Just a heads-up, I read earlier that Flickr is now offering 1Tb free storage, and all uploaded photos are full resolution, and contain all exif data.
Reckon I ought to start using Flickr a lot more now.
Google+ must have been doing something right. FLickr looks remarkably similar in album/photostream view (plus the black menubar).
Think the 200 pic limit might have finally gone too?
well that changed overnight then!
Looks good, instagram got me back into flickr as it's easy to post to Facebook, Flickr & Twitter together now.
Still the best Photo site out there really
Google+ must have been doing something right. FLickr looks remarkably similar in album/photostream view (plus the black menubar).
By copying Flickr, you mean? It's been like that for as long as I can remember.
EDIT: WOAH!!! I take that back. Not sure I like this...
reload flickr it just changed Zokes
So I see. I'm now beginning to regret adding all-and-sundry as contacts. Has anyone found an alternative to doing a mass purge to get back to only having pictures from friends and family on your homepage?
just had a look and no idea!
It's pretty shit.
And it's buggy.
And it justifies the pictures? Thanks!
Not having a decent b/b connection atm its spinning balls a lot.
Infact, yes, it's spinning balls. How apt.
And why are they copying facebooks top banner?
I think I hate it.
Flickr forum has 62 pages of people saying "change it back"
Yep, I'm happy to conclude that it's gash.
Flickr forum has 62 pages of people saying "change it back"
..and 15 minutes later up to 63 pages.
I know it's easy to not like change but I hate it!
The old format was clear and easy to use - this is slower and too cluttered. Lets hope they give the option of going back to the old format.
And now I can't access the info at bottom of page - as whenever I try to scroll down (or 'page down') as soon as I see the info it immediately loads more pictures and lose the links. 👿
In case anybody else wants to leave their thoughts, here is the official feedback page
[url] http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157633547442506/ [/url]
Probably because home PC is still on XP but I'm on a 100mb BB conncetion & all I get is stupid spinning balls & [i]Error on page[/i]. 👿
Have to log in from work on W7 machine but if its as shite as folk are saying I'll be on to Paypal for a refund on my Pro subscription.
Not happy. 🙁
i think its just "messy" now.
Don't like it 🙁
Judging by what my average views has been over the past few weeks, vs the cliff it appears to have fallen off today, one of two things has happened: either
1) The demand for mediocre-to-occasionally-good amateur landscape photography has reduced significantly overnight, or
2) Noone else likes the new Flickr, or they just can't find anything
Those who want a refund can switch to a free account, well I think there's a refund I've not really looked yet.
http://www.flickr.com/pro/learnmore
Edit: Had a quick look seems quite nice to me, nice big photos at the front from contacts.
I like it......
(although it is a bit slower. They are going after the 500px idea I think, which is similar in style but much much better. However, I still think the new Flickr is alright. Time may tell though...)
Certainly some display bugs
Certainly seems like a work in progress - 2 totally different looks+feels going on depending what page you're on (half looks like old flickr, but with new menu bar, the new bits really do look like G+ photos)
Never used 500px, but lots of people are mentioning that, so I guess there was some apparent plagiarism there too?
i like it... it's free.
Had a quick look and seems ok. It's been the best for sharing and hosting for some time in my opinion
Yup, seems generally a lot better. Could do with some tweaks and bug fixes but I presume they're on to that.
The whining drama queens on the help forum are funny...
Quite like it. Would have been nice to offer something extra for pro users as well as free users though. Pro account seems less attractive now.
Sets won't appear for me at all. Just reverts to "Oi, there's no bandwidth here so we're only gonna show text!" mode 🙁
The $50/year for no ads seems daft. I see no ads and pay them nothing 😉
The $500/year account seems an awful lot to have 2Tb storage instead of 1Tb (no doubt someone has a use for that?)
It's very Windows8 like the ITV news.
The $500/year account seems an awful lot to have 2Tb storage instead of 1Tb (no doubt someone has a use for that?)
You get unlimited as a Pro member.
I really like the new layout - much much better than the old one.
Good lord - $500 for only double space. 😯
And it appears that if you let 'pro' lapse, you also lose control over who can access your high-res images. Also there's no way of getting pro again, so once it's gone it's gone. My guess is they'll try to phase it out over the coming months.
All in all, it looks like a prime reason [i]not[/i] to rely on cloud providers for backup...
Good lord - $500 for only double space.
How do you double unlimited?
What are the Set restrictions on a non-pro account now?
How do you double unlimited?
You know exactly what I mean. Stop trolling.
You double the 1TB free space you get if your pro account lapses, or if you're not pro. You can no longer buy pro if you're not already pro, nor can you renew if you let it lapse. But you knew that, surely?
Oh, picked the wrong day to upload 400 pics didn't I 🙂
You double the 1TB free space you get if your pro account lapses, or if you're not pro. You can no longer buy pro if you're not already pro, nor can you renew if you let it lapse. But you knew that, surely
No I didn't being a Pro member already when I looked at the info on the link above it only showed me the option. So nope not trolling I was just confused where this $500 was coming from. The solution is simple if you want to use flickr then just start a second account.
Seems to be very little point in hanging on to a pro account.
The main reasons I went to pro was image size restrictions and upload limits.
The former is defo gone now and the latter appears to have gone but there is nothing explicitly stating it on the Flickr site but a couple of places have suggested there is no longer a monthly upload limit.
I don't have an issue with the new UI.
As for Ads? Meh, doesn't stop me using Faceache.
FFS I still can't see my Sets properly. Not working on any browser. Ar5e biscuits.
[url= http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8560/8767006262_788f381bb1_z.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/8767006262/ ]Screen Shot 2013-05-21 at 8.54.51 PM.png[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
This was what greeted me when I logged back on a second ago! 😆
Great, I'm at work and all I can see of my photostream is spinning balls.... Thanks yahoo. that's just great.
Are they trying to go down the facebook route? I rarely go on that (partly because they keep fannying about with the layout...) and I've stopped posting.
Can anybody recommend an alternative photo site?
Seems to be when you first go on it builds your flickr account, mine lagged a little this am for a few minutes and then sorted itself out.
Yeah, but I could see it home...
I didn't like then neither...
Why would I want something that mimics facebook? Oh that's right, I don't...
Looks nothing like Facebook.
Drac: you are kidding right? buddy icon and cover photo. No you are right, looks nothing like it at all.... 🙄
It's always had that as has many other places even before Facebook an Avatar doesn't make something look like facebook.
Never had a cover photo before. I kinda liked the buddy icon. But the old one doesn't work anymore, it's telling me to upload a new 'better' one.
Just more bandwidth sucking shite.
For those with real world 'slow' connections, that's just what we needed.
PS are you being paid by yahoo or something? 😉
Looks better to me. I never liked the old layout.
also...
How do you double unlimited?
and them balls are [i]still[/i] spinning...
PS are you being paid by yahoo or something?
I am Mr Yahoo.
Never had a cover photo before. I kinda liked the buddy icon. But the old one doesn't work anymore, it's telling me to upload a new one.
I had no idea what you meant by cover photo so logged in (at work) and it all loaded dead fast, no spinning balls here. The cover photo tho only shows, as far as i could tell, when you hover over your buddy icon. Thats not something i really do much tbh... [edit]just seen that it shows when in sets etc. it dont take up any space that wasnt wasted before tho, so no harm done as i see it.[/edit]
All the menu functions work as they always have as far as i can see. I think the pics are a bit big, be nice if you could shrink them down a little as otherwise you get a high-res view of someones crap photo's they just uploaded to sort or edit. Thats the main fault as i see it.
So are we saying that there is no longer a 300pic for non pro users?
apparently not, id like to know what the 'adevertising' is for non-pro users?
[s]massively[/s]Moderately dislike it (starting to like the "You" page with collage) . I also just wasted 15minutes trying to find the account settings so that I could un-subscribe from my pro-account to take advantage of the increase free storage. In the end I had to resort to going back to their email and following the links from that.
Couldn't they have given an option to update rather than force it on everyone?
Anyone know how long I should be waiting for my balls to stop spinning then ?
(Pro user here, logged on from work).
My balls have been spinning all day so far 😯
I might bookmark this adoption as my Flickr "landing page" http://www.flickr.com/photos/YOURUSERNAME/?details=1
Well, no amount of Drac's best attempt at being a Yahoo rep will keep me long term. I really don't like what they've done to it, from a functionality or a looks perspective.
So.... as I've not been in the market for a photo-hosting site for about five years, what's good? Or to rephrase that, what's most like Flickr was until 24 hours ago?
Here's the details:
[b]What’s the difference between a Free, Ad Free, and Doublr account?[/b]
There are three kinds of accounts to choose from at Flickr, and all of them are awesome in their own way.
[b]Free:[/b]
1 Terabyte of photo and video storage
Upload photos of up to 200MB per photo
Upload 1080p HD videos of up to 1GB each
Video playback of up to 3 minutes each
Upload and download in full original quality
Ad Free:
[b]$49.99 per year[/b]
All the benefits of a free account
No ads in your browsing experience
[b]Doublr:[/b]
$499.99 per year
2 Terabytes of photo and video space
All the benefits of a free account
[b]What used to be offered with a Pro account?[/b]
Flickr Pro is no longer available for purchase, but many of the Pro-only features are now part of free Flickr accounts.
[b]Here is what you used to get with Pro:[/b]
Unlimited photo uploads (50MB per photo)
Unlimited video uploads (90 seconds max, 500MB per video)
The ability to show HD Video
Unlimited storage
Unlimited bandwidth
Archiving of high-resolution original images
The ability to replace a photo
Post any of your photos or videos in up to 60 group pools
View count and referrer statistics
Limitation of maximum image size available to others
Ad-free browsing and sharing
Thats me Grandfathered in to my Pro account then! ...until they change their minds.
The only explanation I can think of is that they're about to start sticking ads everywhere. You can pay $50 so you don't have to see them, but they're still going to be all over your photo pages for everyone else.
Also the design is godawful.
Glad I've got a pro account, I'll be keeping it. 🙂
I quite like the new layout.
Biggest gripe so far is I can only select my cover photo from a limited range of my recent uploads.
[quote=ir_bandito ]Glad I've got a pro account, I'll be keeping it.
I quite like the new layout.
Biggest gripe so far is I can only select my cover photo from a limited range of my recent uploads.
upload a new one?
Its not the end of the world. I've got some nice pics recently, so I'm using this:
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Its just odd that I couldn't use my full photostream to select one.
Good to see some people are keeping a sense of proportion about it:
When Yahoo bought out Flickr I did not speak upWhen they changed Organize to Organize and Create I did not speak up
When they changed "Flickr" to "Flickr From Yahoo!" I did not speak up
When they added Videos to the mix I did not speak up
When they made Snapfish a default and solely available printing service I did not speak up
When they put photo titles on the bottom of the photos I did not speak up
When they sold off our photos for a pittance to Getty Images I did not speak up
When they came for my pro account no one was left to speak up for me
Good to see some people are keeping a sense of proportion about it:
Yup while others get a bit melodramatic.
Still cant select the relevant piece of code..
I get all of this and then edit it down to this:
"http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8413/8699310051_a4af667a1d_c.jpg"
to make it work but can only do that after posting it on here.
Apparently some folks don't mind poor user experience and loads of ad's, yes photobox users I'm looking at you!!!!
First impressions? I like it, but then I'm probably target market. Fast internet, (relatively) new and fast hardware and a consumer rather than Pro. Flickr integrates nicely with iPhoto which is the main reason I use it. My easily pleased and shallow self likes the new look.
[quote=surroundedbyhills ]Still cant select the relevant piece of code..
"<img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8413/8699310051_a4af667a1d_c.jpg" width="800" height="450" alt="sunset Ochils">"
I get all of this and then edit it down to this:
"http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8413/8699310051_a4af667a1d_c.jpg"
to make it work but can only do that after posting it on here.
You need to select the BBCode, not the HTML (use the wee radio button underneath the code box)
It's pretty shit.
And it's buggy.
And it justifies the pictures? Thanks!
Not having a decent b/b connection atm its spinning balls a lot.
Infact, yes, it's spinning balls. How apt.
And why are they copying facebooks top banner?
I think I hate it.
+1 Utter shite
Completely unusable on a 3G dongle connection, whereas yesterday it worked fine. I just get endless blank pages loading.
Yup while others get a bit melodramatic.
Well I spent a lot of time of Flickr (as much as on here) so I'm pissed off with the spinning balls, etc.
It's not as I didn't use the new 'display mode' as a feature on occasion but I want the option of when.
Plus it looks like they've 'changed direction'. And I personally don't like it. Or what it might mean.
ETA: just checked in to look at the 'help' forum main thread... okay, I get the melodramatic thing now!
the new android flickr app is dumb
load it up, and it insists on showing you either photos from either groups you're in or contacts' photos, or recent comment activity on photos, but there's no way to get it to show your own stream by default (except if you hit android home softkey).
they're obviously trying to make it a social thing, leave it running 24/7, and no longer a photo album. edit: and if you kill it with ATK, it starts up with the settings display 😕
[quote=andytherocketeer ]the new android flickr app is dumb
load it up, and it insists on showing you either photos from either groups you're in or contacts' photos, but [b]there's no way to get it to show your own stream by default[/b] (except if you hit android home softkey).
they're obviously trying to make it a social thing, leave it running 24/7, and no longer a photo album.
I can sort of "get" that. Why would you use a Flickr app to look at your own photos?
I've been happily paying for Pro for a few years but I'm really only using it to share photos with friends or as hosting for sites like STW or my blog. I've been swithering recently about simply using Facebook for that sort of thing and this sort of makes my mind up.
Hmmm need to give it a go on the PC but on the tablet the website gets a thumbs down. flickr folio is much better than the official app
thought this was interesting/telling:
http://www.techhive.com/article/2039414/the-new-flickr-goodbye-customers-hello-ads.html
esp the bit about overpriced subs!
Well I spent a lot of time of Flickr (as much as on here) so I'm pissed off with the spinning balls, etc.
I wasn't talking about you but the predictable "When" post.
since it's also one of several apps that want to manage your photos and sync camera to cloud, you'd think that going directly to your stream to manage them would at least be an option. ok it's possible with one touch, but it's busy downloading fat full res images (afaict) from friends first of all.
just deleted the app. that taught it a lesson. served it right for autostarting and being so slow.
now it's just dropbox and g+ that want to take control and sync to cloud (but have been told not to).
Hmm very slow and buggy at the moment (Pro user) pages load with a randomness only usually seen from alcoholics
WTF have they done?
If you add ?details=1 to the end of your stream URL, you get something approximating the 'old' view back.
If you add ?details=1 to the end of your stream URL, you get something approximating the 'old' view back.
Which just proves to me how much I prefer the new look!