Flickr is so annoying now

I'm starting to wonder if some people are talking about some other weird kind of Flickr.

I don't have any problems using the Flickr I use, at all.

Easy to upload photo (plenty of options), and easy peasy to post them up here on TP (like VERY easy - never been easier).

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Oli R C said:
I'm starting to wonder if some people are talking about some other weird kind of Flickr.

I don't have any problems using the Flickr I use, at all.

Easy to upload photo (plenty of options), and easy peasy to post them up here on TP (like VERY easy - never been easier).

:shrug:
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I'm totally with you on this! Never been simpler to use and they are atleast trying to address the problems of copyright and picture stealing
 
Oli R C said:
I'm starting to wonder if some people are talking about some other weird kind of Flickr.

I don't have any problems using the Flickr I use, at all.

Easy to upload photo (plenty of options), and easy peasy to post them up here on TP (like VERY easy - never been easier).

:shrug:
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I am totally with you here. I like it the way it is. Its pretty easy to copy the codes from the drop down menu, choose easily the sizes, either BB codes or HTML ones, and the advantage to have a clickable image from wherever I post it that brings the viewer to see the image in my flickr acccount, in any size available.
It used to be pretty limiting when we only had 800 pixels here in TP to be displayed and with clickable images easily done that way from flickr it opens up bigger sizes.
Sometimes I like to upload 1200 pixel sizes on flickr for certain images and that way any viewer has the option to easily go there and check the bigger version.

My flickr is fast, easy and pretty simple, and I like to use it for just dumping the images. I have a private space on a paid server but I reserve that for other stuff and my own portfolio
 
I wonder if people are confusing Flickr with a photo hosting service - if you're just wanting a free service to host photos for forums and maybe your blog you'd be better off with Photobucket, if it's just to share with family there is Picasa, Flickr is really about participating and sharing in the Flickr community.

Why would you host on Flickr and not add the link back for people to leave comments or look through the other public images in your stream?
 
Oli R C said:
I'm starting to wonder if some people are talking about some other weird kind of Flickr.

I don't have any problems using the Flickr I use, at all.

Easy to upload photo (plenty of options), and easy peasy to post them up here on TP (like VERY easy - never been easier).

:shrug:
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actually thats kind of the point, it did used to be easier. Click photo, right click big photo, select copy image location
 
joescrivens said:
actually thats kind of the point, it did used to be easier. Click photo, right click big photo, select copy image location
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which breaches their TOS so its kinda understandable why they have removed that method..

and its 4 clicks to get the code if you select the image size from the drop down.. OH THE HUGE MANATEE!

i actually find it easier now.
 
neil_g said:
well no not really.. its 3 to get to the point where youre presented with the code to copy and paste.
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Thats like saying "It's really easy to cook sausage casserole, all you do is buy sausages, wine, mushrooms and onions"

Thats only half the job, to then post the image on here at 800x800 requires several more steps including change size, change to BBCode, click in the box, select all the text, copy and paste

from a usability point of view they must have had someone without a qualification in usability because when you click in the code it should by default select it all and more to the point there should be a "copy this code" button which takes 1 click as opposed to click, select all, press copy which is three.

Look at the way youtube do it - You click on the video, press embed, the code appears already selected and ready to copy and paste in the most likely embed mode you would use.

Flickr should have a section in the settings where by default you can choose your most common settings for sharing, where you would pick BBcode and the size for example saving you two steps every time you want to share an image and then put that code next to the image, or underneath with a "Copy this link button"

the result - 2 clicks and you are at a point where you have your code in the clipboard ready for pasting wherever it needs to go.
 
Alastair said:
I wonder if people are confusing Flickr with a photo hosting service - if you're just wanting a free service to host photos for forums and maybe your blog you'd be better off with Photobucket, if it's just to share with family there is Picasa, Flickr is really about participating and sharing in the Flickr community.
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that is exactly what I used it for, image hosting for sharing on here, so i will try photobucket,

Alastair said:
Why would you host on Flickr and not add the link back for people to leave comments or look through the other public images in your stream?
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why? because I don't care to be part of that community, I am part of this community on tp where I get my comments etc - not interested in that service of flickr so again looks like photobucket could be a better option
 
neil_g said:
which breaches their TOS so its kinda understandable why they have removed that method..

and its 4 clicks to get the code if you select the image size from the drop down.. OH THE HUGE MANATEE!

i actually find it easier now.
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you are still a few clicks short, you haven't yet clicked BBCode, clicked into the box, selected all and then pressed copy on your keyboard shortcut. four more steps right there
 
If you set the uploader to upload your images at 800px then you can skip your extra steps :)

I'm personally loving the changes once i worked out what code i needed it made life much easier to do :D
 
neil_g said:
oh the hardship.. sorry i dont get what your issue is, the whole process takes about 15 seconds.
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the issue is that I am a hater of when things change and are made to be less simple. It may take 15 seconds now, but it used to take 5, so I find it annoying.

I have looked at photobucket. MUCH EASIER!!!!!!

next to your image is all the share code, no need even for a drop down and also you can just click direct link and it automatically copies, no need even for a copy and paste keyboard command!

2 clicks and I have my link in my clipboard, you can get html, IMG code and email links in the same way - looks like whoever designed this for photobucket DID have some qualifications in usability

Oh happy days!!!
 
Correction!

in photobucket I don't even need to click on the image, the share code for the image is now underneath each image I upload, look:

Picture1.png


this makes life so much easier because if i upload say 5 photos I don't need to click on each one to get each piece of code

flickr take note!
 
It's a matter of the right tool for the job..

Photobucket looks like the tool for you.

Flickr is the tool for me - and for me the change has made it easier to do what I want to do with it.. so I'd rather Flickr didn't try and emulate Photobucket!
 
Alastair said:
It's a matter of the right tool for the job..

Photobucket looks like the tool for you.

Flickr is the tool for me - and for me the change has made it easier to do what I want to do with it.. so I'd rather Flickr didn't try and emulate Photobucket!
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for sure, not try and emmulate it but why make something more difficult than it needs to be. Flickr would still be the same place if they just put the links under the photos for you to save time - it's more about general web 2.0 usability.
 
joescrivens said:
you are still a few clicks short, you haven't yet clicked BBCode, clicked into the box, selected all and then pressed copy on your keyboard shortcut. four more steps right there
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I dont need to select. The moment I choose the size or BBC/HTML when I put the cursor on the code and click the whole code becomes highlighted, so all I do is right click and copy

Again I stress, its much easier and better the way it is now. And I do not think its more complicated.
 
zulupentax said:
I dont need to select. The moment I choose the size or BBC/HTML when I put the cursor on the code and click the whole code becomes highlighted, so all I do is right click and copy

Again I stress, its much easier and better the way it is now. And I do not think its more complicated.
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Well we'll have to disagree then, you think it isn't, I think it is, as a result I have joined photobucket which is WAY easier and much fewer steps so I'm happy :)
 
joescrivens said:
that is exactly what I used it for, image hosting for sharing on here, so i will try photobucket,

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why? because I don't care to be part of that community
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I think you've hit the nail on the head here. Your choice and I'm not going to disagree with you about that.


joescrivens said:
this makes life so much easier because if i upload say 5 photos I don't need to click on each one to get each piece of code

flickr take note!
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Yep. Flickr is not and has never been Photobucket.

While they have changed the language since, the T&C's back a few years ago when I first joined used to say “Flickr ... is not a generic image hosting service". I took them at their word.

I have my own web site, running on my own hardware and bandwidth, for image hosting and other stuff that I like to do, like mucking about with databases and PHP. That way, I only really have to comply with my own T&Cs and nobody else's.

So, I use Flickr primarily to share my photos with other people on Flickr and only occasionally post the images from there elsewhere, because what I post on Flickr sometimes has a different flavour to what I post in my own galleries. Consequently, I'm quite happy to post links back to my Flickr page. Indeed, I welcome the changes that have made that a lot easier.*

As Alastair said, it looks like Photobucket might be the right tool for you.

* actually, I often find it frustrating when people have posted photos without a link back to their Flickr account, because I'll want to go off and take a look at other things they've done, see a larger version, maybe make a comment or Favourite it, and can't.
 
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Musicman said:
So, I use Flickr primarily to share my photos with other people on Flickr and only occasionally post the images from there elsewhere, because what I post on Flickr sometimes has a different flavour to what I post in my own galleries. .
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Exactly the same with me. You touched the point there about different flavour and I agree fully, the same happens with my choices and uploads
joescrivens said:
Well we'll have to disagree then, you think it isn't, I think it is, as a result I have joined photobucket which is WAY easier and much fewer steps so I'm happy :)
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I think you have found the right tool for the job that you are aiming for.
 
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Jimmy_Lemon said:
I cant help but think the re-design was purposeful, they seem to want to keep the whole sharing and community thing on the site, and want to make the hosting side a bit harder...that is the only reason I can think for the random change and less usability.

...also to be fair the old way for me was never that simple (to do it within their rules, IE linking back etc). I used the Greasemonkey script which did everything with 2 clicks.
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I think your spot on there Tom, and to be honest flickr is probably right as it a photo sharing site not a free images hosting site, a subtle difference maybe, but one they look to be trying to establish.
 
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