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The most important page on Flickr

43 points by ssclafani 15y ago

jat850 15y ago
I admit I don't have much of an eye for design but that page was really, REALLY hard to read.
- hartror 15y ago
  My immediate reaction too.
- smickie 15y ago
  Yeah, also why didn't he put screenshots of the pages in instead of link to Flickr pages which you need to be logged in to view?
matthewcieplak 15y ago
The flickr homepage really is awful. What's worse, though, is that if I click on a photo, the sidebar is still populated with the mixed-content photostream. If I want to browse, I want to just see that user's photos, and it requires clicking on a tiny "expand" arrow that only gives me 3 tiny thumbnails. Seriously flickr, take a cue from apple and get some larger, more navigable navigation.
sukuriant 15y ago
Why didn't he say all of this internally? Surely he's not the only person with these thoughts.
- mncaudill 15y ago
  Just an FYI: Timoni is a she, not a he.
  - sukuriant 15y ago
    Apologies. If I could, I would change the gender of my words, but I can't edit my post.
- russss 15y ago
  "This post is largely taken from a proposed redesign I sent out last year."
jhuckestein 15y ago
The most important page on Flickr is a Yahoo login page?
- pyre 15y ago
  No. The most important page is... [Content only viewable to HackerNews Gold Members].
newman314 15y ago
It would have been better if she posted a mockup of an improvement.
- jerrya 15y ago
  s'okay, we're posting a mocking of her improvement.
thomasgerbe 15y ago
On paper, designing Flickr should be one of the easiest things to do. You basically have some of the most beautiful pieces of content to work with, so all you have to do is lay it out in a clean and accessible way.
christoph 15y ago
It almost seems as though Yahoo are determined to make Flickr fail at the moment. I'm a paid pro member and I've been wondering why now for a while... Photographic content publishing on the internet has moved on a huge amount in the last couple of years, yet I see Flickr have done nearly nothing during that period. They need to start looking at what the competition is doing (instagram, etc.) and seriously picking the game up, especially for paid up members. I'm still in shock they haven't made a proper iPad application, your stuck with the crappy iPhone app which needs a major overhaul anyway. The Android version is equally awful, the web version on phones/tablets renders equally as badly as on a browser (confusing/boring layout). When I login and look through the top nav, there's over 40 choices from it. Does it really need to be that complicated?

43 points by ssclafani 15y ago

jat850 15y ago

I admit I don't have much of an eye for design but that page was really, REALLY hard to read.

hartror 15y ago
My immediate reaction too.
smickie 15y ago
Yeah, also why didn't he put screenshots of the pages in instead of link to Flickr pages which you need to be logged in to view?

matthewcieplak 15y ago

The flickr homepage really is awful. What's worse, though, is that if I click on a photo, the sidebar is still populated with the mixed-content photostream. If I want to browse, I want to just see that user's photos, and it requires clicking on a tiny "expand" arrow that only gives me 3 tiny thumbnails. Seriously flickr, take a cue from apple and get some larger, more navigable navigation.

sukuriant 15y ago

Why didn't he say all of this internally? Surely he's not the only person with these thoughts.

mncaudill 15y ago
Just an FYI: Timoni is a she, not a he.
- sukuriant 15y ago
  Apologies. If I could, I would change the gender of my words, but I can't edit my post.
russss 15y ago
"This post is largely taken from a proposed redesign I sent out last year."

jhuckestein 15y ago

The most important page on Flickr is a Yahoo login page?

pyre 15y ago
No. The most important page is... [Content only viewable to HackerNews Gold Members].

newman314 15y ago

It would have been better if she posted a mockup of an improvement.

jerrya 15y ago
s'okay, we're posting a mocking of her improvement.

thomasgerbe 15y ago

On paper, designing Flickr should be one of the easiest things to do. You basically have some of the most beautiful pieces of content to work with, so all you have to do is lay it out in a clean and accessible way.

christoph 15y ago

It almost seems as though Yahoo are determined to make Flickr fail at the moment. I'm a paid pro member and I've been wondering why now for a while... Photographic content publishing on the internet has moved on a huge amount in the last couple of years, yet I see Flickr have done nearly nothing during that period. They need to start looking at what the competition is doing (instagram, etc.) and seriously picking the game up, especially for paid up members. I'm still in shock they haven't made a proper iPad application, your stuck with the crappy iPhone app which needs a major overhaul anyway. The Android version is equally awful, the web version on phones/tablets renders equally as badly as on a browser (confusing/boring layout). When I login and look through the top nav, there's over 40 choices from it. Does it really need to be that complicated?