Flickr Home Page, circa 2004

This was a redesign of the start page I must have done @ May 2004, based on the date in the mockup or screenshot. Just found it on my server!

You'll notice the grey background, which we eventually got rid of. Bit too fond of bgcolor, and strokes around them.

I still think the right side orientation for photos is better than the left, based on what I call the Ingrid Bergman principle. In Casablanca, the director put Ingrid Bergman on the right side of the screen whenever possible, since Westerners usually start looking on the left and rest on the right (and she's a lot better looking than Humphrey Bogart) Likewise, most people are right-handed, so the good stuff, the clickable stuff, should be on the right too.

Of course, the people who place the ads on the page know this too. :-)