Flickr Redesign

[infrogmation]

Photo sharing site Flickr did a massive redesign last month. Photos are now displayed larger - and unless viewed individually, lacking titles and captions. Various other changes as well, most of which result in the site being slower loading and harder navigate. Flickr is owned by Yahoo. I remember when Yahoo killed GeoCities; I wonder if Yahoo is in the process of doing the same to Flickr.

Since the redesign I've been laying back, accessing Flickr lots less than I had been, hoping that they'd realize their "New Coke" mistake and at least offer the option of users being able to view images according to the old functionality. Some other long term Flickr user friends and online acquaintances have been posting images and comments critical of the redesign, one with decades of photos is in the process of transferring them elsewhere, and several others are looking for other options.

Michael Stutz on HufPo: How Flickr Redesign Leaves Out the Photographers

The Online Photographer: A Better, Brighter Flickr(?) Some interesting comments.

Infinite Hollywood: The New Flickr Sucks and Here’s Why

Among the many negative Flickr forum threads: Redesign literally making some users sick

Comments

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

Seen on my Flickr feed: "with the old good flickr i had every day more then 1000 views, now not even half. SOME IS GOIING WRONG" "I'm posting and looking, but certainly not as much as before. It takes too much effort and time, like walking across a field of deep mud." A Flickr stats screenshot (https://www.flickr.com/photos/globetrotter1937/9022986065/)

[iayork.livejournal.com]

I liked the new redesign at first glance, but quickly found that it has reduced usability. I bet that lots of casual users do like it, because it is more eye-catching. The question for Yahoo! is whether the gain in casual users is worth the loss of intensive users. My guess is no, but they're the ones with the data.

It does seem like they could relatively easily compromise and offer more power user features as options.

[surferelf.livejournal.com]

Back when Flickr was top dog, they were able to break stuff with impugnity. Now that you can put photos pretty much anywhere, they have to compete, and it looks like they have no idea how to do it. It's a shame, really.

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

I'd missed this one earlier:

Derek Powazek on TechHive: The new Flickr: Goodbye customers, hello ads (http://www.techhive.com/article/2039414/the-new-flickr-goodbye-customers-hello-ads.html)