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I've been a paid Flickr user for years and I'm excited about the new UX. BUT PLEASE PLEASE fix the iPhone app which, after their new update earlier this year, no longer lets you upload video!
So far, the response from Flickr power users looks overwhelmingly negative: http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157633547442506/
I initially liked the new photostream layout, but after using the site for a little while, I think I prefer the old layout. The new site definitely looks more modern and glossy, but there's a reason museums don't display photos in a huge mosaic -- it makes it very hard to focus on and consider one image at a time. Now to browse someone's photos I need to go into the "one image at a time" viewer, which takes longer an…
Or perhaps a little more practically, a WordPress/Joomla/Drupal/whatever plugin to use Flickr as a CDN?
I'm down right angry. I loved the old flickr interface. It was simple and usable. Now it looks like a less functional google+. Flickr's job is NOT to be a fancy photo viewer, it's supposed to be a photo organizer. Looks like yahoo just screwed up the last good thing they had. This will be my last year with this service (I've been a member since 2004 and have had a pro account for several years now).
Your opinion seems very much in-line with the hugely negative reaction thread on flickr[1]. I'd be interested in the specific functionality you lost in the update that you miss.
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best explanation of their pricing structure yet. What's stopping people from creating multiple accounts and use flickr as a cloud backup system for free?
Agreed that this is why Yahoo is pricing it this way -- but I imagine it won't stop the pricing feeling "wrong" to many people. "Why should I pay $500 a year for just a little bit more than I what I was getting for free?" I would imagine, at that price point, it would drive people to use multiple accounts despite the irritation -- and that ultimately, because of that irritation, they might leave the service. Not a go…
If you are such a heaver user that you need more than 1TB of space, you are unlikely to want to split your account into two and your would probably be unlikely to balk at spending $500 per year on what would be for you a business service.
I don't even need 1 GB for my photos. What I do need, and what flickr still doesn't have from what I can see [if I missed it, I'd be glad to be corrected], is a way to update an existing photo (upload the tweaked file, but keep the tags and URL etc.). Maybe this is to prevent abuse (make photo of cute kitten, wait until a lot of people favourited it, swap image with something gross), but still... carving digital imag…
On the old Flickr this was possible with a pro account. On the new Flickr, if you go to a single image page and click the three dots in the lower right corner, there is an option to "replace this photo."
#1 being
Don’t use Flickr to sell. If we find you engaging in commercial activity, we will warn you or delete your account. Some examples include selling products, services, or yourself through your photostream or in a group, using your account solely as a product catalog, or linking to commercial sites in your photostream. If you engage in commercial activity elsewhere on the internets or in the real world, you’re still welcome on Flickr—in fact, we’ve even set up some best practices especially for you.
http://www.flickr.com/guidelines.gne
...which definitely takes some steam out of the previous "pro" account.
I've been pursuing photography as a serious hobby for just over 7 years. I'm not expecting to make tons of money in on-line sales; I just hate displaying most of my things with those handcuffs on.
I used to upload all over the place and just crave the attention of the favorites and likes, etc. Now I am more selective of what photos I publish and where. I'm much more interested in a gallery type offering. Most of my casual photos that I would think about posting back to flickr are already on Facebook or G+ where my friends and family can see them.
Well on Google+ it's unlimited now for photos (I'm not sure if for every resolution or just up to 8MP, though).
Side note, if you are grand-parented into a google storage plan (which is great, $20 a year for 80gbs), the recent gmail/other storage merge does not apply to you, I believe.
And so encountered Yahoo's terrible login system for Australian users. No 1TB for me.