There are many 3rd party apps in the Flickr App Garden that can make up for any shortfalls of the website. For example, if you're uploading photos, an app like

There are many 3rd party apps in the Flickr App Garden that can make up for any shortfalls of the website. For example, if you're uploading photos, an app like photoSync (http://webecoz.com http://webecoz.com) knows enough not to duplicate your photos. It will detect that it's a duplicate and use the copy that is already on Flickr. I believe it may also recognizes duplicates when it's downloading photos.