Yahoo Unveils Redesigned Flickr Primary Photo Page

Flickr offers a lot of promise and it seems that it is only now that Yahoo is taking notice. Bought back in 2005, the renovated primary photo page of Flickr will hopefully boost its presence and popularity, something that has been sorely missing.

Other sites have since overtaken the photo sharing site, including Facebook although Flickr continues to draw a community of more the 85 million each month. With the new primary photo page, photographs are displayed 35% larger while also offering a separate ?lightbox? view that overlays enlarged photos in the background.

Aside from this, Yahoo has also boosted the navigation controls and launched a new JavaScript for the pages to load faster. With the new script, users can also now click through images as if they were browsing an actual scrapbook.

Geotagging is another improvement, highlighting the location of users and later on displaying a map on the right portion of the new page showing where the photo was actually taken. The new page is set to be unveiled any time now and will hopefully boost the fortunes of Flickr and Yahoo.