Flickr. Am I the only one who likes it?

[Sparrow]

I expressed nothing but very specifically called-out personal opinion. I can write something else and cite that as a secondary source on what I think?...

Sorry, I misunderstood, in the post you responded to I was supporting with accepted modern psychological opinion an earlier accusation that I don't know my subject ... I apologise

 

[jarski]

Have fun!
My contacts on Flickr convinced me to move over to Ipernity (btw, it is just to easy and the design is almost the old much appreciated Flickr layout). About 30-40 (out of 60) of my contacts have left for Ipernity or another platform. Although this is only a small sample the overall drain may be substantial.

Thx I will. Dont believe there is any mass exodus anywhere, its just fuss of few like minded people who think they represent wider group.

 

[tunalegs]

I would say it's well accepted that it's easier to read bright text on a dark background (one reason speedometers are generally printed this way) than the other way around - so it may follow that the same is true for images on a dark background.

Of course the images on flickr are still on a white background most of the time. And the gutter space is probably too small for the background color to make a difference one way or another when viewing streams - which I think is a bigger issue.

 

[tunalegs]

Thx I will. Dont believe there is any mass exodus anywhere, its just fuss of few like minded people who think they represent wider group.

Most people are already using other sites, they probably will simply just stop stopping by flickr if they don't like it. I have only been stopping by flickr for the groups for the past couple years, and that's the only thing still worth checking for me anyway.

Of course they're also getting a huge influx of new users uploading 2000+ images at a time, so I doubt Yahoo cares about anybody they lost. Community is out, mass storage is in.

 

[hteasley]

Most people are already using other sites, they probably will simply just stop stopping by flickr if they don't like it.

Flickr is a case of, "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded." The folks leaving in protest are, I'm sure, a vanishingly small percentage. There are some thought-leaders there, so Flickr will probably respond in some way to the criticism, but really, it's going to be a very small percentage overall.

 

[Sparrow]

I would say it's well accepted that it's easier to read bright text on a dark background (one reason speedometers are generally printed this way) than the other way around - so it may follow that the same is true for images on a dark background.

EDIT

I don't know about the former, but the science does not support the latter.

 

[tunalegs]

Flickr is a case of, "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded." The folks leaving in protest are, I'm sure, a vanishingly small percentage. There are some thought-leaders there, so Flickr will probably respond in some way to the criticism, but really, it's going to be a very small percentage overall.

The thing is flickr was losing huge numbers of people before the redesign. I think it had become more a case of nobody goes there anymore because nobody goes there anymore. 😉

It seems obvious that flickr does not care about the old crowd, the new tack is basically to get the people who'd otherwise be using photobucket and sites of that sort by dangling a one terrabyte worm. The groups and comments, etc. are just vestiges of the old site. I think that is rather apparent with the new direction the site is headed and the way the site looks now.

I don't know why Yahoo didn't think developing the social aspect of the site was worth their money, but I think it has something to do with Yahoo's general inability to grow and develop new trends. They focus on trying to exploit existing markets. Which is why they keep missing the boat.

 

[henri klein]

I for one prefer quality over quantity. Thus the point probably is not so much whether a big or a small group of people has left but rather how it will affect the content.

My humble impression is that Flickr is aiming at the average FF DSLR user who wants to share his massive files.

 

[Sparrow]

I for one prefer quality over quantity. Thus the point probably is not so much whether a big or a small group of people has left but rather how it will affect the content.

My humble impression is that Flickr is aiming at the average FF DSLR user who wants to share his massive files.

... I fear the "aiming at the average" will probably not have the attention span required to wait for the file to load ... in the meantime

 

[user237428934]

The thing is flickr was losing huge numbers of people before the redesign. I think it had become more a case of nobody goes there anymore because nobody goes there anymore. 😉

They lost a lot of people to 500px, google+, facebook, etc. All sites that looks more shiny than old flickr. They had to do something about the design. No one went to those sites because the surrounding looks more like a gallery with white backgound 🙂

 

[colyn]

The thing about the white-ground, or where I may be able to help Flickr ...

... oddly galleries generally have white walls for a reason, well a few reasons. Firstly, it reflects light around the space to give even illumination, and the white surround to artworks ensures the viewers eyes are stopped-down which not only improves resolution but also helps with our colour perception ... the colour receptors in the human eye become less efficient as the light-value reduces.

Secondly, Completion, much of a photo's composition is often a result of the Gestalt completion effect, and if there isn't enough ground between images that effect is lost.

Lastly, Ground-Figure organisation is a necessity for recognising objects through vision, in effect without isolating something from it's surroundings it is very difficult to see it, which is why I use the bloody thing in the first place.

... there, is that constructive enough?

I do agree with you here but......galleries use a neutral white which reflects less light. A computer monitor reflects the white of the old flickr as well as other sites to a glaring white which hurts my eyes if I look at it too long..and it makes it more difficult for me to see the image.

I know this may not be true for everybody but for many like myself the black background makes viewing much easier..

 

[hteasley]

The thing is flickr was losing huge numbers of people before the redesign. I think it had become more a case of nobody goes there anymore because nobody goes there anymore. 😉

I wasn't trying to characterize their overall situation, I was characterizing the loss of people specifically because of the redesign. The redesign will grab more people than it loses, I'm guessing.

 

[back alley]

i honestly think that some people are upset but that more people are upset because there are upset people.
the changes are not that drastic and after a few days of playing with it i have ready access to everything i had before.
as for the endless scroll...wtf...go to another page and it's gone! stop scrolling...kinda simple really!
i can see comments and exif data...who favourited a shot...

i like the big sized images on the front page...

much ado about nothing!

 

[tunalegs]

I wasn't trying to characterize their overall situation, I was characterizing the loss of people specifically because of the redesign. The redesign will grab more people than it loses, I'm guessing.

This is admittedly a generalization - but I don't think anybody is going to be attracted to the new site because of the design. It's the free storage that counts. 🙂

That's not a bad thing though, the 200 image limit for free accounts was really what was killing the site more than anything else. As long as the new users uploading thousands of images at a time don't tag everything with unrelated tags flickr will probably stay un-annoying enough to be useable. Well once they give us a way to disable endless scrolling anyway.

 

[kingqueenknave]

i honestly think that some people are upset but that more people are upset because there are upset people.
the changes are not that drastic and after a few days of playing with it i have ready access to everything i had before.
as for the endless scroll...wtf...go to another page and it's gone! stop scrolling...kinda simple really!
i can see comments and exif data...who favourited a shot...

i like the big sized images on the front page...

much ado about nothing!

Well the changes may not be that drastic to you, but to some they're rather extreme. So that would be much ado about something.

 

[back alley]

Well the changes may not be that drastic to you, but to some they're rather extreme. So that would be much ado about something.

i understand what you are saying...i don't see the changes as that drastic...so it's nothing to me and something to you.

having a poor memory helps...i barely remember the old format anymore...

 

[Keith]

i honestly think that some people are upset but that more people are upset because there are upset people.
the changes are not that drastic and after a few days of playing with it i have ready access to everything i had before.
as for the endless scroll...wtf...go to another page and it's gone! stop scrolling...kinda simple really!
i can see comments and exif data...who favourited a shot...

i like the big sized images on the front page...

much ado about nothing!

And of course ... while they're sounding off here they're not really posting photos anywhere! 😀

 

[back alley]

i noticed that sparrow even posted some new shots ON FLICKR!
heavens!!

 

[Ranchu]

Mostly pictures of bald guys, I see.

🙂

 

[Keith]

As I continue to use Flickr I do find the "yee haw ... hold on there tiger!" a little embarrasing when uploading! 😀