WTF, FLICKR?!?!

[furtech]

I went to my Flickr page and felt like I ran into a neon wall: WTF, Flickr? They have completely changed the layout from a clean, easy-to-navigate page to a psychotic collage of giant images and hard-to-find controls. Oh, and with no option to keep the original page layout.

I am now looking for a new photo archive if anyone has suggestions! I want a service that I can manage the page design (being able to pick out a style) and I don't mind paying for it.

Comments

[okojosan.livejournal.com]

Ugh yes. I don't use Flickr myself but I do cadge photos from it for a Tumblr I run and I discovered the "new" Flickr yesterday. Bleah.

Well, give thanks to Yahoo! :)

Another photo archive I've seen that I like a lot is 500px.com .

[amarafox.livejournal.com]

I like the new flickr because I have freeee photo storage now. |The old Flickr was easier to navigate, but I actually don't mind this so much.

[merrycalliope.livejournal.com]

Weird, on the Contacts page you used to be able to set how the images displayed but it seems they removed that since the launch of the new design. That's dumb.

That said, I'm tired of being upset about change and since I have a good ad-blocker I'll probably stick with Flickr. I wouldn't have the will or energy to move everything elsewhere anyway unless something really fantastic presented itself as an option. And that would eventually be bought by Yahoo anyway.

[chuck-melville.livejournal.com]

"I know these engineers! They just love to change things!"

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

They've caught up with you..... the heartless experienceless careless 14 year old coders of they last few years, and probable few more into the future... ;P

So people love a website and go there because they like it? Let's Change It!

So people love using some software that they have grown comfortable with? Let's Hide Things!

feh..... it's disgusting ;P ...wish I had a better answer for ya, but I'd say find an old school site for what you do (images, hosting, etc) and go with that... preferably if it's managed by someone you know and cares about things... chances are they won't mess with the site.

The big big big websites though.... pleasure there will be fleeting :/

[kvogel.livejournal.com]

I bailed on flickr years ago after an earlier "new and improved" phase. I'm on photobucket, but they just "new and improved" it and I now can't recommend it at all.