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

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Post by coldtea »

Zarel wrote: post #138
coldtea wrote: post #117

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Or you could go to some place with high bandwidth and you know, upload them from there...

Where would the average person find some place with higher bandwidth than their residential cable connection?

Any friend/relative with a fiber? Some internet cafe with a mighty connection?

And since we're talking about HN people, and not just the average person, some lab/workplace they are familiar with the people and they'd let them do it?

I'm not sure if there are, but if not, there should be services with high speed connections that get a HD or USB stick from you in the mail, and let you manage to upload your stuff where you want. IIRC, Amazon does this for uploading stuff to S3.

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

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Post by coldtea »

Zarel wrote: post #170
dbpatterson wrote: post #158

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Not being able to upload 10GB in months is a pretty slow residential cable connection. So presumably find somewhere with a faster one (like an internet cafe, library, etc). It shouldn't be hard to find a place with a free connection that'll let you send 0.5MB/sec, which means you can clear 10GB in about 5.5 hours (if my quick math is right) - not a terribly long time. Of course, in most urban areas, at least in the U…

Well, "10GB in months" was probably at least a bit hyperbole. And slow internet connections come from infrastructure problems - the local internet cafe or library's internet isn't likely to be much better.

Then don't go the local internet caffe.

Go to a more remote one.

America has wonderful roads (I know cause I've road-tripped to ALL mainland states, including several coast-to-coast trips NY-to-LA with Route 66 in for good measure), and most people have an obsession with their cars. Well, use them to your advantage.

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

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Post by superuser2 »

coldtea wrote: post #351
Zarel wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where would the average person find some place with higher bandwidth than their residential cable connection?

Any friend/relative with a fiber? Some internet cafe with a mighty connection? And since we're talking about HN people, and not just the average person, some lab/workplace they are familiar with the people and they'd let them do it? I'm not sure if there are, but if not, there should be services with high speed connections that get a HD or USB stick from you in the mail, and let you manage to upload your stuff where…

There is no residential fiber in Milwaukee.

Public places with internet access are pretty much always running it off DSL or cable. Some schools and commercial buildings have fiber, but it's shared among so many people that it's not really much faster.

Amazon does offer that service, but it's $80/device + $2.49/hour.

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

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Post by analog »

Pyrodogg wrote: post #346
analog wrote: post #333

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That is a random comment in a forum from someone who doesn't represent Flickr. The actual TOS make no mention of whether you can have a business account or not. In face the best practices page specifically provides guidelines for businesses. "This guide is intended to help organizations—such as businesses, groups and non-profits—get the most out of Flickr." http://www.flickr.com/bestpractices/

http://www.flickr.com/help/website/?search=sell+photos#32257...

Businesses do not need to be in the business of selling images in order to have a need to store images.

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

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Post by coldtea »

superuser2 wrote: post #354
coldtea wrote: post #351

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any friend/relative with a fiber? Some internet cafe with a mighty connection? And since we're talking about HN people, and not just the average person, some lab/workplace they are familiar with the people and they'd let them do it? I'm not sure if there are, but if not, there should be services with high speed connections that get a HD or USB stick from you in the mail, and let you manage to upload your stuff where…

There is no residential fiber in Milwaukee. Public places with internet access are pretty much always running it off DSL or cable. Some schools and commercial buildings have fiber, but it's shared among so many people that it's not really much faster. Amazon does offer that service, but it's $80/device + $2.49/hour.

Well, send it to a friend with fiber somewhere in another state.

Seriously, this would be a good way for people with fiber connections to make a buck, set up a "mass upload" service.

At some point, it's obvious that the "how can I upload X volume from where I live" doesn't make much sense given one's location. I would not expect high speed access in Alaska, for example. Or in some remote New Mexico area.

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

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Post by Pyrodogg »

analog wrote: post #355
Pyrodogg wrote: post #346

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://www.flickr.com/help/website/?search=sell+photos#32257...

Businesses do not need to be in the business of selling images in order to have a need to store images.

True, It's just the first thing I think of when "photos" and "business" come up.

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

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Post by pwenzel »

jarek wrote: post #273
aeturnum wrote: post #194

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Personally, I'd like Flickr to be both a photo viewer and organizer. I don't feel like the new interface is any worse for organizing photos, and I'm much more likely to point people to a flickr set with the new layout. 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. [1] http://www.flickr.c…

Front page looks too busy at 1280 px wide. I can't quantify why - maybe it looks too appy rather than like a page. I used to rant a lot about Flickr showing me 500 px wide photos with oceans of whitespace on my large screens - now it looks like they've gone overboard in the other direction... Photos in different styles don't look great mashed up right next to each other on my photostream. Old design had an option to…

I greatly miss the whitespace. When I visit my photostream now, I am presented with an entire screen full of things to process. It used to be about enjoying a single photo, but now the experience just feels like "look how many photos I have".

Sure, it's hard to please everyone, but it's hard for me to personally transition from the old layout.

That said, I'll keep my paid account around for awhile if things keep evolving for the better.

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

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Post by CrLf »

onli wrote: post #350
CrLf wrote: post #328

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"Give it time." Flickr was in need of a facelift, but not a complete overhaul. This just seems to me like a rehash of Delicious (the difference being that Flickr is still a part of Yahoo): redesign the whole thing to make it more "social" and "hip" and lose what made it a great service in the process. Delicious is still awful compared to what it was even under Yahoo's governance and I don't think Flickr is going to r…

Wasn't the big advantage of the Pro account unlimited storage? Do the ones with the account really store more than 1 or 2 TB? I understand that the price of the new paid account feels strange, but i don't think it is such a big failure. I don't know if Flickr really neded just a facelift. The overhaul signals more strongly that Flickr no longer stagnates. It could be that it was indeed a needed one, given the age of…

The problem is that now a Pro account (the way to get no ads) costs twice as much.

Maybe the old interface could have used some polish, but the new one goes overboard cramming photos together and hiding metadata/comments. It looks like it is giving photos more relevance, but actually it just creates noise.

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