Flickr’s reply-implementation
Apart from a few annoyances, I'm generally pretty happy with the new Flickr design on photo-pages. All the extra AJAX makes things a lot easier (at least for me personally) and I quite like the larger images.
I've been using Flickr since 2005 and I'm not sure how new this feature is, but I think it was implemented with the new photo-pages.
Hover over a comment, and you'll see a 'reply' link becomes available:
All it does is add a piece of code to the comment-box (a link to the user's photo-stream enclosed in square brackets (you can also click multiple reply-links):
And then what? You see, I used to put an @ in front of the user's name. You know - Twitter style. But I've seen how user's change their name and the reply looks awkward. This instead is what you get in the end (the user's icon is displayed before your reply):
I remember how there was a Greasemonkey implementation for this, and it's great to see it implemented. Use it!
Flickr adds people-tagging, finally joins the bandwagon
A feature that many in the Flickr community have been requesting for years has finally been implemented.
What?! No @ sign in front of the names??
Flickr badges, awards, invites and other nasty stuff
If you use Flickr, you've probably encountered images, flashing GIFs and badges in people's comments:
Cheap. Nasty. Whatever you'd like to call it, they're an eye-sore. I delete them whenever I see them on my photos.
Then I ran into this:
I have to admit, that's the funniest Flickr group I've ever seen - with a badge to match.
You can view the group here: Giant T-Rex Group
Automatically insert rubbish Flickr-comments with Flickr-comment-generator
I created an AJAX application that generates somewhat generic comments for Flickr. But I soon realised that people would not use it unless it was completely simple and automated.
That's where GreaseMonkey comes into action. I've created a GreaseMonkey script that automatically retrieves a random flickr-comment and places it into the comment text-field of a picture. You get to choose whether you would like to publish the comment or not.
If you notice any bugs in the script, or any improvements I can make to the script - please let know.
Go to Flickr-Comment generator
Or download the script directly
Flickr comment generator
For anyone that's tired of coming up with comments, let the generator do the work for you:
If you would like me to add more comments to the database, comment here or contact me.
Flickr adds live-search to contact list
I remember asking them for this, and now they've implemented it. Definitely helps with finding contacts instead of having to browse through pages and pages of people.
Sweet!
Updated: Flickr comment generator
I had a shocking revelation today: people are actually using my Flickr-comment-generator. Even cooler: I realised people were using the Greasemonkey script I had created to go along with it. Shame on all of you!
After Flickr redesigned their photo-pages, the script stopped working though, and people had to actually think of comments to write (terrible!). I finally took the time out today to update the script and now everybody can have generic-goodness available to them.
Also, if you would like to contribute to this terrible project by submitting generic comments of your own, feel free to send me an email here