On Dec 15, 2007 11:04 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I remember right, Flickr did tell you that as a non-pro you get only 200 > photos and 5 sets. > At least, it was the way when I was still new to flickr. Oh, no. No announcements from my first account (probably early this year) to the present one about the 200 photos limit, no messages that I was approaching the limit. Regarding the sets, though the account says the user can organize photos into sets, I didn't know for that there was a limit to the sets (3, btw, not 5, for free accounts) as I was not interested in organizing them..but once I tried, and found that out. Well, the same thing applies to other web facilities as well...I used tags on Live Journal very liberally, until one day, they suddenly stopped displaying..and it took me a whole day to find out that I had exceeded my tag limit. (there was not even a warning message to tell me why my tags weren't displaying, and for a non-geek like me, it was a headache to find out.) I don't like having to find out rules for myself by hitting invisible wires. I like having things, especially when they are limitations, spelt out clearly at the outset... Deepa. > On 15/12/2007, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Dec 15, 2007 10:24 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Um, I don't know about the 200 limit being hidden. It was always 200 for > > > non-pro users. One reason I went pro was I had about 100 new photos to > > > upload and already had 200 in my stream. > > > Besides, the 200 limit was originally set by Ludicorp. Y! came in much > > after > > > all that. > > > > > > C > > > > > > No..I think the "hidden" part we mean is that we are NOT told about > > the 200 pic limit when we open the account, but it is sprung on us the > > hard way.... It is pretty disconcerting to suddenly get a msg that > > "you have run into one of the limitations of a free account" (and I > > quoted that.). If I had had prior information when I opened my first > > Flickr account, I would probably have taken a paid (pro) account; but > > I was so pissed off with the way they announced it, that I just put in > > 198 photos and move on...and open another account. Yes, very petty of > > me...! > > > If I remember right, Flickr did tell you that as a non-pro you get only 200 > photos and 5 sets. > At least, it was the way when I was still new to flickr. > > > If Ludicopr made up this rule about 200, then their name makes sense, > > short for Ludicrous Corporation. > > > lol. I loved the name, though. > > > btw ....it's fun to watch the features tug-of-war twixt Yahoo and > > Google...Yahoo Messenger has the stealth setting, Gtalk has it > > not....Picasa has great offline photo editing features, Flickr has not > > (even though they recently introduced on-line photo-editing..the geeks > > on this list probably enjoy this feud with much deeper knowledge than > > I have! > > > I somehow haven't warmed up to Picassa online albums yet. > Probably because I already have too much time and money invested in flickr. > > > Deepa. > > > C > > > -- > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages > http://www.linkedin.com/in/ravages > http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ > > +91-9884467463 >
