I am familiar with both of these sites. I have a Flickr account, but haven't used it for about a year now. I signed up for an account and posted some photos on Flickr instead of my usual Facebook so that people that I know without a Facebook account could easily view them (and yes, I know that you can share your Facebook albums with folks without an account.)
Here is the question for this week:
Comment on Flickr and YouTube. Were they user-friendly?
I find both of these sites very user friendly. I particularly appreciate the fact that even though they both have a lot to offer, neither of them have very cluttered designs. Or maybe I just really like websites that have white wallpaper backgrounds? I took the "Magical Feature Tour" on Flickr, and afterwards did a search for "greyhounds" as I'm thinking about adopting one. It's great that you can search photos, groups or people and then sort the results that you return. The only complaint that I have with Flickr are the giant advertisements, but I suppose they've got to make money some how.
Oh - another Flickr complaint (so I guess I have two compaints... so picky!) is that it's a Yahoo! venture. Why can't everything be under the Google umbrella? It's just so much more convenient.
YouTube is also very user friendly, and again, I think that it boils down to simplicity. It's a bit hard to look at these sites with fresh eyes and have a unbiased opinion. YouTube recently had a makeover to de-clutter the site and I think it was for the better.
Now go look at this picture of an adorable greyhound:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courtneyjade/2253858599/
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Greyhounds?? Really??
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