorneys would much prefer the easier way. But, if you have ever dealt with insurance companies, you KNOW there is NO way to suggest better alternatives. If you want to do things differently, they just hire someone else. I suppose part of it is for protection of their networks from email hacks. You get your instructions and have to follow them to the letter. Something my husband does not miss...

100% correct. If anyone thinks I am hunting for work or looking for billable time think again. I am looking for an easier way to get things done 24/7. I use a program called Dragon to do all my billings by dictation into another program called Juris because I do not have the time to manually enter all those entries so that they adequately address all the criteria I have to address. In addition, I can't bill for performing administrative tasks like scanning photos, so it is simply wrong to say that is racking up billable time. It's costing me billable time because I can't bill for engaging in the inefficient nonsense I am compelled to engage in. My paralegal would normally perform such tasks but she is out on medical leave, although fortunately coming back soon.

Insurance defense work in my state is highly competitive and when it forms the bulk of your practice you don't make noise to the hand that feeds you. Firms get chosen based on how good their work is, but you can screw that up when you are a complainer and start telling others how they should do business. They WILL hire someone else. We have had something good going for 15 years at my firm, and the reason why is we are good at what we do, period and end of story. Attorneys who churn insurance files and don't do good work do not last, they get eaten up by the competition. I do not churn, I give them the quality work they are paying for.

Yes Jan they are protecting their networks and I am getting more and more encrypted emails these days. Especially on surveillance activity and claims searches done by the carriers.

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Wow, the dark ages of technology! Lawyers need to dive into the 21st century. There are many more efficient and time saving ways to communicate and share information. The world of law could use some of these enhancements.

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They pay you to rack up billable hours. That's my guess as to why your industry is not interested in working smarter or more efficient.

Those are really broad statements about an entire industry.

Perhaps we should stay on topic rather than continuing to discuss the efficiency of emailing photos in the legal industry, CT and Sue.

Agreed. This topic went sideways and we need to stay focused. I am guilty too. All too easy to bather on about a topic near and dear to me and mine...

Basically, this site cannot be all things for all people. We can't replace the knowledge, experience, and hands on (and eyes on) care of your providers. The main thing is to share what we've learned from our experiences. Photos are nice, but not everything.

Jan