"Google restricts the download of entire PicasaWeb albums to users of its proprietary (and Windows only) software Picasa. A fairly simple Bash script can do that and even more.
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I finally succeeded in making my mother understand that there exists cleaner ways to share her Christmas pictures than filling up her contacts' mail boxes. Thus, she has got a PicasaWeb 'gallery' she feeds via F-Spot. She had such a success with her 'novel' approach that the rest of the family now does the same. Now, she wants to download a whole album without having to visualize the pictures one by one.
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