A Minimalist Approach to Flickr Viewing

On the heels of our interview with Justin Saunders, we’re directed to another minimalist website ihardlyknowher.com, a service that allows users the ability to view and share Flickr photos in an easy to navigate, streamlined manner. The site has been designed by Muxtape – a site that has recently found a second life – creator Justin Oulette as a means to eliminate the distractions and somewhat awkward interface of the Flickr site. The simplicity allows the photographs to stand on their own merits and more closely resembles the feeling of paging through an actual photo album, albeit in a vertical format. An excerpt from the FAQ section of the site explains how the process works:

How do I use it?

If your Flickr URL is flickr.com/photos/yourname, you can find your photos at ihardlyknowher.com/yourname. It will also accept a Flickr NSID.

Sets can be seen at ihardlyknowher.com/yourname/sets, or yourname/sets/setname (where setname is the title of a set with all non-alphanumeric characters and whitespace removed.)

How does it work?

IHKH uses Flickr Services. It works by retrieving the list of a Flickr user’s public photos and some associated metadata, including EXIF information. The images are served directly from Flickr and are not cached (although textual API responses may be cached up to 15 minutes).

ihardlyknowher may not be affiliated with Flickr, but given the public nature of the content and the fact that this alternative approach only enhances the appeal of the popular Flickr service, we hope that both sites can enjoy a mutually beneficial co-existence for a long time to come.

[via swissmiss]