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Thursday, July 5

Next Version of Flickr - What do you want?

Flickr community has been my turf for a long time. It is surprising that i have not written about Flickr so far, but this posting will not talk about the best of Flickr, but the best that can come up in Flickr. Would Yahoo listen to us and make the necessary feature additions so that we have a much more beautiful turf to have fun and learn?

  1. Flickr user profile does not have the list of "Equipments" that one uses. First thing anyone would look for while watching a Photograph is - What Camera? - This is available from the EXIF data. But while you look at a particular user's profile, he might be using more than one camera, and these are not listed in his profile. It would be nice to aggregate the Camera Models that he uses, and show it in a single page. [what do you think?]
  2. Flickr Groups are run by individuals, and it is a big hit. But there is no proper layout and feature set for the groups application. It would be nice to have a drag and drop type of front end UI[User Interface] for the groups administrator.
  3. Groups could have been made just like Blogger, and they can allow Text Advertising least! So that the Group Administrators make some cash in their spare time and be encouraged to run groups in style.
  4. Groups must have better features like Ajax(Yahoo Beta) type of layout, better user ban, a limit to the Number of listings, showcasing styles(think CSS).
  5. Skins would be nicer, to separate each group from each other, why not give source code control to certain areas(HTML?)
Did you know:
  • You can Check for the quality of a Digital camera by Flickr Camera Search
  • Decide on a Digital Camera by using Flickr Camera Finder
  • View category-wise photographs of a particular Camera Model(Portrait, Landscape, Macro..etc)
  • Flickr is a virtual Camera Model Database, with living examples of pictures taken by photographers and consumers worldwide?
  • Flickr has communities where you can learn more about how to use your camera
  • Flickr has tons of Adobe Photoshop tricks?
  • Flickr has "Tutorials" to make your photograph picture perfect?
  • Flickr has Camera Model wise photograph searching capability
  • Flickr has a inbuilt mailing system with which you can make friends and grow a community or your relationships?[will love to see the system work like orkut scraps]
  • Flickr has tons of wallpaper quality photographs - do not search for wallpapers in wallpaper sites that demand your email and other cumbersome process to get a single wallpaper!
  • Flickr has free wallpapers in almost all screen sizes?
I'm a Flickr fan, if you are one, please post your thoughts about what you would like to see in Flickr in the days to come as we eagerly wait for the next version of Flickr!!

 

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