Facebook To Upgrade Photos Feature
Sunday, October 3, 2010
It appears that yet another upgrade from social media giant Facebook is set to be launched.
According to Jolie O'Dell's article Facebook Upgrades Photos: Look Out, Flickr, Facebook will soon be upgrading its photos feature which will reportedly put them into competition with photo sharing site Flickr. High-res photos, photo-downloaded links, bulk tagging options, and a lightbox interface that allows images to be viewed anywhere on the site are all being added.
Up until now Facebook's photos feature has only been able to be used for capturing memories but this upgrade will completely change that. Facebook will be able to target photographers to post their portfolios along with modeling and graphic design portfolios.
Very soon users will be able to download high-res images of up to 2048 pixels or higher. Currently Facebook users can only download 720 pixels.
Another big change will be the lightbox UI. When you click on a photo a black screen will come up with the photo you desire and limited navigation features. This is being done to let users focus better on the picture(s) they want to see.
The new bulk tagging feature sounds handy as well. This feature will let users tag people in photos by grouping pictures of them together and then clicking on a single thumbnail to tag all the photos.
All of this upgrading will cost more money though which will inevitably mean more ads on Facebook. However if that keeps us the users from paying anything for it and getting a more advanced Facebook, I say bring on the ads.
Image courtesy of Flickr, Jay Cameron
4 comments:
This is going to be fantastic, and not just because I really like photos on Facebook, but also because I've used sites like Photobucket and Flickr to organize photos to put on Facebook. In a lot of ways, this will increase the popularity of Facebook and will accomodate users in the ways they've been wanting for awhile.
I just want to say, about time.
Because I am an artist it will be nice to use Facebook's photo section to its fullest potential with the upgrades they are making. I agree with Sheyenne, this will definitely increase the popularity of Facebook to not only photographers, but anyone who enjoys photos.
This upgrade will be a major opportunity for Facebook to take down some of the already established photo-sharing sites.
I've never seen Facebook as the best place for photographers and graphic artists to showcase thier work, but perhaps this upgrade will change my point of view.
However, I am still suspicious about Facebook's "Terms of Service and Privacy" when it comes to professional photographs and graphic work.
I agree with everyone! This is a good idea and it will espeically help with up coming artists and whatever it is they do photography, graphic design, etc. Since basically everyone is on facebook might as well show off art work to people. Potentially get jobs because of it. Also, it will make facebook even more popular.
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