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Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by prebrov »

lftl wrote: post #192
k2enemy wrote: post #185

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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…

I'm not quite sure how I got to it, but go to user's stream and then tack on a ?details=1 to the end of the URL. I have no idea if that's an intentionally preserved view or not, but it's more like you're looking for.

Anyone found a way to make this a default view?

Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by photorized »

For a site that's been stagnant for years, the new UI is a dramatic change. No wonder people are reacting negatively.

I've had the Pro account since pre-acquisition days, and I have to admit there was something strangely comforting in a predicable UX that never changes...

FB gets away with major UX changes from time to time (people seem to always hate them at first), it will be interesting to see if Yahoo gets away with this too.

Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by omfg »

MicahWedemeyer wrote: post #233

Happy paying customer for 2 or 3 years now. I'll probably be downgrading to free because it definitely supports my needs with these upgrades. This is a strange view of business: Take what people are happy to pay for, then give it to them for free.

They can probably make more with ads and the new fee to disable said ads.

Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by BHSPitMonkey »

tomasien wrote: post #218
nsxwolf wrote: post #108

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I wish people wouldn't downvote others for simply reporting on what they see. It's not your fault Fickr is live editing their page.

And Internet forum votes aren't personal. Karma doesn't matter. We downvote bad information, period.

On Reddit, sure. HN, like StackOverflow, uses it to decide what level of participation you're allowed to have.

Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by sushimustwrite »

jordn wrote: post #147
pajju wrote: post #103

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As per the new plans, there is no 300MB/month upload-limits on free-accounts.( please don't see Google search results, was that cached? ) Here are their newer plans -- Free-Accounts: + 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 accounts: (older…

Can anyone see a way to make the 1TB serve as the main storage space of all your photos? (and not just publicly displaying them). I'm tied into iPhoto on a very full SSD and am longing for a way out.

Community manager at Trovebox here. To go along with the other Trovebox-related reply, we're planning to start work on an iPhoto plugin for Trovebox soon because we've gotten so many requests for it.

If you're specifically looking for Flickr, a little searching shows me this page, which mentions an (unofficial) iPhoto plugin: http://www.flickr.com/tools/

Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by MicahWedemeyer »

omfg wrote: post #234
MicahWedemeyer wrote: post #233

Happy paying customer for 2 or 3 years now. I'll probably be downgrading to free because it definitely supports my needs with these upgrades. This is a strange view of business: Take what people are happy to pay for, then give it to them for free.

They can probably make more with ads and the new fee to disable said ads.

I'd love to see the CPM they get that beats $24/yr from an infrequent user like me. I use it as a storage site and visit it extremely rarely. Maybe I'm an outlier.

Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by danso »

MicahWedemeyer wrote: post #237
omfg wrote: post #234

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They can probably make more with ads and the new fee to disable said ads.

I'd love to see the CPM they get that beats $24/yr from an infrequent user like me. I use it as a storage site and visit it extremely rarely. Maybe I'm an outlier.

Nope, you're like me, another happy paying user. However, I'll pay $25 if I'm grandfathered in. But with how much more engaging the design is, I'll be sure to visit more often

Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by angusgr »

ghshephard wrote: post #216
salimmadjd wrote: post #155

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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?

Nothing will stop them - but, (and I'm just guessing here) - the type of people who host more than one terabyte of photos on flickr probably don't want to screw around with multiple accounts - tracking your detailed stats, alone, gets to be a hassle with multiple accounts. Obviously some people will - but I'm guessing those will be few enough not to matter. The bulk of the people who want to host 2 Terabytes of Photo…

I agree anyone seriously wanting to host that many photos will not want to split accounts, but FWIW statistics (current Pro feature) don't seem to be offered at all any more.

Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by ajays »

jrdn wrote: post #202
tonyblundell wrote: post #189

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The redesign looks awesome, but who's going to pay a recurring $49 just to remove ads? Can't help but think their money men might be about to screw this up. Hope not, love Flickr :-s

It's $49.99 a year, though. As a fairly heavy flickr user I could easily see spending $4.16/month to remove ads.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but my impression is that it's not just that you don't see ads; it's also that others don't see ads on your photos. The latter can be an important feature for those who use Flickr to create professional portfolios.
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