The new flickr layout, 2013/12/08

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The new flickr layout, 2013/12/08
The new flickr layout, 2013/12/08

Flickr is changing its layout again, and it is freaking out a lot of members. And rightfully so. It is never a good idea to take useful functions away.

I am an engineer and I admire constant innovation and progress. I look for the positives. There are some good things in the new layout that I do like.

However, flickr is making a serious mistake by eliminating some very important features. Especially the ability to list additional images as comments. With photos in comments, we can use flickr like a blog. A lot of us do that.

The new layout also makes it very cumbersome to use groups and navigate through groups. It further takes away a number of interesting statistical data that members used to have access to before (e.g., how many pictures I have in a group).

At the same time, flickr is ignoring real problems that do need to be solved, such as the extremely slow speed of the site and poor response times. Flickr is still doing nothing to protect the intellectual properties of photographers. There are many other issues begging to be resolved.

So, message to flickr: Changes are fine, and thanks for ongoing site improvements. The flickr membership is not trying to impede progress by any means! But please first solve the problems that need to be solved, instead of finding solutions to problems that don’t exist.

Flickr is making a hash of positioning the site: increasingly, it is becoming neither a photography site nor a social networking site. It is too late now to turn flickr into Facebook. Please at least make it the best site for photographers.

All members: please visit this link for more info and to sign the petition, if you agree. Anuj Nair has led an amazing crusade to raise awareness for this issue and get flickr to pay attention. Thanks to Indira for getting me involved.

Please note, this is not an attempt to spread ill will or generate bad publicity about flickr or Yahoo!, but rather, an effort to make flickr a better site for all of us.

P.S. - I read somewhere that embedded links in descriptions were no longer working. If you can't see the embedded link above, here it is explicitly listed:
www.flickr.com/photos/110293295@N04/11147629795/

P.P.S - Please feel free to use my graphics above, if it appeals to you!

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