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I don't know how much she had to do with it, but the new flickr iPhone app really got me excited. It was a combination of being tired of looking at n00b picture

by ashray 14y ago

I don't know how much she had to do with it, but the new flickr iPhone app really got me excited. It was a combination of being tired of looking at n00b pictures on instagram and finally being able to explore flickr properly on the iphone. I even ended up signing up for flickr pro. The 3 month free extension/trial that they provided at Christmas/New Years was pretty cool too. This, while I was waiting to see which photo service would finally kill flickr. The final nail in the coffin so to speak. Pleasantly surprised.

kmfrk 14y ago
The app is kinda weird, though. Is it me, or is it WebView-based? It was the first time I had to do a friggin' CAPTCHA on an iOS device(!).
- robotmay 14y ago
  I'm surprised at the lack of "innovative" new captcha ideas targetted towards mobile devices. "Spin your phone clockwise 3 times and lick the screen to prove you're not a robot"
  - kmfrk 14y ago
    It wouldn't kill them to do a viewport check. I mean, unless they expect crackers to run their servers from a jailbroken iPad? I also had to change my Yahoo! password for Flickr a while back, and I think the maximum length of my password was still at ~32 characters ... and there's not two-factor authentication to boot. Yahoo! is very AOL-like still, which is one of those things I really, really hope Meyer can do away with.
    - kanzure 14y ago
      > I mean, unless they expect crackers to run their servers from a jailbroken iPad? Way more sophisticated than that. Think in terms of emulation, simulation, HTTP spoofing, etc.
      - kmfrk 14y ago
        Ah, of course. D'oh. Maybe this is just my first real WebView experience with a log-in process. I just wonder how there isn't an alternative (besides a native app).
    - rohitnair 14y ago
      Actually, they do have two-factor auth and apparently have had it for over a year now (I had no idea as well) Hit https://edit.yahoo.com/commchannel/sec_chal_manage https://edit.yahoo.com/commchannel/sec_chal_manage to set it up. They've also finally added https support to Yahoo Mail. It's turned off by default, but still encouraging signs considering how long we've been waiting for it.
      - kmfrk 14y ago
        It's only available for something like ten countries, though. :/
cowpewter 14y ago
Yes, I can finally view my groups from my phone! Big fan of Flickr here, I've had a pro account since 2009. Spent the last couple of years watching Yahoo ignore it, torn between "well at least they aren't changing it in ways that ruin it" and waiting for the other shoe to drop and them run it into the ground like they did with Delicious. There's been some minor front page tweaks happening lately too. It's nice to see Flickr in active development again.

by ashray 14y ago

kmfrk 14y ago

The app is kinda weird, though. Is it me, or is it WebView-based? It was the first time I had to do a friggin' CAPTCHA on an iOS device(!).

robotmay 14y ago
I'm surprised at the lack of "innovative" new captcha ideas targetted towards mobile devices. "Spin your phone clockwise 3 times and lick the screen to prove you're not a robot"
- kmfrk 14y ago
  It wouldn't kill them to do a viewport check. I mean, unless they expect crackers to run their servers from a jailbroken iPad? I also had to change my Yahoo! password for Flickr a while back, and I think the maximum length of my password was still at ~32 characters ... and there's not two-factor authentication to boot. Yahoo! is very AOL-like still, which is one of those things I really, really hope Meyer can do away with.
  - kanzure 14y ago
    > I mean, unless they expect crackers to run their servers from a jailbroken iPad? Way more sophisticated than that. Think in terms of emulation, simulation, HTTP spoofing, etc.
    - kmfrk 14y ago
      Ah, of course. D'oh. Maybe this is just my first real WebView experience with a log-in process. I just wonder how there isn't an alternative (besides a native app).
  - rohitnair 14y ago
    Actually, they do have two-factor auth and apparently have had it for over a year now (I had no idea as well) Hit https://edit.yahoo.com/commchannel/sec_chal_manage https://edit.yahoo.com/commchannel/sec_chal_manage to set it up. They've also finally added https support to Yahoo Mail. It's turned off by default, but still encouraging signs considering how long we've been waiting for it.
    - kmfrk 14y ago
      It's only available for something like ten countries, though. :/

cowpewter 14y ago

Yes, I can finally view my groups from my phone! Big fan of Flickr here, I've had a pro account since 2009. Spent the last couple of years watching Yahoo ignore it, torn between "well at least they aren't changing it in ways that ruin it" and waiting for the other shoe to drop and them run it into the ground like they did with Delicious. There's been some minor front page tweaks happening lately too. It's nice to see Flickr in active development again.