Flickr is not my favorite either. I find the way it presents images to be distracting and annoying. It's been a while since I've been on it.
It would be suitable for a photo sharing site, but not a gallery in my opinion. I'm trying to make that distinction over and over again... photo sharing vs. a gallery. Tom C. >From: David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: PUG/PESO ...at Flickr? >Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:06:38 +0800 > >Flickr <boo, hiss>, of all photo hosting sites I find it to be the most >annoying to view images on. > >IMO If you want to kill the PUG & everything it stands for, host it on >Flickr ;-) > >Dave > > >At 08:51 AM 22/06/2006, Michael wrote: > >By mentioning Flickr, I certainly didn't want anyone to consider that I >was > >advocating strict competition for PUG. It's just a tool that I use and >that > >I think could be helpful for Adelheid, if she so chooses. I mean, Flickr >is > >pretty fun the way everyone can link to one another everywhere. > > > >As for logging into Flickr to see photos, I've never had that issue with > >seeing public photos. It's only for users that mark their pictures >private, > >particularly password protected for friends and family. It now requires a > >Yahoo! account (again, free) to join and place your own pictures, but >that's > >it. Honestly, I haven't found Flickr to bite any one. And you can put >what > >ever picture you want on your profile page or as your avatar. > > > >That's the last I'll say about Flickr for now. > > > >As an aside, I saw someone using a Sony Alpha today. Heard the mirror >slap > >yards away in a crowded park... Makes my DS sound like a church mouse! > > > >- Michael > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
