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Flickroom on Flickr Blog!
by Flickroom Team on Mar.09, 2010, under Announcements, Flickroom in News
17th February - It was a big day for Flickroom team! Thanks to Cris Stoddard of Flickr team for featuring Flickroom on the Flickr official blog. You can find the post here: http://blog.flickr.net/en/2010/02/17/flickroom-chat-browse-upload-share/
Excerpt below:
Flickroom is an application that brings Flickr to your desktop, allowing you to browse and search photographs of yours, your contacts, and the Flickrverse. Your photos never looked better against a black background! Once you authenticate Flickroom to your account, you can not only manage your own content but you can also leave comments on great photos or make them your favorites.
But one of the neatest things about Flickroom is that you can chat, live, with other Flickr members while you’re viewing fantastic content!
There’s more, too. This application allows you to upload photos to your photostream. You can tag and set permissions on your photos as well as add them to sets and to groups.
Thank you for all your support and feedback dear Flickroomers! You rock!
-Flickroom Team
Flickroom Beta 0.60 is now LIVE!
by Flickroom Team on Feb.16, 2010, under Announcements
Hello everyone! Flickroom team released a minor update with the following features/fixes [available for download via http://www.flickroom.org/]:
Hope you will continue to enjoy Flickroom!
Happy Flickrooming!
-The Flickroom Team
Flickroom Beta 0.51 is now LIVE!
by Flickroom Team on Feb.03, 2010, under Announcements
Hello everyone! Our team has been working hard to get the first Flickroom update of Twenty Ten in your hands and we are happy to announce that it is now available! Here is a list of the new and exciting features in the 0.51 update [available for download via http://www.flickroom.org/]:
- Grid View: Grid view has been completely revamped and you have a quick toolbar available below every photo on mouse-hover. The default viewing layout can be updated by visiting the ‘Settings’.
- Map view: Now you can add geo location information to your photos in map view by just doing a drag-drop from the list of photos below the map.
- Interesting Photos:Quickly check out your photos that have made it to Flickr Explore and their current status. Plunge into Flickr Interestingness for the day or choose a date to explore the ‘Explored’ photographs.
- Upload your photos to Facebook: Post any of your Flickr photos to Facebook directly from the application. You have the option to choose one of your existing Facebook albums to add the photo to or you can simply add the photo to the default “Flickroom Photos” album!
- Advanced Search: Now there is an Advanced Search panel in addition to searching in photographs of current user or all Flickr users. Advanced Search allows seach based on text, tags, licensing information, date uploaded, date taken and Safe Search options.
- Application Resize: Application resizing issues have now been fixed.
- Languages: Flickroom is now available in Russian, Korean, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) as well.
- Twitter: The tweeting interface has been greatly simplified and it now uses flic.kr service instead of TinyURL for shortening the photo URL.
- Flickr photo page: Now there is a link back to photo’s Flickr page available in the “Info” tab of the Details panel.
- Photo filter: Now you can see your public or private photos separately using a filter option in photostream.
- Bug Fixes and UI: - The bugs that caused the application to freeze on start-up or the browser window not opening for application authentication via Flickr have now been fixed. Several UI related enhancements have also been incorporated.
Hope you will continue to enjoy Flickroom!
Happy Flickrooming!
-The Flickroom Team
Flickroom 0.30 Beta is now LIVE!
by Flickroom Team on Dec.20, 2009, under Announcements
Ho ho ho! The next major update of Flickroom is just in time for Christmas! There are several big enhancements that will make your Flickroom experience better than ever before. Here is a low down on the new features in the 0.30 update [available for download via http://www.flickroom.org/]:
- Flickroom Localized in French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Polish - Flickroom is now available in these six additional languages apart from English. Language preferences will be automatically detected based on your system locale. You also have the option to change your language from the “Application” tab of the “Settings” panel. Flickroom team has received immense help from the community in bringing the application out in the different languages. A BIG Thank-you to:
- Giulio Iannotti, Andrea - Italian
- Yuya Saito - Japanese
- Cédric GODART - French
- Daniel Cano-Ott - Spanish
- Sasha Mann - German
- Sławek Pukło - Polish
Please note that this is just a pilot of the localized versions. There could be strings that are yet ‘un-translated’. Please feel free to send feedback about the strings at feedback@flickroom.org
- Grid view - Flickroom now provides you the option to view any photostream in “Grid” view. To use the same, click on the ‘Grid’ option in stream viewer.
- Signing of the application - Flickroom is now a signed and verified application. This means that the identity of its publisher (i.e. Flickroom Team) has been verified by a renowned certification authority - and so you can be assured that it is not a malicious application. Go ahead and install it, if that’s what you had been waiting for
- System tray - You now have the option of keeping the application running by minimizing it to system tray.
- Comments - All languages (double-byte characters included) are now supported in the comments. You can now comment in the language of your preference.
- Disable/Enable notifications pop-up - You now have the preference to disable notification-popups while running the application.
- Bug Fixes and UI - The bugs that caused the application to freeze on start-up or the browser window not opening for application authentication via Flickr have now been fixed. Several UI related enhancements have also been incorporated.
Hope you will continue to enjoy Flickroom!
Happy Flickrooming!
-The Flickroom Team
Help Flickroom speak in your language!
by Flickroom Team on Nov.20, 2009, under Announcements
Flickroom team is looking for people who can help them translate the strings to different languages. If you think you can do it well, jump in right away! Just write a mail to contact@flickroom.org and we will send you the strings that we need you to translate. As of now, we are looking for translators for the following lanauges:
- German
- French
- Italian
- Spanish
- Chinese
- Japanese
People who help us translate the strings will receive a mention on our website for their contribution.
UPDATE:
- We will now be supporting Polish, Portuguese and Korean in addition to above-mentioned languages!
- We are now looking for German, Korean and Chinese translators as we have already translated the string set for other languages with the help of some amazing community members!
Happy Flickrooming,
-Flickroom Team
Flickroom 0.28 Beta is now LIVE!
by Flickroom Team on Nov.10, 2009, under Announcements, Updates
Here comes the much awaited update to provide you an even better Flickr experience! It is aimed at making Flickroom users even more powerful. Read on to find out all the new goodies in Version 0.28 Beta [available for download via http://www.flickroom.org/]:
- Upcoming Photography Events - Flickroom now provides you a way to find out upcoming photography events in your locality.
- You can search for all kinds of events like Photowalks, Trainings, Workshops, or any other event you are looking for.
- You can also add an event if you are conducting it somewhere.
Flickroom’s event search is powered by Yahoo Upcoming.
- Fullscreen View - Now you can view photos in fullscreen mode also. A new button has been added just after the button to change background color of a photo. If you want to run a slide show in full screen mode, you first need to start the slideshow and then set the photo viewer to full screen mode.
- Group Discussions List - Support has been added to show discussions list of Flickr groups. You can see the discussion titles and their authors. For seeing the content of the discussion, you need to click on the link which will show the same to you in your default browser.
- User Profile Fixed - Recently Flickr modified its way to show user profiles breaking the Flickroom’s profile page as well. It has now been fixed with the current update.
- UI Improvement and Bug Fixes - A lot of UI polish across the application has been done. The comments view especially has been improved a lot. You can now click on author’s name or photo and see his/her profile or photostream.
Hope you will continue to enjoy Flickroom!
Happy Flickrooming!
-The Flickroom Team
Version 0.24 Beta Now Live!
by Flickroom Team on Oct.09, 2009, under Announcements, Contests
Flickroom Team is back with a new update to provide you an even better Flickr experience! This update is aimed at making Flickroom accessible to more and more users in an easy and slick manner. Read on to find out all the new goodies in Version 0.24 Beta [available for download via http://www.flickroom.org/]:
- Anonymous Access - Flickroom now provides you an option to use the application without requiring login (authenticating the application). You will be able to access all features of Flickroom except the following:
- Commenting and Uploading Tools
- Viewing Recent Activity
To access Flickroom anonymously, click on the “No, I want to use Flickroom without my login” button. If you are already logged in, you will need to logout first and then try out this mode.
- WebShare - So you have been enjoying the Flickroom experience to browse your Flickr photos in a whole new way. Well, how about sharing the same cool experience with your friends who are not using Flickroom or even Flickr! Following are two ways to showcase your photos the Flickroom way:
- Just pass on the following link to your friends and relatives:
- http://flickroom.org/web/share.swf?emailid=<your_yahoo_emailid>
- Otherwise, you can create a webshare widget by clicking on “Create a Webshare” button (available in the application’s status bar at the bottom). It will generate an HTML code snippet which would allow you to embed Flickroom view (as a Flash widget) in a webpage.
- Just pass on the following link to your friends and relatives:
- Slideshow - A basic slideshow feature is now available while viewing photos (in photostream, sets and group pools)
- Search Tool - There is now a search tool in the following modules - Sets, Groups and Contacts. Also, all of them are now sorted alphabetically by default.
- Image Caching Setting - There is now a setting in the Settings Manager which allows you to enable/disable caching of all the photos that Flickroom shows in different places. This setting is turned OFF by default. Switching it ON would result in extremely fast loading of images that you have seen in the past (as it would avoid any network activity). However, it would take up some extra space to store those images on your disk.
- UI Improvement and Bug Fixes - A lot of UI polish across the application and specifically for the chatroom has been done.
Hope you will continue to enjoy Flickroom!
Happy Flickrooming!
-The Flickroom Team
Version 0.20 Beta Now Live!
by Flickroom Team on Sep.14, 2009, under Announcements, Updates
Flickroom Team is back with a new update to provide you an even better Flickr experience! This update addresses the most-wanted feature by our users - Map for geo-tagged photos. Also, you will now be able to use some viewing related keyboard shortcuts. Here is a lowdown of all the new stuff in Version 0.20 Beta [available for download via http://www.flickroom.org/]:
- Maps Support: Now you can see Geo-Tagged photos in photostream view on a map:
- Click on the ‘Map’ button available in the details bar of photostream
- The markers on the map indicate the number of photos for that location
- You can click on a tag to see the photos for that location
- Performance Improvement: You can now browser the photostream faster. Actually, till now, loading a photostream (or your photos or anybody else’s) would cause loading of the profile page also. Now Flickroom loads the profile page only when you actually want it.
- Keyboard Shortcuts: Viewing related keyboard shortcuts have been added:
- F5 - Show/Hide the top panel
- F6 - Show/Hide the filmstrip panel
- F7 - Show/Hide the left panel (photo details)
- F8 - Show/Hide the right panel
- Tab - Show/Hide the left and right panels
- Shift+Tab - Show/Hide all the panels
- Application Size: Minimum size of the application has been reduced to 900 x 600 (earlier, this was 1200 x 900). This would allow you to have a better experience on smaller screens (like netbooks and laptops).
- Photo Truncation Issue: Photos used to get truncated in some scenarios while resizing the center panel. This issue has been fixed now.
- UI Improvements and Bug Fixes: Lot of UI polish and fixes as reported by our beta users and found during our internal testing.
Hope you will continue to enjoy Flickroom!
Happy Flickrooming!
-The Flickroom Team
Version 0.15 Beta Now Live!
by Flickroom Team on Aug.29, 2009, under Announcements
Flickroomers’ community is growing by leaps and bounds everyday and we are constantly working on making your Flickr experience a whole lot better with every update! A brand new uploader and several other additions in this update are sure to blow you away! Here is a lowdown of the new features in Version 0.15 Beta [available for download via http://www.flickroom.org/]:
- All New Uploader: A brand new extremely-powerful uploader allowing you to specify the various settings for your images BEFORE uploading them:
- Choose privacy options (Viewing, Commenting, Adding Notes) as per desired audience (Everyone, Friends/Family, Contacts, Only you)
- Associate pictures with existing tags or sets
- Add to your available Groups
- Create new sets and add pictures to the newly created sets
- Batch processing fully supported ( just select multiple items to apply the same settings)
- Several other settings (Content Type, Filter) associated with your pictures
- Add Signature to your Description: You can now create your personalized signature and have it appear at the end of each picture’s description automatically. Here is how:
- Click on Settings icon on the top right bar
- Click on “Upload” tab
- Enter your signature text here including any html tags, for e.g. “All Rights Reserved. Do not copy. You can buy the prints <a href=”http://myblogslink.com”>here</a>.”
- Update the Settings. From now on, all your photos would have this signature appended to your description text
- You will always have the option to edit this signature while uploading the pictures
- Top 10 Popular tags of a user: You will now see a box on every user’s profile page listing their top 10 popular (most used) tags immediately giving you an idea about the content in their photostream. Pretty cool eh?
- Support for Private photos: Logged-in users can now view their private photos in the photostream
- Support for viewing other information: Details panel has a new section namely “Other Info” with useful information like owner, licensing, dates, permissions etc displayed for every picture. Clicking on the owner’s profile picture when in ”Recent Uploads of Contacts” view will open the photostream of that contact in the main window.
- Views, Faves, Comments: The number of views, comments and favourites of a picture are now displayed at the top of the Details panel for your convenience.
- UI Improvements and Bug Fixes: Lot of UI polish and fixes as reported by our beta users and found during our internal testing.
Hope you will continue to enjoy Flickroom!
Happy Flickrooming!
-The Flickroom Team
Version 0.10 Beta Now Live!
by Flickroom Team on Aug.17, 2009, under Announcements
You didn’t think it was all quiet in here inside the Flickroom headquarters? Well, we have been burning the midnight oil to get the next update in your hands and here it is!
Read on to find out the new and exciting additions in the 0.10 update:
- Support for selection of tags, multiple sets and groups while editing metadata of a photo: You can now choose amongst your existing tags or add your picture to multiple sets and groups while/after uploading the photo to your stream
- Support for Filmstrip view for recent uploads of Contacts: You can now view the recent uploads of your contacts as a filmstrip just as you view your own photostream. To do so:
- You can go to Contacts section and click on “See Recent Uploads of Contacts” button at the bottom left
- You can click on “Recent Uploads of Contacts” section in the right panel of the application and then click on the “Show Filmstrip view”. This will open up a new window for you to view the recent uploads as a filmstrip
- Support for Previous/Next views: You can now go back and forward in an easier manner by clicking on the icons at the centre of the application bar at the top
- Using user’s default browser (instead of an embedded one) for logging in into Flickr:This has been done to address any security concerns about not using the native browser window for authorization
- Clicking on chat buddy opens up his/her photostream: You can now directly click on any user online in the chatroom (Roster) to be taken to his/her photostream
- Clicking on a photo toggles the details (comments) panel: Clicking on any photo now shows/hides the Details panel for added convenience
- Fixes for application resizing issues: Application resizing has been smoothened to cater to various screen sizes
- UI enhancements and bug fixes: Several miscellaneous UI enhancements and bug fixes as reported by users and found during internal testing have been taken care of in this update
Hope you will continue to enjoy Flickroom!
Happy Flickrooming!
-The Flickroom Team
