2006JUN031350

Minor bug

Another bug in flickr. Minor but annoying. Will not allow uploading via form so its back to using email. Difficult to add titles for multiple images uploaded (is it 'title1 title2' ?). The fact a syntax error has slipped through means the staging server used to pickup these sorts of things before cutting over to a live server was not checked carefully enough.

 

For that matter I wonder if they use some sort of testing framework, especially to pick up the minor syntax errors. You do use a staging server flickr?

 

But I can say the site is quite usable. The cornerstone of any online service is, '... will it work at low res, say 840x480? ...'. Flickr really do a good job. The screen is tight but I can still do task the app. Unlike my native ubuntu apps. Where things stuff up, and they will I can find multiple ways to do things. Upload form screws up I can use email.

 

flickr howtoo

[Add stuff about how flickr was/is built. Add links to articles talking about php,mysql used & problems. Add link to upcoming oreilly book on building massively scaled websites.]

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