Comments on: No video in my Flickr, please http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/ A blog on entrepreneurship, user experience, and web innovation. Published by Fred Oliveira. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:56:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Alda http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/comment-page-1/#comment-41505 Alda Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:52:11 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/#comment-41505 The point here is that platforms often change the way they worked when they were launched and start to have new functionalities that may not suite them the best. Mostly, they change because the want to add everything that others have, in the hope of overcoming them. Flickr is good for photography, but it's weird to see videos there - even the layout seems strange.... The point here is that platforms often change the way they worked when they were launched and start to have new functionalities that may not suite them the best. Mostly, they change because the want to add everything that others have, in the hope of overcoming them.
Flickr is good for photography, but it’s weird to see videos there – even the layout seems strange….

]]> By: Flickr Video | Scott Mallinson http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/comment-page-1/#comment-41436 Flickr Video | Scott Mallinson Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:51:26 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/#comment-41436 [...] I have to agree with  Fred Oliveira. No video in my Flickr, please. [...] [...] I have to agree with  Fred Oliveira. No video in my Flickr, please. [...]

]]> By: Cunaldo http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/comment-page-1/#comment-41164 Cunaldo Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:37:13 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/#comment-41164 Agreed. I admittedly love Flickr and one of the major selling points is it's focus solely on photography. I can see where people are coming from with respect to adding videos which would accompany, say, your holiday photos. But, like what's been echoed above, lets keep that in Jumpcut (why re-invent the wheel?) and perhaps allow you to link to that from within Flickr. That should keep both camps happy enough. Agreed. I admittedly love Flickr and one of the major selling points is it’s focus solely on photography. I can see where people are coming from with respect to adding videos which would accompany, say, your holiday photos. But, like what’s been echoed above, lets keep that in Jumpcut (why re-invent the wheel?) and perhaps allow you to link to that from within Flickr. That should keep both camps happy enough.

]]> By: André http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/comment-page-1/#comment-41160 André Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:27:36 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/#comment-41160 Despite not being an avid flickr user, I can understand what you're saying. Now, please, read on. I don't believe Flickr will loose their philosophy just because they're adding video. Their target isn't youtube's target. They're targeting vacation videos, offspring first steps and event recordings kind of videos. Of course there will be the eventual amateur coke+mentos video, but like many have said... you'll probably not even stumble upon them and it will surely be a minority. The flickr crowd is way different than youtube's. Photobucket users seem to be more in sync with youtube, I'd guess. (and yes, just because most people you know use and love flickr to death, that doesn't make it #1 ;) hehe) I, for one, trust the flickr team to keep the video experience as simple and effective as the photos... Despite not being an avid flickr user, I can understand what you’re saying. Now, please, read on.

I don’t believe Flickr will loose their philosophy just because they’re adding video. Their target isn’t youtube’s target. They’re targeting vacation videos, offspring first steps and event recordings kind of videos. Of course there will be the eventual amateur coke+mentos video, but like many have said… you’ll probably not even stumble upon them and it will surely be a minority. The flickr crowd is way different than youtube’s. Photobucket users seem to be more in sync with youtube, I’d guess. (and yes, just because most people you know use and love flickr to death, that doesn’t make it #1 ;) hehe)

I, for one, trust the flickr team to keep the video experience as simple and effective as the photos…

]]> By: Aki http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/comment-page-1/#comment-41158 Aki Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:23:59 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/#comment-41158 Flickr is the only place where I showcase my photography works, i like it cause its a clean place. I definitely don't like the idea of having videos on Flickr. No way! Flickr is the only place where I showcase my photography works, i like it cause its a clean place. I definitely don’t like the idea of having videos on Flickr. No way!

]]> By: Gino Zahnd http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/comment-page-1/#comment-41154 Gino Zahnd Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:56:17 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/#comment-41154 Flickr is also my favorite service, and I design it for a living. Everyone know these two things: 1) Yahoo isn't making us do anything and 2) we don't do things that we wouldn't ourselves want to use and enjoy, all day long, every single day. Carry on! Flickr is also my favorite service, and I design it for a living.

Everyone know these two things: 1) Yahoo isn’t making us do anything and 2) we don’t do things that we wouldn’t ourselves want to use and enjoy, all day long, every single day.

Carry on!

]]> By: Ryan http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/comment-page-1/#comment-41152 Ryan Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:38:18 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/#comment-41152 I completely agree with you on this. Flickr has to be my favorite service at the moment... I'm not into video, but I still would NOT want video mixed in with my photos, despite how nice "Flickr Video" sounds. I particularly enjoy the comparison you've made to YouTube... what if they were to add video? It'd be nuts and wouldn't fit with what YouTube is known for. And the same applies to Flickr... I completely agree with you on this. Flickr has to be my favorite service at the moment… I’m not into video, but I still would NOT want video mixed in with my photos, despite how nice “Flickr Video” sounds.

I particularly enjoy the comparison you’ve made to YouTube… what if they were to add video? It’d be nuts and wouldn’t fit with what YouTube is known for. And the same applies to Flickr…

]]> By: NextCrash » Do One Thing Well http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/comment-page-1/#comment-41151 NextCrash » Do One Thing Well Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:00:30 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/#comment-41151 [...] Fred Oliveira has an excellent post up on his blog about how Flickr is venturing into incorporating video into their website. Fred very persuasively argues that Flickr is making a terrible mistake by venturing into online video, and that they should stick to the simplicity of dealing exclusively with photos. [...] [...] Fred Oliveira has an excellent post up on his blog about how Flickr is venturing into incorporating video into their website. Fred very persuasively argues that Flickr is making a terrible mistake by venturing into online video, and that they should stick to the simplicity of dealing exclusively with photos. [...]

]]> By: Socrates Vicente http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/comment-page-1/#comment-41150 Socrates Vicente Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:53:31 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/#comment-41150 I don't like the ideia of having video either. Flickr is good focusing on photography, they should do whatever they can to improve user experience in that field. Adding video is just going to increase the complexity of the site and turning it to "just another site that supports video" and where quality of contents may suffer. Despite seeing advantages of narrowing the number of sites one has to visit to access certain types of media contents, I don't think that bulking all of it is the right way (or else we would all be using Hi5, Facebook, MySpace, etc, to post our photos and videos...). Let us see what is going to be the video posting policy... I don’t like the ideia of having video either. Flickr is good focusing on photography, they should do whatever they can to improve user experience in that field.

Adding video is just going to increase the complexity of the site and turning it to “just another site that supports video” and where quality of contents may suffer.

Despite seeing advantages of narrowing the number of sites one has to visit to access certain types of media contents, I don’t think that bulking all of it is the right way (or else we would all be using Hi5, Facebook, MySpace, etc, to post our photos and videos…).

Let us see what is going to be the video posting policy…

]]> By: Paul http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/comment-page-1/#comment-41149 Paul Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:58:48 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/flickr-adding-video/#comment-41149 Here here! Keep flickr clean. Here here! Keep flickr clean.

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