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ohhhh...yeah. that should be saving. I think I remember this has been going on for a while for you, and ColleenM gave some advice/fixes, but yours still seem to not be saving. That's annoying! they should definitely not be doing that.
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.schill has just said the saving issue is being addressed: "We've got some updates to the activity page underway which we think will improve things, and will eliminate the issues with your recent activity settings not being remembered. Our current implementation uses cookies, and we'll be doing away with those with the updates".
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Dr. Keats Yeah, I referenced that two hours ago. www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/83491/page64/#reply551622
I got the impression that that fix was imminently being rolled out and would fix the problem Marlis1 and others are experiencing.
But maybe it was another case of "soon...." :/
P.S. Do any of the other regulars here have a wry chuckle when they see the very first reply in this thread when they first visit this topic?
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carie~ellen yes, there was definitely Flickr News as well as the blog. Someone, once-upon-a-time in this thread, posted a screenshot of the old homepage (buggered if I can find it, though I tried...) and "news" was there on the left above the blog.
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~ Kali ~ wrote "when [the blog] was on the left strangely enough nobody was complaining ... most of the people who are complaining now didn't even notice it"
The reason they notice it now is because it appears roughly where the old "Recent Activity" link was placed. People have complained that the blog is "boring", but really they just don't like having to move the pointer further down and to the left. Flickr could have put a message in the blog saying "You've been voted Flickrite of the day. Collect a million dollars here" and people would still complain that they expect a different link there. :/
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No news is good news.
(Except when flickr is concerned.) ;)
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@ carie~ellen:
or just also put a checkbox in front of the toggable, blue headers..
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carie~ellen that should be saving.
and it was saving for a while- now it doesn't----- I think I will take 'time out' and just work with what I DO have......... this is getting just a little bit too frustrating. I really would like to have things stay, not waffle back and forth.
good night, thanks
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Same stage, same actors, same explanations for those waiting for Godot. this week is gone, next week is ending tomorrow.
Congrats. to Flickr for prompt services and excellent PR.
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Trick or treat!
Since we can't give each and every one of our members candy (and don't even think about asking for donuts...), we going to give you guys early access to our revamped recent activity page instead. We’ve been listening to the feedback both here and elsewhere, and believe that this will be a positive change that addresses some of the issues people have been having.
A Sneak Preview (that you can start using today)
To try out the new recent activity, use the following URLs:
flickr.com/activity/?beta_toto_2=1 (revamped activity page)
flickr.com/?beta_toto_2=1 (homepage with updated link)
We've tried to make the links between the pages respect the URL parameter, but there are some cases we can't easily change, so you might want to bookmark the pages in the meantime.
Summary of Changes
The main changes you'll notice is that we've added bookmark-able tabs for the different categories, so you can easily switch between them with a single click. You can also pick any of the tabs to make your default view (by clicking “Save to my homepage”), which should be reflected on your homepage as as the default tab when you first load the activity page.
We've also simplified the interface, added more explanatory text, and hopefully resolved any issues with cookie/settings not sticking -- your timeframe and checkbox changes should always be remembered without a need to 'save.'
(Note: if you preferred the "old new" way of adjusting activity, then the "Custom view" tab will still lets you edit with fine-grained controls -- if you have previously adjusted your activity settings, this should be your current default the first time you load the page.)
Timeframe
The majority of Flickr users don't actively read the forums, and need to get all our help documentation, FAQs, screencasts, etc. updated to reflect these changes (and translated into other languages), which will take some time -- so to avoid confusion these changes won't be turned on as the default until that happens. In the meantime, if you bookmark the special URLs, you should be able to continue to use this as your normal page until then.
As always, please help us out by filing any bugs you notice in the bug thread. (Please be sure to specify you are using the new sneak preview page if your bug is for that page.)
We wanted to thank all of you for your feedback and patience over the past few weeks. Despite what you may think, we really do love you guys (in an entirely non-creepy way!).
Happy Halloween!
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mroth Yay!
I think this will very very very much please the people who wanted distinct links but will also please the people who like the mixed stuff.
Thanks for the update. :)
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I dont like this new home page. Please change it back to the way it was, or give us the ability to configure the home page ourselves.
Thanks!
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Hmm, except you guys did away with the clickable headers on the customizable page -- they were very handy! Can this not be left in?
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Thank you, thank you! Those two direct links ("activity on my photos" and "replies to my comments") at the top of the Activity page are just the ticket!
:-D
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Thanks mroth!!! Happy Halloween to all of you as well.
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haha is Steve_Coopat complaining already? that must be an all time record ;-)
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mroth -
Please give your fellow staffers a BIG THANK YOU! This is definitely an improvement.
Bill S.
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zyrcster said:
Hmm, except you guys did away with the clickable headers on the customizable page -- they were very handy! Can this not be left in?
Um, yeah. I mean, I like the idea of having the CHOICE there - I don't really want the clickable headers but I can see that there are folks that liked them. Any reason why they can't co-exist?
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Much better! Thank you :-)
Now how about a way of clearing the new activity flags! (or creating an alternative to flickr.com/?clear=1 which worked so well).
Happy Hallowe'en to all the staff that worked on this and listened to the feedback (8<E]
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That's great! Thanks mroth and team!
Can we still curse you though? Comes in handy sometimes...
(kidding!) ;-)
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Cool! An update at the top of the page to boot :)
Looks like the sneek peek changes will be things even I can put easily use!
Relief :)
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It would be even better if that 5 link menu was there when you clicked the grey triangle to expand the activity window :-) (I'm not complaining, just sayin'!)
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"Please change it back to the way it was" - you mean, the way it was an hour ago?
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Oh nice! I'm glad the mixed activity option is still there too. Add a "clear all" button somewhere and I'll be totally thrilled :)
(For those of you looking for the longer menu, it's there under Custom view)
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I think it's perfect now. I will reserve all my complaints for a few years, until the next time it's improved.
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- this is where it gets confusing - will people demand want the 'classic' homepage, the 'new' homepage or the new and improved 'new' homepage!
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dr keats, i dont know what you mean. not every flickr user spends his whole day on here looking for little differences! ( the horror!!! )
my comment was based on the original home page change. i do not have time to read through 65 pages of unorganized comments to figure out what the fuck is going on here.
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It now takes several clicks, to get simple things like comments made, or comments on your pics. Its all included together IF you set your preferences that way.
Toasters are just supposed to work. Not have 90 choices, and be confusing. Return to the traditional toaster, or give us that option. This new home page is HORRID.
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Hooray!
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"dr keats, i dont know what you mean". "i do not have time to read through 65 pages of unorganized comments to figure out what the fuck is going on here".
The home page changed about an hour ago. Pretty much everyone else has noticed...The post about it was a whole two posts above yours - hardly labour-intensive reading...
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Yay!!
Just clicked it...
So far I am seeing new tabs :D
Woohoo
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"Woot there it is
Woot there it is" :-)
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Ok, so far I have one issue.
When I click within the new recent activity thing, the last thing I view - whether it be activity on mine, or whether it be on others, saves ITSELF to my homepage.
I don't even click the save button, and if the last thing I viewed was the replies to my comments, that's what I see on my home.
Kinda annoying.
I know, still being worked on.
But if you're still fixing it up, there's a bug right away that can be sorted :)
Otherwise great! Woohoo!
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I like what I am seeing-
thanks flickr staff. Happy Halloween!
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That's a *lot* better, let me chime in as soon as possible. Credit where due. Good to see you tackled the biggest common annoyance first.
I can live with the random rotation and the blog in my face, I suppose time will tell how well it works for everyone. I have my own ideas about it but it was no where near the magnitude of activity usability.
P.S. On a more personal note, let me just express my appreciation for the way you handled the feedback here. I've seen a lot worse.
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haven't these recent changes/amendments only been applied to the new links in the staff post about 30 posts above this one? new posters complaining here won't necessarily have read that and will still be talking about the "unchanged" changes.
i think....
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Thanks for the update on the home page, mroth. Hopefully I will be able to use the option of a customized home page later on this year or early next year. :-)
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zyrcster, re: the clickable checkbox headers on the customizable page (activity V2) - are you sure they're gone? You might want to check the page again now, just in case. :D
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Great, but it won't work for me the way you say mroth
Is there any clue to get it ?
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Oh, I see - it is going to come sometimes in the future... thought it was a
Halloween "gift"...
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myjuditz: click on flickr.com/?beta_toto_2=1
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Are you playing tricks with me? They are indeed there this time when I looked!
Have a treat! :)
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.schill: yes the headers don't work for me either on the customized page. Also on the customized page if i toggle something how do i save it? does it save automatically?
edit: and now they work doh! thanks :)
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myjuditz
Be happy
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zyrcster, Proggie: The headings should be clickable as they were previously, yep. They initially weren't there, for a bit. ;)
On the customized page, the checkboxes are now automagically saved for you whenever you change them. This way, they are always up-to-date whenever you return to the custom view.
The checkboxes have no effect on your home page, unless the customized view is currently set as your default view. If so, then changing the checkboxes will also affect your home page, even without re-"saving".
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Thanks for the New Sneak Peek page mroth ... its does the biz for me
:o)
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Still have to fully go through everything, but the new changes seem to be a big improvement. Thank you, Flickr! :-)
Happy Halloween.
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The sneak peek of Activity Settings works well enough for me. At first I thought all that had changed was the colour of the settings box but then I looked over to the left!
One thing that seems a little odd is that if I use the "custom view", it says "This is your default view" but doesn't allow me to save a new one if click on the toggles. I presume a SAVE button will soon appear on that page..
EDIT: SAVE button has appeared. :)
2nd EDIT: SAVE button has disappeared again. :(
P.S. Any late arrivals to this thread, please see www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/83491/page65/#reply551707 for fixes to the homepage.
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arty: that is my default view too. According to .schill's reply to me above, when you toggle the boxes they get saved automatically, and if it is the default for you, they will save to the home page too. So no save button. I'm not sure yet if i like this. I think for the custom page the save button should appear so that we can choose to save to the home page or not.
Edit: the save button on the custom page will only appear if the custom page is NOT your default.
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I agree with Planet Pixel.
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Oh right. I guess this gets round the problem of nothing being saved on certain browsers/computers. I'll have another play with it in a minute and maybe suggest a change in wording. I'm not yet sure why the other options have "save to the homepage" but the custom page doesn't (always) have the button, since I thought that the whole point of customization is storing preferences for later.
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.schill "The checkboxes have no effect on your home page, unless the customized view is currently set as your default view. If so, then changing the checkboxes will also affect your home page, even without re-"saving"."
My home page currently has the customized view set as the default. How do I change that?
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ColleenM Go here:
flickr.com/activity/?beta_toto_2=1
Click the link for the activity you want, and when you land on that page, click Save to Homepage on the right side.
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Glad to see you've kept both the new activity stuff while allowing simple links to separated lists of comments. Great work, and the activity box looks neater now too!
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I don't see Save To Homepage when I make changes on that linked page. The "This Is Your Default" persists no matter what changes I make. Am I missing something here?
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Arty Smokes, Proggie, ColleenM: I'll try to clarify.
Activity types (pre-sets?)
On the new recent activity page, you have a list of activity types (we've been calling them "buckets" around here) which you can choose from: All, my photos, replies, messages, and custom.
When you click one of those links, you are then shown activity on your account which matches that description. eg., "Activity on my photos" would be the like having the first three checkboxes turned on in the old view - showing comments, notes and favourites, on my stuff.
"Save to my homepage"
Now re: the Save button. "Save to my homepage" shows up when the current view has not been set as your default view.
Changing the drop-down is no longer connected to the "save" button, nor are the checkboxes on the customized page. We have simplified things a bit with these changes, I'll explain more below.
If your view under /activity/ is not the default, you will see the button at right which allows you to save it. Otherwise, there will be a note in its place indicating that it's your current homepage view.
Customized view
When you are on the new customized view, the same behaviour as above applies, but you also have checkboxes which you can play with. In this case, checkbox settings are always saved for next time whenever you change them - and if the view is currently the default, ie., "saved", the checkboxes will immediately also change your home page view.
Timeframe drop-down (global filter)
Changing the timeframe drop-down (ie., 1 day, last login etc.) will also be automagically saved when changed, and applies to all views including your homepage. It is a "global" preference for recent activity.
In short!
To reiterate, the "save to my homepage" button applies the current /activity/ view and makes it show up on your homepage. Once saved, you can then go and play with settings in /activity/ and your homepage will stay the same until you save again, with the exception of the following paragraph! :)
However, keep in mind that the timeframe control will affect your homepage view when you change it, without saving, as it is a global control - and in the case of when you're on the customized page and it is currently your saved homepage default, changing the checkboxes will automatically update your homepage view also.
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Right, I've worked it out now. It just seemed a bit odd after I'd got used to the "new homepage". On the Customized page, I'd appreciate it saying "This will be your default", just for clarity.
I'm not sure if this will help Colleen, Proggie and others, but my new method for using Flickr as closely to the way I did a month ago is as follows:
Go to flickr.com/activity/photostream/?beta_toto_2=1
Click on "Activity on my photos" flickr.com/activity/photostream/?beta_toto_2=1 with a time frame of 1 day and SAVE. (Don't need to save it ever again).
When I want to look at "comments I've made", I click "Replies to my comments". Do NOT hit save.
There is no real need for me to use the "all" version, as separation is good. "Custom view" is also hardly likely to be used often now, except for focussing on things like faves/notes/tags. (in which, I'd rather it wasn't automatically saved).
Since "my comments" followed by "comments I've made" is probably the most common method of looking at activity, would it be possible to collapse the settings box? Now it's that jade colour and has a big SAVE button that I'm never gonna click, it would be nice to fold it away, like the stats box.
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i'm sure i'm missing something, but couldn't the new "all" "activity on my photos" "replies to my photos" etc. links be at the top of the home page instead of or as well as the recent activity page??
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p.s. i agree about the settings box. you could collapse that before, why not now?
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arty: yes i think this will be the view that most people will use, and is closest to "classic". I kind of got used to having both appear on the same page. I think i will make the "activity on my photos" the default, so that the homepage shows only my stuff, but actually use the custom view on the activity page so i can stay on one page and only toggle the "comments i've made" on/off.
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About activity on your Groups, I like this New version So much better, At least you can get an Inside look with photos, Instead with of the old way just highlighted.
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BTW, where did the checkbox go for unmuting comments?
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I think the new page looks cluttered.
In practice, I never go there anyway, or link to it, so it makes little difference to me, but I don't like this.
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@Proggie, from Recent Activity, you should see a "View all muted items" link on the right of the page. You can go there to view/unmute.
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much better, thank you :)
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Proggie
It's on the Replies to my comments page, "View All Muted Items"
Err, yes, and on the All page, and on the Messages page, and on the ACtivity on my photos page.
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Working great for me. I was fine with it before, but this is great too. Thanks for all your hard work, Flickr staff.
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very nice improvements, thank you! :)
Since "my comments" followed by "comments I've made" is probably the most common method of looking at activity, would it be possible to collapse the settings box? Now it's that jade colour and has a big SAVE button that I'm never gonna click, it would be nice to fold it away, like the stats box.
i agree.
(what is up with the line-height in the settings box btw ;)
although right now when i collapse the stats box on one particular recent activity type or 'bucket', it's not saved on all others, or even when i come back to the 'bucket' i've collapsed it on.
i'm not sure though why it's necessary to have the stats box on every 'bucket'. it's only updated once a day after all, unlike the flow of other recent activities where one could choose the time-frames of.
my suggestion:
All | Activity on my photos | Replies to my comments | Messages | Stats | Custom view
i would also like to suggest 'Notifications' instead of 'Mesages', as to not confuse it with flickr mail. this way you could also include testimonial notifications. it would also be cool to have the different types of notifications as links that you could toggle between (but not necessarily saved).
again, thank you.
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yeah, they really are *notifications*. good idea. not the biggest deal ever, but, I agree...the word notifications covers everything that shows up there.
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re: unmuting. Oh ok, so it's on all the "buckets" except custom, so that's why i missed it :)
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hello staff,
thanks for the update, but I am sure that people will complain about the cluttered homepage still, when this preview turns out to be the final update. you could probably satisfy a lot of people by putting the "More activity and options" link in the header of the "Your Photostream" section.
what I mean is that when you have set the view to recent uploads (like the old old homepage), it then would have two links next to it:
- "recent activity" to expand that on the homepage it self,
- "More activity and options" which will bring you to the "Activity Page" with one click.
as it is now you have to expand some part of the whole activity to get there, which will mean it is expanded like that the next time you revisit the home page.
for many people probably one step too many..
So:
Your Photostream
Recent Uploads | Recent Activity | Activity Page
just my two cents..
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& I agree with "notifications" as a heading instead of "messages", although I happen to receive all those notifications via flickrmail (and forwarded emails) so they do at least link to messages.
Your suggestion is basically what ed ed said a few posts up. It's also something that other people and I suggested several pages ago. I'm not so sure we need the extra links now, as I think most people leave their "Your Photostream" section opened up and have probably found the recent activity link by now. It's also in the YOU menu. If we have too much duplication of links it will just get more confusing.
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Why should I be happy??
I must go to the homepage every time I need to change my settings.
If I check on "Around You" - nothing changed.
It is the same - using the left hand while you need the right hand.
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I think the links are fine the way they are on the new new (new beta) page.
There will be a menu item for recent activity that takes you to the activity page, where you can choose to see what sort of activity you want to see. It'll be shown on the home page if you have the activity link selected. if someone wants to bypass the home page and go straight to activity, they can simply bookmark that page.
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Oh, sorry - I need to use both hands, crossed .
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myjuditz No, you don't need to go to the homepage to change your settings. You just go here:
flickr.com/?beta_toto_2=1
To select what you want to see, and whatever you decide to set as the default will be what shows on your beta home page.
Soon, that beta will be the new home page.
"Around You" has not yet changed, but it will. They are rolling this out in stages -- what is the beta will be the norm as soon as they get done updating the FAQs, screenshots, links, screencast, just as was stated here:
www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/83491/551707/
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I doubt any change would improve your homepage. Too many blinking icons.
Flickr has pleased a lot of people with the latest changes. I guess they can't please everyone.
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me too. though i'm not sure why, since i mostly have it sent to my regular email in case i'm looking at my email on my iphone, and want to know what's happening on flickr. but now that i'm using mobile flickr on my iphone, it's not necessary. maybe this is a good reminder that I need to get rid of the duplicate notices. :P
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Going back to the home page and - this time - focussing on the GROUPS widget:
With the widget collapsed, there are three text links.
'Your Groups' which goes to flickr.com/groups/
'Groups Activity' which goes to flickr.com/recent.gne
'...check it out' which goes to flickr.com/groups#mem_groups_ul
Does anyone actually use the second one? And is the last one even necessary, since it just goes to the list that's on the first one?
Just asking, because I think this is an example of information overload - information that doesn't need to be on the homepage. The basic Groups link would seem to suffice. Or do other people prefer the other ones?
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Why should I be happy??
because whining is passé?
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I use the 2nd one.
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Flickr has pleased a lot of people with the latest changes
If you say so.
Too many blinking icons, yeah - I was talking about "Around YOU " real changes.
Яick Harris please, don't answer to questions I didn't ask you.
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zyrcster Fair enough. For some reason, my mouse is attracted to that link and I'm always clicking it and then saying "No, I just want the basic Groups page!"
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Don't put (whiny) comments in the feedback thread if you don't want feedback.
*hugs
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Thanks mroth for posting an update!
As the beta version of the homepage doesn't break my script which allows several layout modifications I decided to make it public. You will find it here. I hope you like it.
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myjuditz If you'd been paying attention, you would have realised that the bulk of people commenting on this page of replies has moved on to discussing a "fixed" version of the activity page that you so despised.
Why don't you read www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/83491/551707/ go to the new activity page and set your settings? They will be remembered from now on and you'll never have to toggle between things again if you don't want to.
As promised, staff reacted to feedback and are now testing new versions of the homepage and activity pages. Why not give them a try and see if you can find fault with them, so that more issues can be found and fixed?
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I use the second one also. It's the easiest and most useful to me. though, even more so than that, out of habit, i tend to just click on the word *groups* at the top of the page. Which, admittedly, doesn't give me the same detailed view, but it's just a bad habit. ;) oh, and because in the list view, (not the detailed view), the groups I admin are at the top, and I usually want to see that first.
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Arty Smokes wrote Your suggestion is basically what ed ed said a few posts up. It's also something that other people and I suggested several pages ago. I'm not so sure we need the extra links now, as I think most people leave their "Your Photostream" section opened up and have probably found the recent activity link by now. It's also in the YOU menu. If we have too much duplication of links it will just get more confusing.
it will be only ONE extra link (the activity PAGE), not two.
also having the your photostream open with the activity showing is exactly what the people complained about making it clutter.
THOSE people will want to see nothing but thumbnails, no comments yet.
so why not give those people that one extra link?
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Steffen J. wrote As the beta version of the homepage doesn't break my script which allows several layout modifications I decided to make it public. You will find it here. I hope you like it. Thanks for making it public, I know you were thinking about maybe making it a paid script, maybe just open a paypal for donations?
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It's ok if you guys pay with faves and comments. :-D
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Probably I am speaking Chinese.
That is what I want :
flickr.com/activity/?beta_toto_2=1
and this is what I have:
www.flickr.com/
If I go on Recent activity - it is the same we had 2 weeks by now.
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P.S - I DID save Activity on my photos.
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myjuditz Yes, and you will have that as soon as they finishing updating everything, which is what was said here: Timeframe
The majority of Flickr users don't actively read the forums, and need to get all our help documentation, FAQs, screencasts, etc. updated to reflect these changes (and translated into other languages), which will take some time -- so to avoid confusion these changes won't be turned on as the default until that happens. In the meantime, if you bookmark the special URLs, you should be able to continue to use this as your normal page until then. - emphasis mine.
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Just had a chance to really check it out. I was happy with the hp previously, but this should make people happy (most people, at least).
I'm using the second link. Great work, Flickr team.
Hope you're out getting some candy.
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Ok, I'll keep this short:
I will be checking this forum every now and then, but I'm I'm officially off since I'm already happy with the "new-new homepage" (even if it takes some time until it is made the "default" homepage).
It's been nice to know most of you. Take care!
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Just a note to say thanks to the staff. From a quick glance, this seems to address the commenting concerns while retaining many features I actually like about the new home page.
Thanks also to all who took the time to give input here which helped bring about this positive result.
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heh heh heh.
At this point this entire argument is beginning to crack me up. It's Oct 31, Halloween and trick or treat, we have an "improvement". Yep, it's better than the horrid mess Flickr staff posted as our "surprise!! Be happy you have a wonderful sparkly new home page"...
Yep, it's better; but it's still not great. I have an idea for you; but shhhhsh! Don't tell anyone. Keep coding and carrying on as usual pretending to "improve" the page. Then, in the last few hours of the deadline, turn out the EXACT SAME HOMEPAGE WE ALL KNEW AND ACCEPTED, but add a couple of bells and whistles - for instance buttons to turn on and off the various widgets, and if the BLOG AND IT'S ADVERTS MUST BE SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, allow us to mute it or "reposition" it on the page so it's at the bottom for those of us who really don't give a rats ass about it.
Now where the hell is Heather? You let her loose on holiday in this ruckus? The last I saw of her was boarding a plane to somewhere...
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Allow me one more... ;-)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1loyjm4SOa0
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ohhhh...yeah. that should be saving. I think I remember this has been going on for a while for you, and ColleenM gave some advice/fixes, but yours still seem to not be saving. That's annoying! they should definitely not be doing that.
Dr. Keats Yeah, I referenced that two hours ago. 
No news is good news.
carie~ellen that should be saving. 
"Please change it back to the way it was" - you mean, the way it was an hour ago?
Are you playing tricks with me? They are indeed there this time when I looked!
Oh right. I guess this gets round the problem of nothing being saved on certain browsers/computers. I'll have another play with it in a minute and maybe suggest a change in wording. I'm not yet sure why the other options have "save to the homepage" but the custom page doesn't (always) have the button, since I thought that the whole point of customization is storing preferences for later.
zyrcster 
yeah, they really are *notifications*. good idea. not the biggest deal ever, but, I agree...the word notifications covers everything that shows up there.
Your suggestion is basically what 
ed ed said a few posts up. It's also something that other people and I suggested several pages ago. I'm not so sure we need the extra links now, as I think most people leave their "Your Photostream" section opened up and have probably found the recent activity link by now. It's also in the YOU menu. If we have too much duplication of links it will just get more confusing.
me too. though i'm not sure why, since i mostly have it sent to my regular email in case i'm looking at my email on my iphone, and want to know what's happening on flickr. but now that i'm using mobile flickr on my iphone, it's not necessary. maybe this is a good reminder that I need to get rid of the duplicate notices. :P
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