Grönbeck

Flickr is Great! I’ve recently started using Flickr more than before. Sure, Flickr was always there when you wanted to find a good photo of a bird or someone dancing or simply just wanted to spend a couple of boring hours at the office browsing through photos of only-god-knows-what. These last few weeks however, I’ve actually started using Flickr in a more active fashion, even uploaded a couple of photos myself.

As such, I have been looking around for useful tools and hacks to enhance both the usefulness and effectiveness of Flickr. I found there are two different aspects when it comes to enhancing Flickr.

One aspect is for The Viewer – when you are watching a photo or browsing through a photographers photos, you want to make it as pleasant and effective as possible – or if you are searching for a specific photo (Flickr has over 2 billion photos uploaded!) any help to overcome the shortcomings of Flickr’s built-in search capabilities would be not only welcomed but also very appreciated.
The other aspect is for The Active User – a photographer who uploads photos and takes part in the community that is Flickr, with favorites and comments and groups and discussions. So what I did was simply divide this list of Flickr Hacks in to the two categories: For Viewing and For Active Users.
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