New Flickr badge

I spent most of today coding up a new photo badge for the footer of the site. The main motivation was that I wanted to have the photos display in a lightbox when they’re clicked so the user (you) doesn’t have to go to Flickr to see them.

Unfortunately, that’s also one of the drawbacks of using this method—you can no longer get to the Flickr page for a particular photo from the badge in the footer.

Would you rather have the convenience of having the image pop up so it can be viewed without leaving the page or would you rather be sent to Flickr where you could comment on the photo¹, etc.?

I’m extremely interested in hearing feedback on this so, if you have an opinion on it, please leave a comment.

[1] Comments on my photos are about as rare as comments here. They’re nearly non-existent, so I have a feeling it’s not going to matter much either way as far as that goes.

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Jim Mock is a web developer living in Portland, Oregon with his wife, twin sons, 3 dogs, and 2 cats. He has been a Boston Red Sox fan for as long as he can remember, runs Three Dogs Media in his spare time, is addicted to video games and web standards, and thinks you should be, too.