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So far, the response from Flickr power users looks overwhelmingly negative: http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157633547442506/ http://www.flickr.com/help

So far, the response from Flickr power users looks overwhelmingly negative: http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157633547442506/ http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157633547442506/

waterlesscloud 13y ago
Most of that looks like the usual user complaining because an interface changed.
- mattebb 13y ago
  There is a component of that, but it's also dangerous to dismiss any negative feedback that way too. Pro user since ~2005 here. I don't mind change in general, but I think the change they made here is definitely for the worse. Art needs space to breathe, and what they've done here is the equivalent of a photographic gallery plastering all the exhibited images in a wall-to-wall collage. That sort of in-your-face layout may work for something like Facebook or Instagram, but not for something that is (was) meant to be for more serious photography.
- NelsonMinar 13y ago
  Why wasn't I consulted?! http://www.ftrain.com/SiteLaunch.html http://www.ftrain.com/SiteLaunch.html
- toomuchtodo 13y ago
  If power users = pro users, and pro users = paid users, yeah, you should take notice with the people left generating revenue. Disclaimer: Flickr Pro user since 2005. More than $25/year? Off to Dropbox.
matheusalmeida 13y ago
I'm not sure I would consider them power users but it's somehow expected because everyone knows how people can be adverse to change... (It's still fresh in my mind when everyone complained about the new Gmail UI or even G+...).
film42 13y ago
You can add myself to the list of angry users. I'm not only angry because it's just a terrible interface change, but it's an entire service change. Like if twitter decided it was pinterest, only you've been paying for your tweets.
sdoowpilihp 13y ago
In my experience, a certain percentage of users will always complain about user interface changes, no matter how good they are. I have always believed in a policy of waiting ~2 weeks to let the changes "soak in", and gauge whether the complaints are just a knee jerk reaction by a small percentage, or is indeed indicative of a larger problem. This is also one of many reasons you find larger companies doing a "roll out" of a new UI change. It's a good way of gauging user reaction while only affecting a small random sample of your user base.
danso 13y ago
Well I'm a power user (8,000+ photos) and I love it. I guess it helps that my most recent photos are ones that I actually edited...on other days, I might do a photo dump of something dull, which would make for an ugly looking homepage.
- tomkarlo 13y ago
  Me too (4,000 photos). I had recently let my Pro account expire in favor of just posting to G+, but now I'll probably start uploading again. (Of course, G+ also just changed their photo support last week.)
pilsetnieks 13y ago
As a sporadic user for 8 years, I like it. There will always be complainers.
munificent 13y ago
I've been a Flickr Pro user since 2007. Flickr has been a huge part of my photography hobby. I don't know if I'm a "power user", but I can tell you all about different prime lenses, aperture, Lightroom and Photoshop. I love the new UI and the new app.
nemo 13y ago
Pro since 2007, so deeply relieved at this update. Many people will complain about any change since it requires them to learn something new, even if the new way is an improvement.
k2enemy 13y ago
I initially liked the new photostream layout, but after using the site for a little while, I think I prefer the old layout. The new site definitely looks more modern and glossy, but there's a reason museums don't display photos in a huge mosaic -- it makes it very hard to focus on and consider one image at a time. Now to browse someone's photos I need to go into the "one image at a time" viewer, which takes longer and leaves a long browser history.
- lftl 13y ago
  I'm not quite sure how I got to it, but go to user's stream and then tack on a ?details=1 to the end of the URL. I have no idea if that's an intentionally preserved view or not, but it's more like you're looking for.
  - k2enemy 13y ago
    Thanks! This is exactly what I was missing. Hopefully they keep it around.
  - prebrov 13y ago
    Anyone found a way to make this a default view?
  - dmd 13y ago
    Thanks for that. Though there appears to be a bug - it says I have 0 photos (in the thing at the top).
  - jarek 13y ago
    The details=1 query string is added when you click "Edit" in your own photostream's header. Funnily enough, at the moment the details=1 layout even preserves the old "Did you know you can change the layout of this page?" link at the bottom, linking to a 404.
benihana 13y ago
People who complain on the forums are not necessarily power users

So far, the response from Flickr power users looks overwhelmingly negative: http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157633547442506/ http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157633547442506/

waterlesscloud 13y ago

Most of that looks like the usual user complaining because an interface changed.

mattebb 13y ago
There is a component of that, but it's also dangerous to dismiss any negative feedback that way too. Pro user since ~2005 here. I don't mind change in general, but I think the change they made here is definitely for the worse. Art needs space to breathe, and what they've done here is the equivalent of a photographic gallery plastering all the exhibited images in a wall-to-wall collage. That sort of in-your-face layout may work for something like Facebook or Instagram, but not for something that is (was) meant to be for more serious photography.
NelsonMinar 13y ago
Why wasn't I consulted?! http://www.ftrain.com/SiteLaunch.html http://www.ftrain.com/SiteLaunch.html
toomuchtodo 13y ago
If power users = pro users, and pro users = paid users, yeah, you should take notice with the people left generating revenue. Disclaimer: Flickr Pro user since 2005. More than $25/year? Off to Dropbox.

matheusalmeida 13y ago

I'm not sure I would consider them power users but it's somehow expected because everyone knows how people can be adverse to change... (It's still fresh in my mind when everyone complained about the new Gmail UI or even G+...).

film42 13y ago

You can add myself to the list of angry users. I'm not only angry because it's just a terrible interface change, but it's an entire service change. Like if twitter decided it was pinterest, only you've been paying for your tweets.

sdoowpilihp 13y ago

In my experience, a certain percentage of users will always complain about user interface changes, no matter how good they are. I have always believed in a policy of waiting ~2 weeks to let the changes "soak in", and gauge whether the complaints are just a knee jerk reaction by a small percentage, or is indeed indicative of a larger problem. This is also one of many reasons you find larger companies doing a "roll out" of a new UI change. It's a good way of gauging user reaction while only affecting a small random sample of your user base.

danso 13y ago

Well I'm a power user (8,000+ photos) and I love it. I guess it helps that my most recent photos are ones that I actually edited...on other days, I might do a photo dump of something dull, which would make for an ugly looking homepage.

tomkarlo 13y ago
Me too (4,000 photos). I had recently let my Pro account expire in favor of just posting to G+, but now I'll probably start uploading again. (Of course, G+ also just changed their photo support last week.)

pilsetnieks 13y ago

As a sporadic user for 8 years, I like it. There will always be complainers.

munificent 13y ago

I've been a Flickr Pro user since 2007. Flickr has been a huge part of my photography hobby. I don't know if I'm a "power user", but I can tell you all about different prime lenses, aperture, Lightroom and Photoshop. I love the new UI and the new app.

nemo 13y ago

Pro since 2007, so deeply relieved at this update. Many people will complain about any change since it requires them to learn something new, even if the new way is an improvement.

k2enemy 13y ago

I initially liked the new photostream layout, but after using the site for a little while, I think I prefer the old layout. The new site definitely looks more modern and glossy, but there's a reason museums don't display photos in a huge mosaic -- it makes it very hard to focus on and consider one image at a time. Now to browse someone's photos I need to go into the "one image at a time" viewer, which takes longer and leaves a long browser history.

lftl 13y ago
I'm not quite sure how I got to it, but go to user's stream and then tack on a ?details=1 to the end of the URL. I have no idea if that's an intentionally preserved view or not, but it's more like you're looking for.
- k2enemy 13y ago
  Thanks! This is exactly what I was missing. Hopefully they keep it around.
- prebrov 13y ago
  Anyone found a way to make this a default view?
- dmd 13y ago
  Thanks for that. Though there appears to be a bug - it says I have 0 photos (in the thing at the top).
- jarek 13y ago
  The details=1 query string is added when you click "Edit" in your own photostream's header. Funnily enough, at the moment the details=1 layout even preserves the old "Did you know you can change the layout of this page?" link at the bottom, linking to a 404.

benihana 13y ago

People who complain on the forums are not necessarily power users