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Facebook takes on Flickr
The site’s new bulk tagging options will allow the uploading individual to temporarily group images and tag friends by simply clicking on thumbnails.
Another interesting change is Facebooks lightbox which puts the main focus on the images by creating a darker background box and simple navigation as the picture shows below. This will be activated by clicking on any image through out the Facebook page (Album, News Feed or on friend’s Wall).
As you can see that ads are also appearing in the lightbox which although not great we do understand that hosting hi-res photos costs more and will attract a lot more usage / more strain on Facebook’s servers.
What do you think about these changes? Do you think Facebook that already dominates the social market, and competes now with Google on advertising is about to stand and take on the photo world? 500 Millions users suggest so….
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